This Week in Startups: Side investing (VC School) + Stripe's Nan Ransohoff: Frontier carbon removal | 1454

Jason Calacanis Jason Calacanis 5/8/22 - Episode Page

Sunday double-header. First, Jason discusses why some VC firms allow side investing and others explicitly forbid it (01:50). Then, in a This Week in Climate Startups segment Molly interviews Nan Ransohoff, Head of Climate at Stripe (12:27) about their $900M+ plan to fund carbon sequestration (31:18).


00:00 Jason and Molly introduce today’s show

01:50 VC Sunday School: What’s the deal with side investing?

09:42 Thorne - Personalized, scientific wellness. Go to https://Thorne.com/u/TWIST

10:55 Intro This Week in Climate Startups

12:27 TWiCS: Molly interviews Nan Ransohoff, Head of Climate at Stripe

20:14 Wealthfront - Get your first $5,000 managed for free, for life at https://wealthfront.com/TWIST

21:30 The market for carbon removal: paying to re-sequester carbon

29:57 OpenPhone - Get an extra 20% off any plan for your first 6 months at https://openphone.com/twist

31:18 Discussing how Frontier functions as a non-profit within Stripe & how to make something like Frontier mainstream

Check out Frontier: https://frontierclimate.com

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