Oh, hello there! Bet you thought you’d seen the back of Tom and his biochar… But this story’s far from over. Yes, the machine runs, the credits have sold, and the char is piling up. But if this pilot is ever going to be a real, profitable business - and if it’s ever going to have a scalable climate impact - it’s going to need to be bigger. A lot bigger. Cue: industrial-level kit, eye-watering funding gaps, and the creeping suspicion that saving the planet may require even more admin than previously feared.

Grounded is the award-winning story of a startup that wants to remove carbon from the atmosphere and help reshape our relationship with the planet. Ideally without burning to the ground in the process.

Follow the podcast to hear Tom’s journey, or visit restord.earth to learn more about the project.

Thank you to the guests who featured in this episode, including:

Alex Hume – Senior Associate, Finance Earth
Adam Samuel – Co-Founder, CapChar
Richard Barker – Partner, Counteract
Team members at Corserv and Cormac

Grounded: A Climate Startup Journey is:

hosted by Tom Previte,

produced by Ben Weaver-Hincks,

assistant produced by Sydney Davies,

with marketing by Oluwaseun Sanni

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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