Pachama (YC W19) — Restoring nature to solve climate change
Pachama is a leading climate-tech company harnessing cutting-edge technologies such as computer vision and satellites to drive funding to effective reforestation and conservation projects that sequester carbon, enhance biodiversity and enrich local communities around the world. Through a tech-verified marketplace that counts as customer the likes of Amazon, Airbnb, Netflix and Nespresso, the company drives capital to forests in Brazil, Mexico, India, the USA and beyond.
Pachama is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2019 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Restoring nature to solve climate change. The founders listed are Diego Saez Gil (Founder), Tomas Aftalion (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 1, 2018).
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Pachama is a leading climate-tech company harnessing cutting-edge technologies such as computer vision and satellites to drive funding to effective reforestation and conservation projects that sequester carbon, enhance biodiversity and enrich local communities around the world.
Through a tech-verified marketplace that counts as customer the likes of Amazon, Airbnb, Netflix and Nespresso, the company drives capital to forests in Brazil, Mexico, India, the USA and beyond. The company is backed by top investors such as Bill Gates' BEV, Chis Sacca's LowerCarbon, Amazon Climate Pledge among others.
The company is fully remote and driven by a strong sense of purpose.
Diego Saez Gil
Founder
Tomas Aftalion
Founder
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One of 53 companies held here in Industrials › Climate.
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