Meet the Stripe Exec Who Leads a $1 Billion Carbon Removal Fund

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Digital payments company Stripe started funding early-stage carbon removal technology companies in 2020. Two years later, the women behind that strategy masterminded the launch of Frontier, a $1 billion carbon removal buyers group co-founded with Alphabet, McKinsey, Meta and Shopify. As of April 2024, the group has signed contracts worth about $230 million.

GreenBiz’s editor-at-large Heather Clancy will talk with Nan Ransohoff, head of Frontier and Stripe Climate, in the latest episode of Climate Pioneers, a new GreenBiz video series featuring the innovators and executives working to mitigate the climate crisis.

The conversation will cover:

• How Stripe evaluates potential carbon removal investments
• A progress report on Stripe Climate, offered to businesses using its digital payments service
• What motivated Stripe to co-found Frontier
• Why “advance market commitments” help climate tech get a leg up
• The present and future role of policy in carbon markets
• What’s next for Frontier beyond carbon removal?
• How Ransohoff juggles governance responsibilities between Stripe and Frontier

Join live and ask Ransohoff your questions. Or register to watch the recorded interview and read the transcript. Key Frontier and Stripe leadership insights and case studies will also be published after the conversation.