July 29, 2020

Founder and CEO, Antti Vihavainen of Puro.earth on: How to Launch a Marketplace in Less Than 90 days; How to Build Confidence with Buyers and Sellers in a New Marketplace

Founder and CEO, Antti Vihavainen of Puro.earth on: How to Launch a Marketplace in Less Than 90 days; How to Build Confidence with Buyers and Sellers in a New Marketplace

In this episode, I caught up with Antti Vihavainen, co-founder and CEO of Puro.earth. Puro is a Finnish startup that provides a marketplace for reversing climate change by trading CO2 removal certificates. With Stripe, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and other

Show notes:


  • [3:53] - Why is now the right time to have a carbon removal marketplace?
  • [5:57] - How did you launch a marketplace from idea to first auction in 71 days?
  • [11:21] - If I am a carbon emitter, why can’t I buy carbon offsets? Why do I need carbon removals?
  • [12:47] - What regulations are needed for carbon removal to become mainstream?
  • [13:59] - How do I as a carbon emitter verify the amount of carbon removal?
  • [15:55] - What is the cost of removing 1 tonne of C02 from the atmosphere?
  • [18:09] - Do you worry that the big polluters get the wrong incentive to go on polluting?
  • [19:07] - Who are the main suppliers of carbon net negative technologies?
  • [20:54] - How are you going to market to get buyers and suppliers to the marketplace?
  • [21:56] - What is still a challenge?
  • [23:00] - What are the big trends in the carbon removal space?
  • [25:48] - How is your marketplace different from other carbon removal marketplaces?  What is your differentiator?
  • [27:23] - What are your future plans for Puro.Earth