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CarbonChain
Mona Alsubaei – Apr 25, 2023
Co-authored by Rebecca Kaden Of the world’s 2,000 largest public companies, at least 21% now have net-zero commitments. To fulfill these commitments, companies need to understand their full emissions. Despite increased efforts, there are still two major obstacles to comprehensive [...] Read more
Lithos Carbon
Mona Alsubaei – Oct 20, 2022
Agriculture is both contributing to the climate crisis and being negatively impacted by it. According to the USDA, agriculture is responsible for more than 10% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, changes in temperature and rainfall as [...] Read more
Anthro Energy
Mona Alsubaei – Oct 19, 2022
From the electrification of end-uses such as vehicles and heating to storage supporting intermittent renewables, many emission-reduction efforts rely heavily on lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. But today’s batteries are not up to the task. They are not designed to be as [...] Read more
Molten Industries
Mona Alsubaei – Oct 4, 2022
The first time I met Kevin Bush and Caleb Boyd was at their garage, conveniently located in Kevin’s backyard. In that small garage, their curiosity was massive. The two experimented with everything from producing green cement to building a direct [...] Read more
XFuel
Mona Alsubaei – Jul 13, 2022
Co-authored with Nick Grossman Transportation, including road, rail, air, and marine, has a greater reliance on fossil fuels than any other sector. It accounts for 37% of CO2 emissions from end-uses. Electrification has been the preferred strategy to decarbonize small [...] Read more
Brilliant Planet
Mona Alsubaei – Apr 6, 2022
Co-authored by John Buttrick Of the world’s 2,000 largest public companies, at least 21% now have net-zero commitments. For most of these companies, even with significant emissions reduction, carbon offsetting will be essential to achieving their goals. In fact, all [...] Read more
Climate Tech Investing in Emerging Markets (Part Two)
Mona Alsubaei – Mar 16, 2022
In January, I wrote about the case for climate tech investing in emerging markets. In addition to preventing catastrophic losses and events, it also represents an opportunity that is waiting to be pursued. While there are challenges to investing in [...] Read more
Climate Tech Investing in Emerging Markets (Part One)
Mona Alsubaei – Jan 20, 2022
I recently joined the USV team and as many investors and founders, I have been a long-time reader of this platform. So, I'm honored to be writing here! For my first posts, I’m writing about something related to my career [...] Read more
Joining Union Square Ventures
Mona Alsubaei – Dec 6, 2021
Some of you in the USV network might know me. My USV journey started last year. I worked on the USV climate fund while doing my MBA. Now, I'm officially part of the investment team full-time in New York. While [...] Read more