Hunting The Climate GigaCorn: The Next Big Winners In The Decarbonization Economy

Forbes

March 9, 2023

The transformation to a decarbonized economy means everything we produce, how we produce it and how we use it will need to be reinvented. This has set the stage for the greatest period of innovation in human history – and the companies that seize these transformation opportunities will drive outstanding job creation, growth and profitability.

Nelson Switzer calls these companies ‘Gigacorns’. “A gigacorn is a company that can mitigate or remove at least a billion tonnes of GHG emissions with an enterprise value greater than one billion dollars. We find, fund and help grow companies that we believe have the potential to become gigacorns,” says Switzer.

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5. Kuva Systems deploys a fully automated, image-based continuous methane monitoring IoT platform. The system uses low-cost multispectral cameras to pinpoint methane release locations and quantify flow rates based on minute-by-minute measurements. “As a greenhouse gas, methane has a Global Warming Potential (GWP) 30 times that of carbon dioxide. So, eliminating methane releases has a significant impact on decarbonization.” Current technologies include aerial monitoring with drones and satellites, which can only provide point-in-time assessments. Kuva is the price-point leader in continuous monitoring able to pin-point and quantify the emission.