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Lowercarbon Capital
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Lowercarbon Capital is the company blog at lowercarboncapital.com, writing about business and science. Since 2021, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “Chris Sacca's Act 2: Lowercarbon Capital”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-16, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (9) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Lowercarbon Capital's website for its portfolio company pages and jobs board of climate-tech startups. Commenters point to it when looking for climate companies to invest in or work for.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 9 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Lowercarbon Capital backs kickass companies slashing CO2 emissions, sucking carbon out of the sky, and buying us time to unf**k the planet.
Most-linked posts?
- /5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2021-03-10
- /companies/2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-02-14
- Chris Sacca's Act 2: Lowercarbon Capital2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-02-10
What Hacker News says?
The site says you're funded, in part, by LowerCarbon Capital [1] This is right in my interests -- investing directly in companies trying to combat climate change. Does anyone know much about them? I'm considering dropping them a line and seeing if I can invest in the fund as well. 1. https://lowercarboncapital.com/
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on “Launch HN: Remora (YC W21) – Carbon capture for semi trucks”Submitted Chris Sacca's Act 2: Lowercarbon Capital as a story · 113 points
HN discussionThere's a growing number of companies and VC firms working on geoengineering, and now is a good time to get in if you want to make a difference. https://climatebase.org/ https://lowercarboncapital.com/ https://climatetechvc.org/a-running-list-of-climate-tech-vcs...
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on “Heat dome causing record breaking heat wave”Submitted Our Carbon Removal Startup Wishlist as a story · 20 points
HN discussionPutting Sacca's previous bad behavior aside (and I have no idea whether or not we should), the no-jargon descriptions of each of the companies that they've backed is fantastic and I'm excited for each of them. https://lowercarboncapital.com/companies/ - MAKING CHEMICALS WITH ENZYMES, NOT OIL. - FUSION WITH PLASMA-TAMING MAGNETS. - 100% BEEF THAT NEVER HAD EYES NOR HOOVES. - KELP-FARMING CARBON-SINKING ROBOTS. - GIAN…
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on “Chris Sacca's Act 2: Lowercarbon Capital”Submitted Act II: Lowercarbon Capital as a story · 3 points
HN discussionGo to jobs under https://lowercarboncapital.com/
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on “Lessons learned after 5 years of climate tech entrepreneurship”Submitted Clean Up on Aisle Earth as a story · 2 points
HN discussionWell said. I imagine a group like Lower Carbon Capital ( https://lowercarboncapital.com/ ) would be better suited to provide expertise.
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on “The YC Summer 2022 Batch”> I don't really know what drives people. WHO do you want serve? Think potential end-users or clients. Is there a community or market niche that might best benefit from your experience and expertise? The portfolio companies at Lowercarbon Capital are doing interesting mission-driven work. > https://lowercarboncapital.com/companies/
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on “Ask HN: Where do you find your sense of purpose working in the private sector?”Went through my Pinboard to extract all these: - https://797capital.com/ - https://www.indexventures.com/ - https://www.sparkcapital.com/ - https://www.hcp.com/ - https://hvflabs.com/ - https://www.republiccapital.co/ - https://plus.vc/ - https://www.rarebreed.vc/ - https://www.dragonfly.xyz/ - https://macventurecapital.com/ - https://parafi.com/ - https://www.chingona.ventures/ - https://www.plexocap.com/ - https:/…
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on “Ask HN: YC misses that went on to do well (like veed.io)”Have you explored LowerCarbon Capital? Robust list of companies aiming to help the planet here > https://lowercarboncapital.com/companies/
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on “Are there any good companies anymore?”I know that Lower Carbon [1] has a job board consisting of climate companies that they invest in. I'm sure Stripe has something as well. [1]: https://lowercarboncapital.com/get-off-the-couch/
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on “Ask HN: Where to work to combat climate change?”
