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Mapping climate risk with AI & how a ‘marriage’ between VCs and policy can support net zero – Cervest founder Iggy Bassi
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Mapping climate risk with AI & how a ‘marriage’ between VCs and policy can support net zero – Cervest founder Iggy Bassi

UKTN | The Podcast

March 14, 202330m 49s

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Show Notes

Iggy Bassi, founder and CEO of Cervest, talks about launching a startup to provide climate intelligence for the world’s assets, how smart industrial policy can work hand in hand with the private sector to reach net zero, the power and limits of data in combatting global warming, and why climate tech investors need to be in for the long haul.  

Bassi, a serial entrepreneur, founded London-based Cervest in 2016 after his sustainable farm in West Africa was flattened by strong winds, causing millions of dollars in damage. Cervest’s platform uses AI to bring together disparate climate data and provide businesses and governments with insights about the climate risk to their physical assets. It has secured more than £32m in VC funding and went to market last year. Bassi has advised Fortune 500 companies and has been a featured speaker at Harvard University, COP26, World Bank and Tech Nation.  

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