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Doing well while doing good
Talks about Social entrepreneurship, Double bottom-line and Triple bottom-line
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Romain Diaz
Founder of Satgana
Lisbon, Lisbon
Overview
Romain Diaz is the Founder & CEO of Satgana in Lisbon, with a background in investing in ClimateTech/CleanTech sectors. With a successful track record of investing in companies like Estuaire and Yeasty, Diaz has demonstrated expertise in supporting startups through Series A and Seed stages.
Work Experience
Founder & CEO
2020 - Current
Satgana is a next generation Climate Tech VC firm investing in planet-positive startups to build the Future of Earth. We invest Pre-Seed & Seed capital along with strategic & operational resources to support purpose-driven entrepreneurs harnessing technology and innovation to build solutions to the climate & ecological crisis.
Investor
2024
Estuaire aims to empower the aviation industry in reducing its environmental impact by giving airlines, lessors, airports and manufacturers access to actionable metrics to reduce their holistic climate impact.
Investor
2024
Sirona Technologies fights climate change by removing CO2 from the air with Direct Air Capture technology focused on speed and scale
Investor
2023
Amini AI is a Kenya-based Climate Tech startup leverage satellite data and AI to bridge the environmental data gap in Africa
Amini is a climate tech business that uses artificial intelligence and satellite technology to bridge Africa's environmental data.
Raised $6,000,000.00 from Salesforce Ventures, Superorganism, Satgana, Female Founders Fund and Pale blue dot.
Investor
2023
Fullsoon is a Paris-based startup on a mission to leverage AI to help restaurants to fight against food waste
Investor
2023
Addis Ababa-based Kubik turns hard-to-recycle plastics into low carbon, affordable housing for Africa. Named Startup of the Year at the 2023 Global Startup Awards.
Investor
2023
Novek is on a mission to eliminate single use plastics from FMCG value chains thanks to an innovative IoT technology
Investor
2023
Nairobi-based Revivo pioneers the circular economy in East Africa with a B2B marketplace for electronic spare parts
Investor
2023
Arda is a London-based Climate Deeptech start-up on a mission to give a second life to brewers waste streams by producing alternative leather - entirely without the cow
Investor
2023
Fermify is a Vienna-based precision fermentation-based B2B vegan cheese startup on a mission to remove the cow from the process of producing the cheese that we love.
Education
Master of Science in Management
2010 - 2012
Entrepreneurs for Asia
2012 - 2012
MBA program
2011 - 2011
Preparatory School
2006 - 2008
High School Diploma (Summa Cum Laude)
2003 - 2006