This impact investor travelled the world searching for carbon removal projects. Here is what she found.

Patricia Silva, climate tech investor. Photo: private.
23 jan. 2025
08:30
Patricia Silva, climate tech investor. Photo: private.
Climate-tech investor Patrícia Silva spent half a year investigating carbon removal projects around the world. She found both investment opportunities and reason for concern.

“We're not deploying enough funding to be able to scale up the solutions, and that is a problem," Silva tells Impact Loop in an interview.

In 2024, Patrícia Silva embarked on something most only dream of. A six-month tour around large parts of the world. But this was no ordinary trip. While on her travels around East Africa and Asia, Silva spent much of her time researching and observing the myriad efforts to stop carbon entering the atmosphere.

Originally a civil engineer working on wind farms and sustainable construction, Silva is now a founding venture partner with VC firm Satgana, as well as Carbon Markets Lead with environmental services platform Patch. Her career journey saw her turning her focus to the sustainability sector, climate in particular. "The goal was really to work on the most impactful projects I could," Silva tells Impact Loop from her home office in Lisbon. "At that time for me, that was trying to increase large-scale renewable energy grid projects."

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