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From CIO to Climate Tech Pioneer: Kentaro Kawamori on Building Persefoni and Raising $175M

From CIO to Climate Tech Pioneer: Kentaro Kawamori on Building Persefoni and Raising $175M2 jan 202548 min

In this episode of the Phoenix Founders Podcast, we sat down with Kentaro Kawamori, CEO of Persefoni to discuss his entrepreneurial journey and the impressive development of his company. Persefoni is an enterprise SaaS company focused on climate management and accounting, helping companies calculate and manage their carbon footprints. Kentaro shares his background, including his experience as CIO at Chesapeake Energy, where he discovered the need for better carbon accounting solutions....