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With 25 years of experience across forestry and environmental stewardship, venture growth, and global finance, Arnoud de Villegas operates at the intersection of nature and capital. As a Partner of Viridian Ecosystems, a natural capital advisory firm, he develops and executes scalable, market-driven solutions that generate sustainable financial returns while enhancing natural assets. He was previously VP of Business Development at Mast Reforestation, a VC-backed reforestation technology company, where he spearheaded carbon product originations and led all growth-oriented initiatives that expanded the company's influence in reforestation and natural capital markets—from Series A through Series B funding rounds—earning recognition on the CNBC Disruptor 50 and TIME Top GreenTech Companies lists. Prior to joining Mast Reforestation, Arnoud served as COO of Growpro Inc., a diversified family agricultural business in Northern California. Day-to-day, he led its principal vertical, Cal Forest Nurseries, the largest independent reforestation stock producer in the American West. Under his leadership, CalForest gained significant market share and produced over 130 million seedlings, meaningfully contributing to large-scale reforestation efforts across the region. Earlier in his career, Arnoud built a strong foundation in global capital markets, raising and managing diverse forms of alternative investment capital in London, New York, and New Delhi. He was head of equity strategies in the US at Petercam Capital, a $250M fund of hedge funds. Backed by Hayground Cove, a $1B hedge fund, he went on to co-lead and complete the first successful SPAC (LSE:AIM) in Indian capital markets history. Thereafter, he managed select investments for the Chairman of GEM, a $1.5B VC and PE group. Building on this foundation, he pivoted to reforestation, applying his expertise to scale impact and develop innovative natural capital solutions. Arnoud serves as a Board Advisor to the University of Montana’s National Science Foundation FARTHER Engine. Its mission is to build an economic engine for regional rural, tribal, and urban communities by advancing nature-based innovations and precision technologies in forests and rangelands.

Partner at SOSV's IndieBio San Francisco, one of the most active early stage deeptech investors globally. Like to be first check in to companies solving the largest challenges in planetary health.

I am a Carbon Removal Associate at BeZero Carbon, a global carbon ratings agency. In my role, I lead BeZero's CDR research, including building market-first frameworks for assessing the durability and scalability of different CDR pathways. I also lead business development within CDR, speaking to developers, buyers and intermediaries from across the CDR market.

Corby is Marketing Executive at Unbound Summits, on a mission to increase awareness of the importance of our global CDR gatherings to accelerate the industry to gigaton-scale removal. He's passionate about the power of science & technology to save the planet from climate disaster. Having started his career at the one of the UK's largest science parks, Corby is new to CDR, and is inspired by the innovation and ingenuity of the industry. He loves to meet new people and learn about new segments and projects within CDR, so please reach out if you have any news or want to chat! If you'd like to be featured in an Unbound Showcase on the Carbon or Adapt Unbound LinkedIn channels, please contact Corby at corby@unboundsummits.com for more info.

Biomass Solution has been in renewables and decarbonization space for 16 years with biochar production facility operating in Puerto Rico (via BRi), with biochar and CDR sales completed. Now also working with C2, we are looking for collaborative efforts. We are also looking to place CDR's and other avoidance credits for our projects pipeline.

I serve as the Direct Air Capture Hubs Program Manager at the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management where I help oversee the DAC Hubs program and work on a variety of other carbon dioxide removal projects. Please get in touch if you would like to learn more about DOE's CDR programming or otherwise engage with us!