Schrep Talks About His Climate Journey | Behind the Tech

Schrep Joins Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott to Discuss Journey from Studying CS to Scaling Meta and Launching Gigascale Capital

• Early Interest in Technology: Schrep reflects on childhood and how early exposure to computers at school and playing video games on his family’s Commodore 64, sparking initial tech interest. He also shares how love for science and math led to pursuing CS at Stanford University.
• Formative Career Experiences: Schrep discusses his experience as a founder, his belief in high-frequency experiments, and the satisfaction of seeing others use what you’ve built.
• Transition to Climate Investing: Schrep explains how COVID-19 prompted reflection on the impact he wanted to have and his journey as a philanthropist to now investing in climate tech companies that are using advancements in clean energy, biotech, computing, and more to scale solutions.
• Opportunities in Climate Tech: Schrep highlights how the best climate tech companies offer products or services that are cheaper or better than carbon-intensive, polluting alternatives, while also being better for the environment with examples from Dioxycle, Arbor Energy, and Mill.

Technology is leverage. It’s one of those few things that removes constraints.

Mike Schroepfer on Behind the Tech with Kevin Scott