Diego Saez Gil, Entrepreneur, Naturalist

Hi there! I’m a tech entrepreneur and nature lover, aspiring to contribute to a better future. I founded Pachama, a technology company that pioneered Geospatial AI models to measure and monitor carbon sequestration by natural ecosystems, with the goal of driving more funding to their conservation and restoration at planetary scale.

Pachama raised over $90M by great investors and helped drive over $100M to projects conserving more than 2 million hectares of tropical forests and restoring tens of thousands of new native forests worldwide, keeping on the ground over 4M Tons of CO2. Pachama ended up merging with Carbon Direct, a leading company in carbon advisory and management.

Prior to Pachama, I co-founded Bluesmart, which pioneered tracking sensors technology, and WeHostels which created one of the first mobile travel booking app. Both companies were acquired by industry leaders. I studied entrepreneurship at Stanford GSB, project management at LaSalle Barcelona, business at Universidad Nacional de Tucumán and electro-mechanics at Escuela Técnica Concepción.

I was born and raised in the north of Argentina, at the foothills of the Andes and the Yunga forests, descendent of indigenous people and European immigrants. At age 25 I left Argentina with the intention of seeing the world and make my mark. After a decade of sharpening my tools as a tech startup founder, I decided to put all my experience and energy on the purpose of helping protect life on Earth, which led me to start Pachama.

I’m married to Lara Daitter, a therapist and coach, and I’m the proud dad of Andes and Coral. We are now back in Argentina, reconnecting with our roots.

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