#186 Supercool Earth: Making It Rain, Literally
About this episode
SpotifyDacia Leon wants to make it rain on demand. Cloud seeding technology isn't new – people have been making it rain with silver iodide since the '50s – but Supercool Earth pioneered a way to seed clouds with a natural protein. Can Dacia close her $3 million round before the weather turns?
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The Panel
The Founder
Co-Founder/CEO at Supercool Earth
Dacia Leon is the Co-Founder/CEO of Supercool Earth, a climate biotech company delivering reliable precipitation. Supercool uses biological ice proteins — nature's best freezing agents — to trigger rain and snow on demand. Before Supercool, Dacia spent over a decade building and commercializing products at companies including Zymergen, Sound Agriculture, and Decibel Bio, and holds a PhD in microbiology. She's on a mission to build new infrastructure for global water security.
