Hampus Jakobsson is a general partner at Pale Blue Dot, a climate-focused VC firm headquartered in Malmö, Sweden. Here Jakobssen explains why the firm made the choice to hire a head of research. This oped first appeared in the Sustain newsletter, our weekly roundup of the biggest news in climate tech — subscribe here.
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