About
Adam Hearne spent 12 years working in mining before joining Amazon, where he spent 3 years managing supply chain operations. He founded CarbonChain to provide carbon transparency across global supply chains.
Founder at CarbonChainYC S20
Intro paths
YC
Adam went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran CarbonChain's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Adam can intro founders to CarbonChain's investors below.
CarbonChain's investors · 7
Aera VCSingapore · $25K – $5M checks · since 2022Blackbird VenturesSydney · $149K – $60M checks · since 2022MAVA VenturesNew York · since 2022Starlight VenturesMiami · $100K – $3M checks · since 2022Union Square Ventures (USV)New York City · $1M – $8M checks · since 2022Voyager PartnersSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks · since 2022Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020
Co-founders at CarbonChain
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ROHEET SHAHFounder
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Roheet ShahExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- CarbonChainCEO and Co-foundercurrent2019 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- AmazonSenior Program Manager - Supply Chain2016 — 2019London Area, United Kingdom
- Rio TintoInnovation Advisor2017 — 2018London Area, United Kingdom
- Rio TintoPrincipal Consultant2015 — 2016Various locations
- Rio TintoDiamonds - Value Chain Analyst2014 — 2015Antwerp, Belgium and London, UK
- CDC Group plcStrategic Resourcing2014London Area, United Kingdom
- MedopadHead of Operations and Product Management2014London Area, United Kingdom
- Rio TintoSuperintendent - Process Integration and Embedding2012 — 2013
- Rio TintoBusiness and Process Improvement Lead2011 — 2012Greater Brisbane Area
- Rio TintoSpecialist - Process Design and Improvement2010 — 2011Greater Brisbane Area
- Rio TintoAnalyst - Process and Standards2010Greater Brisbane Area
- Rio TintoAnalyst - Quality and Integration2008 — 2009Brisbane Queensland
- Rio TintoProcess Integration Consultant2007 — 2008Greater Brisbane Area
- QUT Business Process Management GroupHonours and Masters Research2006 — 2007
Skills & more
Supply Chain Operations90Private Equity72Change Management89Supply Chain Management7Supply Chain Optimization5Financial Modeling6Business Process Improvement50Business Process Design26Project Management21Integration14Lean Manufacturing15Business Process15
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Business AnalysisBusiness TransformationProject DeliveryBusiness StrategyHuman ResourcesManagement ConsultingProgram ManagementRecruitingProcess ImprovementAnalysisStrategySAPLanguages English · French
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Adam Hearne?
- Adam Hearne spent 12 years working in mining before joining Amazon, where he spent 3 years managing supply chain operations. He founded CarbonChain to provide carbon transparency across global supply chains.
- Where does Adam Hearne work?
- Adam Hearne is Founder of CarbonChain.
- What companies did Adam Hearne found?
- Adam Hearne founded CarbonChain.
- Where did Adam Hearne go to school?
- Adam Hearne studied at London Business School (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), General Management); QUT (Queensland University of Technology) (Master of Information Technology, Business Process Management); QUT (Queensland University of Technology) (Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours), Business Process Management).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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London Business School mafia59
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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Queensland University of Technology mafia10
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sara WimmercranzFounded FootwayRaghu YarlagaddaExchange StudentFounded FalconXRowan GrantExecutive MBAFounded TurnoutRaina KumraQUT Leadership Fellow, Industry FellowFounded SpicewellSyed AhmedML/AI ResearcherFounded Tara AIShawn LiamBachelor of Information Technology / Bachelor of Creative IndustriesFounded Atlas
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Same school
Also attended London Business School541
Patrick ClaessenPartner at Cottonwood Technology FundDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesSandra SchwarzerInvestor at Index VenturesMatt CherianVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 Ventures
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Also attended QUT (Queensland University of Technology)57
Esther GilmoreGlobal Head of the Client Team at Generation Investment ManagementSam EdenInvestor at Square Peg CapitalAndrew PoesastePartner at RampersandFredrik BergenlidPartner at Fly VenturesReuben BramaInvestor at IDEO CoLab VenturesWendy LamAdvisor at Chrysalix
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Shared employers
Also worked at CarbonChain2
Also worked at Amazon645
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsBinny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoorBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsNick FrosstCo-founder of CohereDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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Also worked at Rio Tinto15
Sally HatterVC & Fixed Income Lead - WA at ArtesianGeorge DarrahGeneral Partner at Systemiq CapitalDominic BartonPartner at Radical VenturesRicha TejasviTalent Associate at SAGANAShijiro OchirbatPartner at Reinventure CapitalHassan el BouhaliMentor at Amiral Ventures
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Also worked at CDC Group plc15
Andrew ReicherInvestor & Advisor at E3 CapitalPerry BlacherPartner at Augmentum FintechSina AtaherianInvestment Director at ACF InvestorsRhiya PauAssociate at Laerdal Million Lives FundStewart HicksInvestor at Bamboo Capital PartnersBarry LawsonInvestor at Two Magnolias
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