Ryan Orbuch
InvestorPartner at Lowercarbon Capital · Partner at LOWERCARBON · Board director at Carbon Removal
San Francisco
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About
Ryan Orbuch is a Partner at Lowercarbon Capital, where he leads the firm's work in carbon removal. Before joining the firm, he helped start and ran Stripe's carbon removal procurement program, building partnerships with Activate and Deep Science Ventures and organizing expert reviews to select removal companies. Earlier in his career he worked as a product designer and software engineer, co-founded the education software startup Volley, and designed the productivity app Finish.
Invests in
Climate Tech
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Orbuch co-founded Volley, an education software startup. While in high school, Orbuch designed Finish, an Apple Design Award-winning productivity app for students.
- Hobbies
- Orbuch is an enthusiastic scuba diver and skier, and has worked in restaurant kitchens on two continents.
- More
- Orbuch was a contributor to the CDR Primer. Orbuch grew up in Boulder, CO, where an interest in weather and climate was sparked from a young age.
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Board director at Carbon Removal
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Experience
- Lowercarbon CapitalPartnercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco, California
- StripeProcurement Lead, Stripe Climate2019 — 2021San Francisco, California
- StripeProduct Manager2018 — 2019San Francisco, California
- VolleyCo-Founder and Fullstack Engineer2015 — 2017
- FinishCo-Founder and iOS Designer2013 — 2015
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Carbon RemovalBoard seat
via Lowercarbon Capital · filed Jan 2026 · $7.7M raise
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ryan Orbuch?
- Ryan Orbuch is a Partner at Lowercarbon Capital, where he leads the firm's work in carbon removal. Before joining the firm, he helped start and ran Stripe's carbon removal procurement program, building partnerships with Activate and Deep Science Ventures and organizing expert reviews to select removal companies. Earlier in his career he worked as a product designer and software engineer, co-founded the education software startup Volley, and designed the productivity app Finish.
- Where does Ryan Orbuch work?
- Ryan Orbuch is Partner at Lowercarbon Capital and Board director at Carbon Removal.
- What does Ryan Orbuch invest in?
- Ryan Orbuch invests in Climate Tech.
- What boards does Ryan Orbuch sit on?
- Ryan Orbuch holds tracked board seats at Carbon Removal.
- Where did Ryan Orbuch go to school?
- Ryan Orbuch studied at Boulder High School.
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Also attended Boulder High School7
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Also worked at Stripe247
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