About
Broadening access to the world's top environmental markets
We believe the investment benefits of environmental assets are too great not to be part of every portfolio. Access was created to make these markets frictionless and accessible.
We identify some of the most unique, high-impact market-based mechanisms globally, and provide the infrastructure and platform to invest in them. Broadening investment access to these markets not only provides all investors, large or small, with high risk-adjusted returns that are largely uncorrelated with traditional equities / fixed income, but equally importantly increase public awareness and support for these important tools of climate mitigation.
Team
Nick Chen
Nick has extensive operating and investing experience in global carbon markets, with a specific focus on building financial products that enable retail access to carbon assets. Nick was the Head of Carbon Finance at Flow Carbon, a leading carbon finance platform backed by a16z, where he focused on building retail carbon products and GTM strategies. Most recently, he was part of the carbon team at RES, a KKR-backed environmental finance platform.
Nick began his career in investment banking at Macquarie Capital and JP Morgan focused on infrastructure. He later joined McKinsey’s infrastructure and sustainability practices.
Nick graduated from University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Math in Actuarial Science, and later obtained a Master of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Daniel Baume
Daniel was part of the carbon team at RES (a KKR-backed environmental platform), and was previously chief of staff at BURN Manufacturing, one of the leading developers of carbon credits in Africa.
Daniel began his career in corporate strategy at AIG, and later became an investor at the private equity firm Gramercy Europe, where he focused on logistics investments and underwriting of non-investment grade credits.
Daniel graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Economics, and later obtained an MBA from Wharton and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School.
