Dave Rouse

Dave is a New Zealand born Entrepreneur with strong Maori cultural heritage. Dave grew up in a native forest called the Waitakere Ranges, and worked his teenage years on an organic farm. Sustainability and working in harmony with the land was all that he knew. Dave started his entrepreneurial journey early after his engineers degree. By the time he was 30 he had owned a variety of businesses and had multiple successful exits. All his businesses had sustainability and social responsibility woven into their core objectives. At his last significant exit, he began to put his time and money into philanthropic areas, including a Charity he co-founded, "SeaCleaners" and supporting startups through angel investing and governance. When the idea for CarbonClick was being pitched to Dave, he recognized this as one of the key areas that can meaningfully impact not only the climate crisis we are now facing, but also many other environmental and social problems we have created. It's no sup