Daria Saharova developed a proprietary Climate Performance Potential model that measures technology's total avoidable emissions by 2040 rather than company-level metrics, turning climate impact into a core investment tool. She positions herself at the intersection of climate tech and deep tech, arguing that climate capital is misallocated toward consumer sectors when the real impact lies in harder-to-finance heavy industries and backing technologies like quantum computing and new materials that don't exist at scale yet.