Investor Episodes

In today's show, I'm joined by Leslie Kapin, Director of Impact at Astanor Ventures, one of Europe's largest Impact funds. Whether you work for a climate or impact fund, are looking to start one, or are simply curious about w...

In today's show, I'm receiving Marie Ekeland, the founder of 2050, a French Climate Tech fund. She's a superstar investor in the French Venture ecosystem. She was a Partner at Elaia Partners where she invested early on in Cri...

In today's show, we are bringing Arman Anaturk, co-founder of Hack Capital. Hack Capital supports impact-driven founders, funders, and managers with their capital raises. We talk about: -managing your LinkedIn presence to gro...

In today's show, I'm receiving Sebastian Heitmann, co-founder and General Partner of Extantia, a European Climate Tech fund based out of Berlin. We cover: - The Path to Extantia: Strategies and Hindsight in Structuring Climat...

In today's show, I'm receiving Allegra Kowalewski-Ferreira, Partner at Breakthrough Energy Europe. We cover: - Discussion on the world's largest Climate Tech fund - Exploring Bill Gates' actual role in the fund - The fund's i...

In today's show, I'm welcoming Jacqueline van den Ende, Co-Founder and CEO of Carbon Equity, a Climate VC and private equity fund investing platform that enables people to invest in the world's best climate funds. We cover: -...

This time we're turning tables. I will not be conducting the interview. Instead, I will be interviewed. By popular demand, you will hear a little bit about me and my thoughts on some awesome topics, such as risk management, w...

Today's show features not just one, but two guests, who will provide super actionable insights to FINALLY demystify the IMPACT of Climate Tech Funds. -We will break down the most important concepts around impact measurements,...

Caroline Walerud is a Swedish entrepreneur and Partner at Walerud Ventures, a deep-tech investment company that focuses on early-stage green tech startups. She also co-founded Volumental, a company that developed a cloud-base...

Marie Helene Ametsreiter is a General Partner at Speedinvest, an early-stage generalist fund based out of Wien in Austria, with more than €600m AUM and 40 investors based in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, and Vienna. Marie-He...

Irena Spazzapan is a Managing Partner at Systemiq Capital, a London-based climate fund and spin-off of Systemic Ltd. Systemiq Ltd is an advisory and investment firm focused on climate, that helps build companies that have the...

Benjamin Kayser is a former French Rugby international with a 16-year-long career (he played 47 games with the French National Team, and hundreds in the French and English championships). Benjamin is a Co-founder and Partner ...

Benjamin Joffe is a Partner at SOSV , a global deep tech fund with 1000 portfolio companies and $1.3B AUM. They focus on early-stage planetary and human health. They invest the very first checks at pre-seed via the startup pr...

Chris Wedding is an ex-Private Equity investor, 3x founder, professor at Duke University, a Climate CEO Coach, and a MONK ! Today's episode is a little special. Both Chris and I are running Climate Tech podcasts. The differen...

Christopher Burghardt is the ex-Managing Director Europe of ChargePoint, a US company that built the world's largest network of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. They went public in March 2021 on the New York Stock Exc...