Climate Change… Regenerative Agriculture and Carbon Sequestration 12 Jul 202211 Jul 2022 Agriculture and GhG Agriculture generates between 10 and 12% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These will probably increase in the coming decades due to the growing demand for food and changes in…
Basics… Building unicorns 12 Apr 202222 Mar 2022 For early stages investments, this is more art than science, nevertheless, there are some common traits that can be easily identified for founders of startups that can go from Zero…
Climate Change… 5 Climatech questions 15 Feb 202218 Apr 2022 Existing sources of green house gases Cement, steel, plastic31%Electricity27%Plants, Animals19%Planes, trucks, cargo ships16%Heating, cooling, refrigeration7%How much greenhouse gases are emitted by the things we do? A framework to analyze climate…
Climate Change… Climate fight comes to Big Oil 8 Jun 202118 Apr 2022 Exxon, Shell, Chevron, Total & stakeholder climate activism The last weeks have seen the largest energy companies in turmoil. Through different paths, stakeholders have brought the climate change agenda to…
Basics… An exit and two bankruptcies 18 May 202115 May 2021 Investing in startups entails an emotional ride. That is why you need to have an investment framework to validate your decisions and curtail your emotions. I will recount the lessons…
Basics… Anti Purpose-Washing 30 Mar 20219 Feb 2022 Achieving social impact An a priori to achieve social impact is to be able to articulate your business’s purpose clearly. Defining your Theory of Change is one of the variables…
impinv… Charm Impact – Driving positive change 26 Jan 202126 Jan 2021 Interview with Gavriel Landau, CEO of Charm Impact (*) What prompted you to launch Charm Impact? Back in university, when I was in business school, I took an operations strategy…
allocation… Average “ticket size” 14 Jul 202013 Jul 2020 I could start with, “it depends”, but I will try to give you a more straightforward answer. If you are a founder and have landed on this page, why are…