First Order Principles… Investing in Sustainable Ventures: My 2025 Additions 5 Jan 20264 Jan 2026 In 2025 I continued adding startups to my existing portfolio of innovative and sustainable companies. I also managed to reinvest in some of my portfolio companies (Ixorigue, Wily). Additionally, to…
Climate Change… New Sustainable Ventures Added: My 2024 Portfolio 7 Jan 202514 Jan 2025 My existing portfolio of innovative and sustainable companies grew in 2024. Several exciting new investments were added. These investments further diversified and strengthened my commitment to cleantech, emerging markets, and…
Exit… Managing portfolio maturity: tips for successful outcomes 3 May 20233 May 2023 Some of the impact startups in my portfolio have reached maturity, i.e., are now offering more liquidity opportunities, while their growth has slowed down. It's a tough spot to be…
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…
Basics… Investment decision making framework 5 May 202026 May 2020 Intuition is nothing more and nothing less than recognition. Thinking, Fast and Slow | Daniel Kahneman FOMO Before discussing a methodology, i.e., a logical investment decision-making framework, I would first address…
allocation… Accelerating the fight against climate change 5 Mar 20204 Mar 2020 Borrowing some inspiration from Everything is a Remix, I would like to recast some thoughts that Stephen Lacey first shared in The Energy Gang Podcast. The question that he answered,…
impinv… Sharing Deal Flow: a system 6 Feb 20206 Feb 2020 Some time ago, I joined a discussion with a group of impact investors, about the best ways for sourcing deal flow, and, which are the best practices for the sharing…
impinv… Fundraising – Angel Investor Perspective 18 Dec 20191 Dec 2019 The purpose of this post is not to patronize you on how to fund-raise. There are plenty of places all over the internet where you can learn that. My goal…