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Meredith Shields runs a $500 million equity fund inside one of the world's largest banks. In this episode, she breaks down how the Citi Impact Fund evaluates deals, why they shifted from seed to Series B, and which portfolio companies are changing outcomes for real people.
Max Friedman didn't set out to build one of the most widely used fundraising platforms in the nonprofit
Meredith Shields runs a $500 million equity fund inside one of the world's largest banks. In this episode, she breaks down how the Citi Impact Fund evaluates deals, why they shifted from seed to Series B, and which portfolio companies are changing outcomes for real people.
Max Friedman didn't set out to build one of the most widely used fundraising platforms in the nonprofit
Impossible Metals is building a fleet of autonomous underwater robots to harvest critical minerals from the ocean floor. CEO Oliver Gunasekara breaks down the tech, the business model, and why he thinks commercial deep sea mining is two to three years away.
Funding History · 2012–2022 Grove Collaborative From Seed to Public Markets Round-by-round capital raised, cumulative funding, and SPAC IPO on
Tony's Chocolonely transformed from a Dutch journalist's investigative project into a $200+ million chocolate company by
Aspiration was a California-based neobank founded in 2013 that positioned itself as the sustainable alternative to traditional banking. The company
Meredith Shields runs a $500 million equity fund inside one of the world's largest banks. In this episode, she breaks down how the Citi Impact Fund evaluates deals, why they shifted from seed to Series B, and which portfolio companies are changing outcomes for real people.
Nick Dilks explains how Ecosystem Investment Partners restores wetlands and streams through regulated mitigation markets, showing how private capital supports development and long term environmental restoration across the United States.
In Episode 92, Rehana Nathoo joins the show to discuss her path from development finance in East Africa to leading impact and ESG strategy at Spectrum Impact.
AidKit builds the infrastructure that helps governments and nonprofits get money into the hands of people who need it, faster and with less fraud. CEO Brittany talks through the business model, the AI fraud challenge, and what the next five years look like.
Kate Williams, CEO of One Percent for the Planet, shares how the organization turns business revenue into verified environmental impact, why progress matters more than perfection, and how companies can make climate action practical and nonpartisan.
Lyft Chief Policy Officer Jerry Golden breaks down the policy battles shaping rideshare, what autonomous vehicles really mean for drivers, and how Lyft’s Round Up and Donate program has raised $42M for nonprofits through simple, everyday giving.
From the bottom of the ocean to the edge of space, impact is scaling. This week, we dive into Impossible Metals’ robotics, Tomorrow.io’s $175M satellite constellation, and the historic policy wins in California and Ethiopia that are redefining the social enterprise landscape.
Hey friends, Welcome to this week's edition. We are looking at the "unsolvable" problems, from the
Hey friends, This week is all about infrastructure for permanence, how we swap throwaway habits, extractive finance, and fragile systems
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