In Impact Europe's Sound Funding podcast, host Ryan Grant Little talks to leading European impact investors about how they power social and environmental impact to create a better world.
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Ben DeVries of Impact Europe - Sound Funding Ep. 25
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Welcome to episode 25 of Sound Funding! This is a very special episode, it's the very last one and it's a crossover episode with our other podcast Impact People, so host Ryan Grant Little is our guest on this episode. He talks to our Ben DeVries about the many hats he wears (founder, investor, consultant, podcast host) and plans for the future.…
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Simon Ulvund of Earthbound - Sound Funding Ep. 24
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In this episode, host Ryan Grant Little spoke with Simon Ulvund of Earthbound in Copenhagen. Earthbound is a brand new funding program from the Technical University of Denmark designed to get deep climate tech from universities out into the market. They talked about Simon's background as a social innovator, the challenges of tech transfer, and what…
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Luca Zerbini of Una Terra Venture Capital Fund - Sound Funding Ep. 23
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In this episode, host Ryan Grant Little spoke with Luca Zerbini, Founding Partner and CEO of Una Terra Venture Capital Fund in Zurich. Luca is both a force of nature and a force for nature, deploying $200 million in the fight against carbon emissions and plastic waste. They talked about how a background in industry can be a huge asset as an investo…
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Arman Anatürk of HackCapital – Sound Funding Ep 22
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In this crossover episode with his other podcast, Another ClimateTech Podcast, host Ryan Grant Little talks with Arman Anatürk, founder of FoodHack, ClimateHack and HackCapital, a universe that grew out of a single event in Geneva in 2018. They talk about new approaches for startups, fund managers, and angels to participate in the capital-hungry un…
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Beatriz Franco of Vita Vera Ventures – Sound Funding Ep 21
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In this episode, host Ryan Grant Little speaks with Beatriz Franco, Managing Partner at Vita Vera Ventures. After two decades as a lawyer and investment banker, Beatriz went all-in on a bet to fight climate change by focusing on early-stage investment in the food industry. Her fund focuses on reducing GHG emissions through novel food technologies, …
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Maximilian Schwarz (né Bade) of Nucleus Capital – Sound Funding Ep. 20
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Host Ryan Grant Little spoke with Maximilian Schwarz (né) Bade, founder of Nucleus Capital, in Berlin. Nucleus Capital is a first-check investor in all things related to planetary health, with a focus on programming biology, foodtech, and decarbonization. The “Made with Biology Funding Napkin” mentioned in the episode can be found at https://bit.ly…
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James Crawshaw of Inyova – Sound Funding Ep 19.
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In this episode, host Ryan Grant Little speaks with James Crawshaw, Senior Impact Manager at Inyova Impact Investing. Inyova is a pioneer in bringing impact investing to the retail level, currently operating in the German speaking world. They talked about active portfolio management, the power of shareholder activism, and swimming in Zurich.…
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Sonalie Figueiras of Green Queen - Sound Funding Ep. 18
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In this episode of Sound Funding, host Ryan Grant Little speaks with Sonalie Figueiras about how investing in the food system can help solve the climate crisis. Figueiras is the founder and editor-in-chief of Green Queen, a highly respected platform for the food tech industry. They discuss the importance of investing in food tech, the lack of messa…
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Steven Molino of Clear Current Capital - Sound Funding Ep. 17
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Host Ryan Grant Little spoke with Steven Molino, Principal at Clear Current Capital in New York. Clear Current Capital catalyzes sustainable change in the food system, especially through alternative protein investment. We talked about the state of affairs in alternative protein investment, why it’s all about teams, what makes sense in the world of …
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Romain Diaz of Satgana – Sound Funding Ep. 16
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Host Ryan Grant Little spoke with Romain Diaz, founder of Satgana, in Lisbon. Satgana is a climate tech venture capital firm working on topics ranging from transportation, energy, food and agriculture, to circular economy. Romain and Ryan talked about the most effective climate interventions, what it’s like to be a first-time fund manager, and why …
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Tim Schumacher of World Fund - Sound Funding Ep. 15
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Host Ryan Grant Little spoke with Tim Schumacher, co-founder of World Fund, in Cologne. World Fund is a €350 million climate fund that supports startups with the potential to remove 100 million tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere each year. It funds tickets of €1-10 million around the world, with a sweet spot in the under-funded European climate vent…
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Patrice Schneider of Media Development Investment Fund - Sound Funding Ep. 14
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Host Ryan Grant Little spoke with Patrice Schneider, Chief Strategy Officer of the Media Development Investment Fund. Patrice is a war correspondent-turned-fund manager (how many people can say that?) and has been a leading voice in media independence in his role at MDIF for 18 years. They spoke about topics ranging from blended capital through to …
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Zeineb Fakhfakh of Impact Partner in Tunisia - Sound Funding Ep. 13
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Host Ryan Grant Little spoke with Zeineb Fakhfakh, Managing Director of Impact Partner in Tunisia. Impact Partner runs Tunisia’s only impact fund, the aptly named Social Business Fund. It works with early-stage startups to support employment, gender equality, and the environment. They talked about how corporates and startups can partner to innovate…
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Elena Casolari of Opes Italia - Sound Funding Ep. 12
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Host Ryan Grant Little spoke with Elena Casolari, CEO and Co-Founder of Opes Italia in Milan. Opes Italia is a €36 million impact fund active across Italy addressing topics like youth unemployment, the marginalization of migrants, and gender inequity. It was spun out of the Opes-LCEF foundation, where Elena is Chair and co-founder. The foundation i…
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Myrna Atalla of Alfanar - Sound Funding Ep. 11
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Host Ryan Grant Little spoke to Myrna Atalla, Executive Director of Alfanar. Myrna has been working in the social investment space for almost 20 years. Now her team is putting together a 50 Million Dollar impact fund which will be the largest of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Learn more: https://www.alfanar.org/ This ep…
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Alena Kalibaba and Anna Gulevska-Chernysh of Ukrainian Social Venture Fund - Sound Funding Ep. 10
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Host Ryan Grant Little spoke with Alena Kalibaba and Anna Gulevska-Chernysh, the founders of the Ukrainian Social Venture Fund in Kyiv. The Ukrainian Social Venture Fund was born out of the Euromaidan protest era, in 2014, as pro-democracy activism coalesced into a social innovation sector. Alena and Anna are two of Ukraine’s most influential socia…
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Arnaud Gillin of Innpact - Sound Funding Ep. 9
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Innpact provides specialised advisory services in the establishment and management support of impact finance initiatives. Since 2007, Innpact has supported the establishment of 30 impact finance vehicles in excess of €7 billion. I spoke with founder Arnaud Gillin about the power of blended finance, why Luxembourg has to be careful not to lose its p…
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Elodie Donjon of European Investment Fund (EIF) - Sound Funding Ep.8
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The European Investment Fund is a pillar of Europe’s impact investing construct, backing and matching funds across the European Union. Elodie Donjon is Investment Manager at the EIF and has been there for an impressive 17 years. We talked about what the EIF is looking for in funds and teams, how it has evolved over her tenure there, and where to ca…
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Silke Horakova of Tilia Impact Ventures - Sound Funding Ep.7
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TIlia Impact Ventures is the first social impact fund in the Czech Republic, focused on building social enterprises with sustainable and replicable/scalable business models, aligned with significant and measurable societal impact. More at http://tiliaimpactventures.cz/ Impact Days are June 2-3 in Vienna: https://impactdays.at/ EVPA Central Eastern …
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Pieter Oostlander of Shaping Impact Group - Sound Funding Ep. 6
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SI2 Fund identifies impact ventures offering breakthrough innovations to tackle societal challenges, and helps them scale with tailored capital, active in-kind support and access to networks. SI² Fund is an active investor, partnering with businesses within Benelux and neighbouring countries for social impact and financial success. Find out more at…
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Michał Radziwiłł of FKIS/TISE - Sound Funding Ep.5
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Host Ryan Grant Little spoke with Michał Radziwiłł, Chair, Equity Fund for Social Investments (FKIS), a subsidiary of TISE in Warsaw. FKIS/TISE supports social enterprises in Poland and beyond with impact loans. With a total portfolio of 5,000+ active loans, the fund, originally launched by France’s Coop Coopératif, is one of the region’s most infl…
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Joshua Haynes of Masawa Fund - Sound Funding Ep.4
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Host Ryan Grant Little spoke with Joshua Haynes, Founder and Managing Partner of Masawa Impact Fund in Berlin. Masawa is the first impact fund specializing in mental wellness, and is currently targeting a EUR 15-30 million close. They work with early-stage founders, mostly in Europe, and are committed to an approach they call Nurture Capital. Find …
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Johannes Weber of Ananda Impact Ventures – Sound Funding Ep. 3
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Host Ryan Grant Little spoke with Johannes Weber, Founder and Managing Director at Ananda Impact Ventures in Munich. Ananda Impact Ventures manages $100 million in three funds and is one of the leading impact venture capital funds with a pan-European focus. The active portfolio comprises impact pioneers such as Auticon (IT consulting by people in t…
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Lara Viada of Creas – Sound Funding Ep. 2
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Host Ryan Grant Little spoke with Lara Viada, Investment Director at Creas in Madrid. Creas is a pioneer impact investing fund investing in a range of social and environmental topics in Spain and, increasingly, across Europe. Their most recent fund is Creas Impacto, a €30 million fund focused on scaling high impact companies in the education, carin…
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Bernadette Blom of the Good Fashion Fund – Sound Funding Ep. 1
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Host Ryan Grant Little spoke with Bernadette Blom, Director of the Good Fashion Fund in Amsterdam. The Good Fashion Fund is a first-of-its-kind initiative to create systemic change in the textile and apparel industry by financing the implementation of highly impactful and disruptive production technologies in Asia. The Fund targets long term USD de…
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