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GroundworkEpisode 52 - Roman Lobas of FuelfinanceIn this episode, Roman Lobas, Head of Partnerships at Fuelfinance, joins Tai Rattigan to explore the dynamics of venture partnerships. Roman breaks down how to build trust with VCs, align incentives, and craft a value proposition that gets remembered. Drawing from his experience at Deel, Roman shares actionable strategies for scaling partnerships and fostering long-term relationships with investors.
Our favorite takeaways:
- Building trust with venture capitalists
- Aligning incentives with VC goals
- Simplifying your value proposition for clarity and impact
- Leveraging success stories to strengthen relationships
- Creating partnerships with non-investor VCs
Timestamps:
2:30 Lessons from Katalista...2024-12-1243 min
Runway#11 - Alex Gibb: Stories of Founding, Investing, Exiting (S1E11)In this episode of The Runway Podcast, we’re joined by Alex Gibb, an investor, founder, and connector of people, who shares his incredible journey from the corporate world and NGOs to startups and venture capital.Alex is a Brit who fell in love with Lithuania, helped it join the EU and then became one of the country's most well-known angel investors. With a focus on Triple Top Line startups—People, Planet, and Prosperity—Alex is a true catalyst for positive change.Here’s what you’ll find in this episode:•How Ale...2024-10-2141 min
Future Food with Analisa WintherAnalisa Winther on the future food revolutionChanging the food system to meet the UN’s environmental goals could generate close to $10 trillion of additional revenue or cost savings.
This is a massive opportunity that will require unprecedented collaboration, new business models, technologies, and a fundamental shift in how we think about and interact with our food system.
In this episode, Analisa shares part of a keynote she delivered for EIT Food Sales Booster in cooperation with Katalista Ventures on the future of agriculture. You will hear how our food system got to where it is today, where we are headed, and why...2023-11-2116 min
The NatureBacked PodcastFrom Entrepreneurs to Impactful Startups: Greta Monstavice talks about her work with Katalista VenturesIn the wide-ranging discussion with Greta Monstavice we covered how Katalista Ventures supports entrepreneurs to create positive change.
Startups accelerated through the programme are in 15 countries, with 69 startups accelerated, and 15 more in the pipeline.
Early-stage startups are supported in scaling and understanding their business model, with a focus on impact and sales integration.
The host, Tarmo Virki, and Greta Monstavice discuss the structured and unstructured nature of a startup programme, with a focus on the benefits and challenges of different approaches.
Katalista Ventures offers tailored programs with chief mentors and flexibility to address the specific needs of each...2023-10-1123 min
Homo cultus. Žmogus ir miestasHomo cultus. Žmogus ir miestas. Kasdienės kelionės mieste. Pokalbis su Jonu Damidavičium ir Arvydu PlėtaKaip mes keliaujame mieste dabar rūpi nebe vien miesto planuotojams, bet jau ir verslininkams, kurie taikosi prie besikeičiančio klientų požiūrio ir stoja į miestą be automobilių propaguojančiųjų gretas. Šiems pokyčiams ir naujoms galimybėms aptarti buvo skirta konferencija „Kasdienių kelionių matematika”, kurioje dalyvavo ir verslo ir savivaldos atstovai.Laidoje „Žmogus ir miestas” kalbiname du šios konferencijos dalyvius: Vilniaus miesto savivaldybės įmonės JUDU vadovą Joną Damidavičių ir verslininką, „Katalista ventures“ partnerį Arvydą Plėtą.Ved. Justinas Dūdėnas ir Matas Šiupšinskas2023-07-0358 min
The Global DiscussionThe Global Discussion - Gihan A.M HydeGihan is the Founder of Communique ( a B.Corp-certified business), an organisation created to give her fellow sustainability & communication professionals from underdeveloped countries and underrepresented communities a voice. Communique focuses on critical areas, including:
1) Integrating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Initiatives within your business model
2) Designing and developing ESG Communication Strategy
3) Auditing the effectiveness of your ESG strategy and communication messages
4) ESG & its Ecosystem training for Founders and Heads of Communications
Clients include Barclays, HSBC, PWC, Chartered Institute of PR & Marketing ( CIPR/CIM), Katalista Ventures and many more.
Gihan's accomplishments include...2023-03-0627 min
Triple Top Line Podcast#9 Big Picture Sustainability: From DeepTech to Youth EngagementIn this episode, we talk to Livia Kalossaka, an expert in deeptech for climate and the Vice President of YES-Europe. YES-Europe is an organization that connects climate-minded young people with each other, enabling them to learn, network, and catalyze together. Through creating knowledge sharing communities, running events, and running policy projects, YES-Europe offers a platform for younger generations to have real impact.
This episode tackles various topics; from systems thinking, the challenges facing deeptech startups, to holacracy and how to engage younger generations in sustainability. These were our main takeaways:
1. Systems thinking, and the bigger...2023-02-1041 min
Triple Top Line Podcast#8 How Can Nature Itself Be An Asset?In this episode, we talk to Kjell Clarysse, Founder and CEO of Forestbase.
‘If nature was to be wrapped in a stable, legal financial format, would it be worth so much that it can out compete the deforestation economy?’
The answer, according to Kjell, is yes, and this is the founding principle of Forestbase. Forestbase looks to lead the way in reclassing forest according to an infrastructure model, not just accounting for intrinsic value, but also for future cash flow. This has four steps:
1. Acquiring the forest land
2. Developing its conservation and...2023-01-0444 min
Triple Top Line Podcast#7 Can Startups Accelerate Carbon Removal?In this episode, we talk to Tom Duncan, the founder and CEO of Earthbanc, the world’s first data-driven carbon and investment platform, helping solve climate change profitably.
Mark Carney, the former governor of the bank of England, and the UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance estimated that the voluntary carbon market will grow a $100 billion market. All of those carbon removals and reductions are going to need finance, monitoring, reporting and verification. There is a huge market opportunity for fintech enablers such as Earthbanc.
Earthbanc provides an end-to-end solution for carbon project de...2022-11-0742 min
Triple Top Line Podcast#6 How Can Startups Be More Resilient?In this episode, we talk to Leon van der Laan, the founder of REMODE, where he helps founders restructure their startup's organization making it more resilient, efficient, and investable.
We covered many topics from remote work and organisational transformation to self-determination theory and biohacking. Here are some highlights:
1. To successfully implement remote work, think about your mission, vision statement and values from day 1.
To thrive in a remote setting, you need to rethink the whole organisation, not just give people the opportunity to work from home. Being really clear about your common mission...2022-10-0644 min
Triple Top Line Podcast#5 Can Humor Help the Planet To Thrive?In this episode, we welcome Belina Raffy, founder of Maffick (which means to 'boisterously celebrate'), where she offers innovation & business improvisation consulting, coaching, inspirational talks and workshops to help us, our organisations and the planet to thrive. Belina also empowers social entrepreneurs, scientists, experts and activists to do Sustainable Stand Up, while editing and publishing her book 'Using Improv to Save the World (and me)'.
Tune in to this delightful conversation with Belina to learn more about how an improvisation mindset can be a healing lens to look at life, and can bring lightness and joy to...2022-07-0152 min
Triple Top Line Podcast#4 Can a Positive Impact Startup Be Profitable?This episode covers the story of Ieva Vaitkevičiūtė, the founder and CEO of Mindletic, a mental gym for emotional balance with the purpose to promote emotional hygiene and motivate ongoing self-care. Mindletic is a 2nd place winner of The Global Hack which gathered over 15 000 participants from 100+ countries, winner at Futurepreneurs 2020 pre-accelerator and has been recognised by global media including Forbes, NHK WORLD-JAPAN, World Economic Forum, Delfi to name a few.
We had a wonderful conversation, covering starting a business in pandemic times, mental health, working with purpose, impact investing, and more. Check out a few hig...2022-03-3042 min
Triple Top Line Podcast#3 How to Communicate ESG Effectively to the Benefit of Your Startup?In this episode, we welcome Gihan A.M Hyde, the founder of Communique - a startup that specialises in communicating strategies focused on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG).
Gihan is an ESG communicator who has led campaigns in some of the world’s largest organisations including Barclays, HSBC, M&S, bp, and The Riyadh Metro Project. These campaigns have positively impacted over 150,000 employees, 200,000 customers, and have attracted over £300m in investment deals.
Here are some highlights from this episode:
Everyone should care about ESG: It’s enough to take a look at data to understand why. 84% of globa...2022-02-1751 min
Triple Top Line Podcast#2 Why Behaviour Change Is Important for Climate ChangeWelcome back to the Triple Top Line Podcast, where you can learn how your business can create a positive impact on People, Planet, and Profit from the most brilliant minds in the startup and sustainability worlds.
We kick off the 2022 season with an insightful episode, where our guest Erica Neve shares how global sustainability challenges, can be tackled through behaviour change and inner transformation.
Erica is a learning strategist and a product designer passionate about helping businesses and individuals transform with a human-centric approach. Through a mixture of creative design thinking and establishing what motivates humans, she...2022-02-0148 min
Triple Top Line Podcast#1 The Future Is Triple Top LineIn this first episode, we share the story behind Katalista Ventures and our work with startups, the Triple Top Line philosophy, and examples of startups making a positive impact on people, planet, and profit. We’ll talk more about removing the stigma around sustainability and using positive narratives to drive sustainable transformations.
How to become a Triple Top Line startup? We developed the Triple Top Line assessment to get you started on this journey. Take the assessment with your team already today 👉 https://www.katalistaventures.com/triple-top-line
Credits
Intro song "Sparks" by Ian Preece. 2021-11-2327 min
Sustainability ExploredFashion for Change! Interview with Justina Lizikevičiūtė and Roman LobasJustina Lizikevičiūtė and Roman Lobas, experts in innovation and sustainability from Katalista Ventures join this episode to discuss the sustainable development in fashion industry and present a promising initiative Fashion for Change. The project is led by the international organizations engaged striving to make an impact, Estonian Academy of Arts, CIVITTA, Ecopreneur.eu and Katalista Ventures.
Tune in to learn more about it and get involved in the hackathon next year, 2022. Enjoy
Let's get connected:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sustainability-explored/ & https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayaulan/
...2021-11-0449 min
ISM Alumni Organization#8 Istorijos: "Katalista Ventures" su Greta MonstavičeŠįkart susitikome su Greta Monstaviče - ISM absolvente bei "Katalista Ventures" bendraįkurėja ir vadove. Išvykos į mainų programas, tvarumo gyslelės atsiradimas bei nuosavo verslo startuolių pasaulyje iššūkiai - spėjome aptarti viską!Svečią kalbino ISM Alumni Organization prezidentas Niko Amirgulašvili.#ISMAlumniOrganization #ISMAlumni2021-05-271h 13