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Better Money Better World#65 | Hands-On and DPI Driven Investing: Canada’s Largest Climate Tech Seed Fund, Active Impact InvestmentsIn the most recent episode of Better Money Better World podcast, Daniel speaks with Mike Winterfield, Founder and Managing Partner of Active Impact. Active Impact Investments is Canada’s largest climate tech seed fund. They provide money and talent to accelerate the growth of early-stage climate tech companies that are capable of achieving massive scale while solving the most urgent environmental issues.While many early-stage investors are still chasing “paper” gains, Mike’s team has realized returns, with 7 out of their first 32 investments sold, and most of their original capital already back in their LPs' pockets. Sometimes, a quick...
2025-05-2733 min
Lifetime at Work: Finding the Meaning in Our CareersA Career Investing and Making an Impact with Mike Winterfield of Active Impact InvestmentsEpisode 77. We’re all driven to have an impact of some sort or another at work. Likewise, when we invest, having an impact is a very nice bonus as well. In this episode of the Lifetime at Work podcast, host Greg Martin interviews Mike Winterfield, founder of Active Impact Investments, Canada’s largest climate tech seed fund. They discuss Mike's journey from recruitment to founding a clean technology venture capital fund, the types of companies he invests in, and how these companies are addressing climate change while generating financial returns. Mike shares his strategies for evaluating potential invest...
2025-02-0343 min
The Capitalist HippieRevolutionizing sustainability - with Mike Winterfield, Founder of Active ImpactMike Winterfield is Founder and of Active Impact, Canada’s largest climate tech seed fund. As a seasoned entrepreneur and dedicated advocate for environmental sustainability, his career spans over two decades across software, professional recruitment, and venture capital where he has continually demonstrated his commitment to making a positive impact. Following his role as COO at Traction on Demand and President of Traction Rec, Mike founded Active Impact. Through Active Impact Investments, he channels his passion for the environment into profitable ventures, driving sustainable solutions while delivering returns. Prior to his groundbreaking venture with Active Im...
2024-05-2937 min
Traceroute20. We Were Promised Flying CarsOr "Why You’ve Probably Never Heard of Waldo Waterman..." 🛸 // We were promised flying cars. We were told that by the year 2000, cities would float in the clouds, robots would cut our hair, and there’d be a computer in everyone’s pocket. Well, one out of three ain’t bad. The question is, why? Why did we think the future would bring interstate moving sidewalks, but we ended up with the internet instead? In this episode of Traceroute, we take an in-depth look at why we get the technology we get…and our trail leads t...
2024-01-1827 min
StuffTVFunding Green StartupsFounder of the largest climate seed fund in Canada, Mike Winterfield, discusses how important it is to become sustainable and circular in the economy. Mike helps fund the ability for existing companies to scale their impact and profit by providing solutions towards sustainable infrastructures.
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2023-08-1137 minStuffTVFunding Green StartupsFounder of the largest climate seed fund in Canada, Mike Winterfield, talks with us about a sustainable and circular economy. Mike helps fund the ability for existing companies to scale their impact and profit by providing solutions towards sustainable infrastructures.
#StuffTV #Sustainability #Ecofriendly #Recycle #Investor #VentureCapital
2023-08-0639 min
The Art Of Meaningful WorkUsing Business To Solve Climate Change With Active Impact Founder Mike WinterfieldMike Winterfield is the founder and managing partner of Active Impact Investments - a venture capital investment firm focused on early-stage climate tech startups. You can find them here: https://www.activeimpactinvestments.com/ In this episode, you will learn: The 5 criteria Mike and his team at Impact investments use to select who they are going to invest in. Mike’s journey from a recruiter to sales executive to a founder of a venture capital fund. How to use business and specifically venture capital as a way to scale positive impact. Yo...
2022-06-121h 00
The Tech 4 Climate PodcastEp #27: CAN YOU BE A CERTIFIED B CORP CLIMATE TECH VC FUND? YES! Meet Mike, founder @ ACTIVE IMPACT INVESTMENTSDiscover the adventurous story of Mike Winterfield and his passion for getting “lost in nature”, building high-performing teams, and creating impact at scale through investments & support of early stage climate startups with Active Impact Investments. Mike Winterfield Founder & Managing Partners @ Active Impact Investments - Tech 4 Climate Podcast by Startup BasecampPART 1: Meet the Investor:In today's episode, we will speak with Mike Winterfield, Founder & Managing Partners @ Active Impact Investments. Founded in 2018, Active Impact Investments is a Certified BCorp based in Vancouver, BC, whose mission is to support environmental sustainability through profitable investment. With their...
2021-11-1256 min
BIV TodayThe surging value of climate tech with Mike WinterfieldB.C.-based Active Impact Investments has just closed a $54-million climate tech fund. Founder and managing partner Mike Winterfield joins BIV Today to discuss the surging value of businesses focused on such technology as the globe deals with climate change. Tyler Orton hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2021-07-3014 min
Canada’s EntrepreneurTraditional Loan Lending vs. Partnerships and Collaboration - Group Podcast - Vancouver - Canada's PodcastA 3-person small-group podcast on the future of financing for businesses focusing on 'partnerships' and 'collaborations' vs traditional 'loan' lending. With special guests:
Jill Earthy, CEO Women’s Enterprise Centre
Grant Lawrence, Co-Founder Valhalla Private Capital, President Valhalla Angels Kelowna, Co-President Valhalla Angels Vancouver
Mike Winterfield, Founder & Managing Partner Active Impact Investments
2020-05-2630 min
UnfinishedThinking Like an Impact Investor to Raise Money: Mike Winterfield - 017Whether you're looking for impact investments now, in the future, or never, there is a mindset here that all change makers needs to take note of. This episode I sat down with Mike Winterfield, Managing Partner of Active Impact Investments. They've been instrumental in deploying over $10 million in capital to businesses that create social or environmental impact. We dive into everything from how they define impact companies, what it's like starting a venture capital firm, how their model is different and allows impact investors to get more involved, and 3 big mistakes that people make when raising money.
2020-04-0245 min
The Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation PodcastPlanet-Friendly Profit: Insights into Funding a Better World with Mike Winterfield, Founder of Active Impact InvestmentsSee Full Show Notes here: https://growensemble.com/active-impact-investments-mike-winterfield/ In this episode, we chat with Mike Winterfield, the Founder of Active Impact Investments—a venture capital firm that exclusively supports small to medium-sized social ventures in their early stages—helping them scale their impact and profit by providing funding and extensive capacity-building services to their portfolio companies. In our chat with Winterfield, we dive into: His 20 years in the tech industry and his transition into Impact Investing The edge that allowed him to move into the financial space successfully His insigh...
2020-03-1755 min
Life Ensemble#68 - Planet-Friendly Profit: Insights into Funding a Better World with Mike Winterfield, Founder of Active Impact InvestmentsSee Full Show Notes here: https://growensemble.com/active-impact-investments-mike-winterfield/ In this episode, we chat with Mike Winterfield, the Founder of Active Impact Investments—a venture capital firm that exclusively supports small to medium-sized social ventures in their early stages—helping them scale their impact and profit by providing funding and extensive capacity-building services to their portfolio companies. In our chat with Winterfield, we dive into: His 20 years in the tech industry and his transition into Impact Investing The edge that allowed him to move into the financial space successfully His insigh...
2020-03-1755 min
Strong Voice PodcastE9: Directing Money & Talent to Companies that Make a Different with Mike WinterfieldDirecting Money & Talent to Companies that Make a Different
2019-12-3137 min
Between Two FlagsEpisode 22: Mike Winterfield and Imran Jiwa, Active Impact InvestmentsWe had an interesting discussion with Mike Winterfield, Founder and CEO of Active Impact Investments, and Imran Jiwa, Director of Finance at Active Impact Investments on their work in the field of impact investments. Learn more about Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) and the important work been funded by firms such as Active Impact Investments.
Interviewers:
Bonita Mathew - Project Officer, Green Corps, United Nations Association in Canada
Melissa Mutunda - Project Officer, Green Corps, United Nations Association in Canada
2019-12-0223 min
The Insider's Guide To FinanceMike Winterfield - Fund Manager and Founder of Active Impact InvestmentsMike Winterfield is the founder and CEO of Active Impact Investments.He is blazing an interesting trail in the world of finance with a focus on companies that have a defined social benefit and purpose.The thesis of his fund is to invest in companies that have a clear stated mission to tackle some of our most challenging social and environmental problems. The thing is, it is not a charity by any means. Along with a purpose that goes beyond just profit, his fund is looking to make outsized returns the same way a typical v...
2019-04-1756 min
The Impact Investing Podcast6 - Starting an impact fund: The journey to raise and invest $10 millionIn this episode, David is joined by Mike Winterfield. Mike is Founder and CEO of Active Impact Investments; an impact investment fund that invests in early stage, for-profit, businesses looking to make some sort of environmental or social impact.
On the podcast we discuss the exciting journey Mike is on as he is quickly approaching his goal to raise and invest $10 million for the firm’s first impact fund. Mike was previously President of Randstad Professionals, a division of Randstad Canada, a leading recruitment and HR services firm with annual revenues in...
2019-01-091h 11
The Impact Investing Podcast6 - Starting an impact fund: The journey to raise and invest $10 millionIn this episode, David is joined by Mike Winterfield. Mike is Founder and CEO of Active Impact Investments; an impact investment fund that invests in early stage, for-profit, businesses looking to make some sort of environmental or social impact. On the podcast we discuss the exciting journey Mike is on as he is quickly approaching his goal to raise and invest $10 million for the firm’s first impact fund. Mike was previously President of Randstad Professionals, a division of Randstad Canada, a leading recruitment and HR services firm with annual revenues in...
2019-01-091h 11