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The Collective VC Podcast🌱 Vertical Future CEO, Jamie Burrows — Live Interview [𝗥𝗘𝗕𝗘𝗟 𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗨𝗣𝗦: 𝘾𝙇𝙄𝙈𝘼𝙏𝙀 𝙀𝘿𝙄𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉] 🚨"I worry for my children, I worry for my children's children" In this candid chat with a live audience, Jamie Burrows shares his 10-year journey building a vertical farming company that's addressing both food and water security in a changing climate.→ Hear how personal tragedy at 29 led Jamie to reassess his path and take "the jump" into vertical farming→ Follow his journey from working "7 nights a week" in a rundown Deptford warehouse to raising £37M→ Understand why he believes "price parity is very important" for sustainable food innovation→ Discover why family offices, not VCs, are funding t...
2025-04-2134 min
The Collective VC PodcastDessi Pettersson: Climate VC in Europe & Africa | Collective VC Podcast EP15 [LEGACY EPISODE]Today, we’re joined by Dessi Pettersson, Head of Impact at Sagana—a climate-focused VC firm bridging Europe and Africa. 🌍💡 Key topics we cover:🔹 The differences between VC in Europe & Africa🔹 How cross-pollination between ecosystems drives impact🔹 The challenges of early-stage climate investing🔹 The future of exits & liquidity in African markets🔹 Why passion-driven founders outperform in emerging markets⚡ Notable insights:→ Why VC models don’t always fit African markets→ The role of fintech in climate investing→ How capital stacks must evolve for real impact→...
2025-03-1357 min
The Collective VC PodcastStenver Jerkku: AI-Powered Guarantees of Origin for Clean Energy | Collective VC Podcast EP14 [LEGACY EPISODE]In this episode, I sit down with Stenver Jerkku, founder and CEO of Soldera, a pioneering force in renewable energy innovation. Stenver is a seasoned tech entrepreneur whose ventures span renewable energy, AI, and climate finance. With over €20 million in venture capital raised, he’s founded companies such as eAgronom, transforming farming toward carbon neutrality, and Solid World, which created commodities markets for climate finance. Now, with Soldera, Stenver is empowering renewable energy producers by enabling automated guarantees of origin (GO) sales for immense time savings, better deals & market access.Stenver delves into his journey from working at t...
2024-12-1028 min
The Collective VC PodcastRich Walker: Buiding Robot Hands at Shadow Robot | Collective VC Podcast EP13🤖 Discover how the world's best robot hands are made! Join us for a fascinating conversation with Rich Walker, Director of Shadow Robot Company, as we unpack robotic dexterity and the landscape of engineering robotics for specific future applications.Key Topics Discussed:🔧 The evolution of Shadow Robot's world-class robotic hands🧠 Understanding dexterity in robotics vs human hands🔬 How AI and deep learning are transforming robotic manipulation🌱 The role of robots in addressing climate change challenges💼 Insights into running an employee-owned robotics company➡️ Rich's LinkedIn: / walkerrich 🌐 Shadow Robot: http...
2024-12-031h 07
The Collective VC PodcastEtienne Variot: Financing Regenerative Agriculture | Collective VC Podcast EP12 [LEGACY EPISODE]In this episode, Ollie chats with Etienne Variot, who shares his journey from the financial sector to leading efforts in regenerative agriculture. Discover how Regen Insight and Rize are providing farmers with cutting-edge tools and innovative financing models to support their sustainability initiatives.➣ 🌱 Regen Insight: guarantees the climatic impact of regenerative agriculture by leveraging agricultural and environmental data through a simple, intuitive tool. Trusted insight into your regenerative efforts, and high-impact carbon certificates.➣ 🌾 Rize ag: Building the first tech-verified carbon finance platform in agriculture, blending advanced technologies, such as advanced soil modelling, carbon footprint, and satellite...
2024-07-171h 05
The Collective VC PodcastJoël Schmit: Living With & Building a Startup for Autism & ADHD | Collective VC Podcast EP11 [LEGACY EPISODE]You may recognize him—AutiHD pitched in our competition event in April. Recap here: ( • Collective VC Pitch Competition: Apri... )In this episode, we explore the intricacies of daily life with Autism and ADHD, something close to Ollie's heart, in much more detail than our initial three-minute pitch competition allowed. Joel sheds light on the daily experiences of neurodivergent people, the backwards elements of healthcare systems, and frustrations in workplace environments. Joel's experiences eventually culminated in something incredible: launching a startup in the highly complex healthcare sector to support those with Autism and ADHD.From discussing the...
2024-06-281h 00
The Collective VC PodcastMax Pog: Venture Studio Deep Dive | Collective VC Podcast EP10 [LEGACY EPISODE]For this Collective VC episode, Ollie chatted with Max Pog, an expert on all things Venture Studios (via Venture Studio Family).Max is a prominent figure in the venture studio world. He conducted a viral 7-month research project on venture studios and hosted two of the largest venture studio conferences with over 1,000 registrations each — most recently being the Fund of Funds & Family Office Online Conference with over 3000 registrations. Most importantly, Max founded the Venture Studio Family community, providing support and a space for venture builders and start-up/venture studios to collaborate and share learnings. Additionally, Ma...
2024-06-2449 min
The Collective VC PodcastDoerte Hirschberg: Industrial ClimateTech & Article 9 VC | Collective VC Podcast EP9 [LEGACY EPISODE]Doerte Hirschberg co-founded Climentum Capital, a leading fund that invests in champions of decarbonization. Climentum focuses on European early-stage companies that eliminate emissions at their industrial sources. ✅Amber and Ollie chatted with Doerte to explore perspectives on ClimateTech, the intricacies of Article 9 VC, and some of the key challenges of running and operating a fund—from company culture and ethical challenges to taking the right meetings and best practices in diligence processes. 🌱We also discussed the early-stage industrial decarbonization landscape across different European nations and touched on the economics of venture funding in climate. Additionally, we iden...
2024-06-1247 min
The Collective VC PodcastBruna Alessandri Bonetti: Breaking Into Climate and Impact VC | Collective VC Podcast EP7 [LEGACY EPISODE]Bruna Alessandri Bonetti serves as a VC Investor at Leanox Impact Capital.In this episode, we delve into her journey into VC, her perspectives on ClimateTech, and offer tips for aspiring VCs, particularly women interested in ClimateTech and beyond.We also hear about curating networks to tackle scientific challenges, barriers to entry into VC and entrepreneurship, and the experience of being in VC at a young age.Definitely a value-packed episode for aspiring VCs. Enjoy!➣ Bruna's LinkedIn: / brunaab ➣ Leanox Capital: https://www.leanox.eu#Investor #VentureCapital #ClimateTech
2024-06-0521 min
The Collective VC PodcastNeissan Monadjem: Empowering a New Generation of Sports Players | Collective VC Podcast EP6 [LEGACY EPISODE]Chatted with ⚽ Neissan Monadjem, the mastermind behind LINKSPORTS INTERNATIONAL CORP.LinkSports is a platform set to transform the world of player investment. It does this by empowering fans, scouts, and brands to discover and support the next generation of athletic talent from every corner of the globe. Just as gambling on sports is so mainstream... why not make taking a gamble on the career of a young athlete equally normal, helping them in the process? In short: delivering social impact via platforming under-served and unknown talent — neatly packed into an app.
2024-05-0844 min
The Collective VC PodcastJake Berber: Bean Free Coffee Startup | Collective VC Podcast EP5 [LEGACY EPISODE]In this episode, we learn from Jake Berber about what it takes to build a bean-free coffee start-up, and why he was driven to build Prefer in the first place.From the issues affecting the industry, to future-proofing coffee without using beans, to finding a co-founder, pitching investors as a FoodTech startup, and his experiences at Entrepreneur First (EF), this episode has a lot of value... and a rich flavour-profile ☕.Gain insights into fermentation as a crafting process, the sustainability mission, the unique taste profiles offered, and the strategic growth of a venture-backed brand committed to...
2024-04-0728 min
The Collective VC PodcastZiyaan Virji: Leaders of Today, Impact Careers, Scaling Personal Brand | Collective VC Podcast EP4 [LEGACY EPISODE]Ziyaan Virji is a phenomenal young entrepreneur with one life mission:To have an impact on 1 billion lives around the world. He's the Founder and CEO of Leaders of Today, one of the fastest-growing communities of young people who are changing the world. He's scaled the community to over 100,000+ young people via a weekly newsletter, podcast, and opportunity list. He also founded For The Menstruator, and led a team of over 150+ young change makers from over 10 countries around the world in the goal of creating a world of menstrual equity, positively impacting 20,000+ menstruators, co-designing a...
2024-03-2450 min
The Collective VC PodcastArunjay Katakam: Generation Hope, Abundance Thinking | Collective VC Podcast EP3 [LEGACY EPISODE]For Collective VC Podcast EP3, we sit down in conversation with with Arunjay Katakam after his latest book release. Arunjay is a global citizen, serial entrepreneur, and passionate inclusivist. From his early days at EY to co-founding startups like Yooz, his expertise in fintech and remittances is unparalleled. As the founder of Yooz and a mentor at DFS Lab and Catalyst Fund, Arunjay has played a pivotal role in driving financial inclusion in developing countries. Currently, he spearheads initiatives at the UNCDF, leading innovation on migration and remittances. Arunjay's latest book, "Generation Hope: How Inclusive Economics Can Help Us...
2024-03-201h 07
The Collective VC PodcastReese Wong: Communities, Curation, Student Startups, and Micromeetup | Collective VC Podcast EP2 [LEGACY EPISODE]The second episode of the Collective VC podcast features Reese Wong, the founder of Micromeetup: re-imagining connection via small-scale, personalised meetups👋He shares his insights on community building, the student entrepreneur lifestyle, finding a good balance, and insights into the startup scene while studying at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), as the president of LSESU Entrepreneurs. He talks about curating the Global Shapers - London Hub II how he would build a hypothetical investment philosophy, his future visions for Micromeetup, and much, much more (chapters in the video) ‼️ 🌍 • Reese Wong: Communities, Curation, St...
2024-03-0743 min
The Collective VC PodcastJavier Caruso: People, Connection, and VC in Latam | Collective VC Podcast EP1 [LEGACY EPISODE]The first (mini!) episode of the Collective VC podcast features Javier Caruso, an Angel investor based in Argentina, founder of Webstarted and Webstarted Ventures. 🚀He shares his insights on the Latin American VC market, his investment philosophy focused on people and software-as-a-service companies, and building conviction in founders. ✊➣ https://webstarted.com/➣ https://www.webstartedventures.com/➣ / jdcaruso 0:00 - Introduction to Javier Caruso and Collective VC Podcast0:06 - Javier's Background and WebStarted Initiative1:07 - Venture Institute Experience and Future Plans1:29 - Challenges and Opportunities in Latin Ameri...
2024-02-2928 min