Impact Supporters
Impact Supporters
Podcast Description
Weekly podcast and newsletter with deep-dives, reflections, research, and interviews on key topics for impact VCs impactvc.substack.com
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The content addresses critical topics in the impact VC space, with themes such as balancing financial returns with social impact, innovative VC model reinventions, and healthtech's role in impact investing. Episodes feature interviews that explore unique methodologies for impact measurement and the concept of aligning stakeholder interests, illustrated by insights from guests like Eric Gossart and Marie Ekeland.
Weekly podcast and newsletter with deep-dives, reflections, research, and interviews on key topics for impact VCs
Key insights:
* Interview with Rob Zochowski, President & CEO at The International Foundation For Valuing Impacts (IFVI)
* Rob suggests investors and companies of all sizes (public and non-public) should increase their efforts to measure climate and social impact and put a dollar value on the impact – it’s the only way to make it comparable
* Ignoring social and environmental impacts is a hidden risk. In Rob’s words: “Equity holders own residual risk – so you’d better account for it.”
* Impact can reveal hidden value. In IFVI pilots, companies found impact data uncovered growth opportunities and helped optimize their models
* Rob believes that we are moving into a world with impact accounting – Rob believes we’re leaving the “early adopter” phase — and entering the acceleration phase of impact accounting adoption
Agenda:
* 💡 Impact measurement vs management vs monetization
* ⚙️ How investors can help companies with impact monetization: Start small and build
* 🧠 Social vs. environmental impact: Can you really compare?
* 🚀 Adoption is accelerating
* 📬 What this means for you as an impact investor
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