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Agents of Impact

English, Finance, 1 season, 15 episodes, 7 hours, 21 minutes
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The ImpactAlpha team interviews Agents of Impact from the field of impact investing.
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New leadership at Kapor Capital doubles down on diversity and impact

David Bank is joined by the incoming and departing leadership teams at Kapor Capital. Mitch and Freada Kapor, veteran tech entrepreneurs and investors, are handing over the reins to homegrown talent: Brian Dixon and Ulili Onovakpuri. David spoke with the four of them about the leadership transition, where legacy venture capital falls short, and how to get top-quartile returns along with impact and diversity. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agentsofimpact/message
6/6/202232 minutes, 35 seconds
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Jonathan Rose on building green, affordable communities of opportunity

David Bank is joined by Jonathan Rose, founder and president of the real estate development company of the same name, to talk about building green and affordable housing -- something Rose has been doing since the late '80s. https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agentsofimpact/message
5/3/202228 minutes, 24 seconds
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Fairview Capital’s emerging wisdom about emerging and diverse fund managers

David Bank talks about diversity in asset  management and allocation with Larry Morse, CEO of Fairview Capital,  Christine Looney from the Ford Foundation and Najada Kumbuli, Head of  impact Investments at Visa Foundation. impactalpha.com/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agentsofimpact/message
4/26/202235 minutes, 22 seconds
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The Whole Earth, then and now: John Markoff on Stewart Brand

John Markoff, the longtime New York Times tech writer and author of a new biography of Stewart Brand, joins David Bank to talk psychedelic drugs, the roots of Silicon Valley and Brand's knack for being in the right place at the right time. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554161/whole-earth-by-john-markoff/ https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agentsofimpact/message
3/21/202230 minutes, 2 seconds
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Governance Risks in China with Isaac Stone-Fish

Transparency  is elusive as investors assess governance risks in China. There are by now dozens of ways to measure corporate exposure to climate risks, but few good methods to assess the risks of exposure to China, and specifically to the ruling Communist Party. Isaac Stone-Fish, Founder of Strategy Risks, shares how he helps corporations and other  organizations identify connections, dependencies and entanglements in  the world’s largest retail market. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agentsofimpact/message
5/11/202125 minutes, 53 seconds
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Surdna Foundation's Don Chen

Don Chen, president of the billion-dollar Surdna Foundation, joins David  Bank to discuss Surdna's 100 million dollar commitment to impact  investing, as well as some innovative approaches they've taken to the COVID crisis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agentsofimpact/message
2/25/202127 minutes, 18 seconds
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Emmanuel Lagarrigue, CIO of Schneider Electric

Emmanuel,  the Chief Innovation Officer for Schneider Electric chats with David about decarbonized, decentralized and digital energy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agentsofimpact/message
1/13/202127 minutes, 33 seconds
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Generate's Jigar Shah

David chats with Jigar Shah, president of Generate, a San Francisco investment firm at the forefront of sustainable infrastructure financing. Jigar was co-founder of SunEdison, a pioneer of the “no money down” solar financing model that unlocked the solar market.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agentsofimpact/message
1/13/202124 minutes, 19 seconds
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Institutional Shift: The Great Burp forward in 2021

Institutional Shift: Dave and David look back on some of the predictions from February's episode, and look forward to the trends we'll be seeing a lot more of in 2021. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agentsofimpact/message
12/18/202037 minutes, 4 seconds
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Zach Knight

David Bank speaks with the co-founder and CEO of Blue Forest, a nonprofit fund financing forest resilience through an innovative pay for performance model. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agentsofimpact/message
12/16/202026 minutes, 23 seconds
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Institutional Shift with Dave Chen

In  the latest edition of our Institutional Shift series, David Bank speaks  with Dave Chen of Equilibrium Capital Dave about food system resilience  in the face of climate change and COVID. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agentsofimpact/message
10/21/202026 minutes, 4 seconds
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KKR's Pete Stavros

Pete is the head of U.S. private equity for KKR, the international investment giant. He spoke with David Bank about their employee ownership strategy for the manufacturing sector. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agentsofimpact/message
8/12/202026 minutes, 38 seconds
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Ceniarth’s Diane Isenberg

The founder of Ceniarth -- a family office that provides capital for positive impact in marginalized, primarily rural, populations-- speaks with David about family wealth, catalytic capital and impact-first investing. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agentsofimpact/message
7/16/202037 minutes, 44 seconds
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CDC Group's Nick O'Donohoe

David speaks with Nick about how CDC Group, the UK's Development Finance Institution, is approaching risk during the COVID crisis, and more... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agentsofimpact/message
7/13/202026 minutes, 55 seconds
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Leapfrog's Andy Kuper

David Bank speaks with LeapFrog’s Andy Kuper about impact, exits and scaling growth in emerging markets through the COVID crisis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agentsofimpact/message
7/9/202029 minutes, 34 seconds