Best Eva Yazhari Podcasts (2025)

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#264 - The Holy Grail of Investing with Catalyst Funds CIO David Miller 31:09

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On today’s show we welcome special guest, Catalyst Funds CIO David Miller. Catalyst offers unique investment products to meet the needs of discerning financial advisors and their clients. On the show, we discuss: How they find best of breed hedge fund managers Why portable alpha makes sense for investors What he views as the best opportunity in the…

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Sierra Club Foundation's system-level strategy + 1803 Fund backs ownership opportunities in Portland 24:06

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: How the Sierra Club Foundation is leaning into system-level investing with its $200 million endowment; the 1803 Fund’s ambitious plans to restore historically Black neighborhoods in Portland; and, how financial advisors can meet clients’ demand for impact inve…

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Seth Godin & His Incredible New Book “The Song Of Significance.” 1:14:54

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Seth Godin on Significance, Status, and the Future of Work This episode is a special repost from the archives of The Jess Larsen Show on Innovation & Leadership, featuring legendary author and thinker Seth Godin. Originally recorded around the launch of his book The Song of Significance, this conversation feels even more relevant now than when it w…

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The AI Bubble No One Wants to Admit | Emmet King 1:01:05

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In this deep-dive season closer, Aarish sits down with Emmet King to unpack the real state of AI, venture, and the hidden strengths of the Nordic ecosystem. They explore why Scandinavia punches far above its weight, where the AI bubble will burst first, why distribution beats innovation, and what it actually takes for an application-layer AI startu…

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#263 - A Strategic Lens on the Private Credit Environment with Barings BDC’s President Matt Freund 34:07

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On today’s show we welcome special guest, Barings BDC’s President Matt Freund. Barings BDC primarily makes debt investments in core middle market companies. On the show, we discuss: The recent choppiness and negative sentiment in the private credit market The effect of declining base rates on yields and credit conditions The current deployment oppo…

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Stackwell seeks to help young investors start to compound their wealth early 25:22

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Stackwell founder Trevor Rozier-Byrd joins David Bank to talk about how public financial markets can become a real wealth-building tool for people who’ve historically been left out. Stackwell’s model: culturally resonant education, behaviorally informed nudges like recurring deposits, and seed investment programs that help “multicultural emerging w…

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Transforming oil revenues into renewable energy investments in New Mexico + cities and solar providers respond to a rollback of federal support 19:14

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: The ambitious strategy behind New Mexico’s $67 billion sovereign wealth fund; How the residential solar industry plans to stay competitive by eliminating dealer fees; And, how cities are building durable capital stacks for climate action, as federal support ev…

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Saving a Generation: Inside the Fight Against Infinite Scroll | Jess Butcher 1:10:15

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In this deep, funny, and at times shocking conversation, Jess Butcher MBE — co-founder of Blippar and the creator of Scroll Aware — breaks down how the attention economy became an addiction economy, how AR missed its moment, why our kids are becoming NPCs, and what the analogue renaissance could look like.We explore:Timestamps:00:00 — AR’s rise & m…

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13 Billion Dollar Sales Secrets | Founder & CEO, Holly Parker 1:01:08

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In this episode of The Jess Larsen Show on Innovation & Leadership, Jess sits down with Holly Parker, legendary NYC broker, bestselling author, and founder of The Holly Parker Team—personally responsible for more than $13 billion in sales. Holly opens up about the real secrets behind long-term success: empathy, emotional intelligence, impeccable in…

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How New Mexico’s $67 billion fund is using oil and gas revenues to build a clean energy economy 24:22

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David Bank chats with Bruce Brown of New Mexico’s State Investment Council, a $67 billion sovereign wealth fund of sorts that helps pay for child care, schools, college and other services for the state’s residents. Brown is using funds generated from oil and gas production on state lands to invest in climate funds and attract clean energy projects …

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#262 - Syndicated Loans and Private Credit with Palmer Square Capital BDC’s President Matt Bloomfield 37:30

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On today’s show we welcome special guest, Palmer Square Capital BDC’s President Matt Bloomfield. Palmer Square Capital BDC primarily invests in corporate debt securities across private companies in the U.S. through broadly-syndicated loans and large cap direct lending. On the show, we discuss: Their investment focus on broadly syndicated loans and …

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Weaving gender into sustainable fashion investing with Steph Stephenson 17:50

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The Cordes Foundation's Steph Stephenson joins Amy Cortese to talk about her family foundation’s evolution over its twenty years, from early support for social entrepreneurs to a focused push for gender equity throughout the global fashion industry. Check out all of ImpactAlpha's sustainable fashion coverage.…

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Why Do 16,000 Luxury Homeowners Trust Him? 1:06:00

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Luxury, Trust & the Future of Travel: Inside THIRDHOME with Giles AdamsWhat if your second home wasn’t just a retreat—but a passport to the world’s most extraordinary properties?In this episode of The Jess Larsen Show on Innovation & Leadership, Jess sits down with Giles Adams, Partner & President at THIRDHOME—the global private club redefining lux…

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Rajan Dosanjh & Ankush Shah: Playing indefinitely repeated games 1:09:28

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In this episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah sits down withRajan Dosanjh and Ankush Shah, partners at Rank Ventures, to unpack what real early-stage investing looks like in 2025 and beyond.We get into:🔥 Why “banking is eat what you kill” but “venture is eat what you grow”🔥 How bad governance, weak boards & misaligned incentives pushed them to b…

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#261 - Beyond the Headlines: The Outlook for Private Credit with Kayne Anderson BDC President Frank Karl 42:13

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On today’s show we welcome special guest, Kayne Anderson BDC President Frank Karl. Kayne Anderson BDC invests primarily in first lien senior secured loans with a secondary focus on unitranche and split-lien loans to private middle market companies. On the show, we discuss: Recent volatility in BDC prices and what is driving NAV discounts Credit mar…

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Unlocking Indian solar power with catalytic capital + pensions eye responsible defense investments 16:57

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Beyond investments and guarantees, how Encourage Capital assembled the necessary pieces to unlock capital flows for the global clean energy transition; The missing markets for local builders and buyers of health, wealth, and vibrant communities (09:30); And, h…

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AI Is Eating Venture Capital Alive | November 2025 Proves It 26:27

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November 2025 might go down as the month venture capital actually snapped.Cursor raised $2.3B at a $29.3B valuation — for a coding assistant.One company, Anthropic, took 29% of all global VC funding.And 18 companies consumed a third of the world’s capital.This isn’t a market.It’s a feeding frenzy.In this explosive episode of Nothing Ventured, Aaris…

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How did he grow Life360 to $9B? | Chris Hulls, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Life360 46:01

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From $700 a Month to a $9B Giant: Building Life360 with Chris HullsWhat happens when a founder ignores the “safe path,” bets on himself, and keeps going long after most people would’ve quit?In this episode of The Jess Larsen Show on Innovation & Leadership, Jess sits down with Chris Hulls — Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Life360, the world’s …

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Alternatives to Trump's 50 year mortgage + $54 billion in DFI climate financing goes missing 24:14

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Instead of 50 year mortgages, actual solutions to make homeownership affordable; The case of the missing $54 billion in climate finance; And, highlights from this week’s call, on plugging the financing gap for growth businesses in Africa. Story links: “From af…

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The VC Using AI to Spot Founders Before Anyone Else | Adam Shuaib 52:03

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In this episode of Nothing Ventured, host Aarish Shah sits down with Adam Shuaib, GP at Episode 1 Ventures, the early-stage fund using data and AI to spot founders before everyone else.From scraping GitHub and Twitter to building behavioural models that detect grit over gloss, Adam explains how Episode 1’s machine is changing how venture capital di…

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Hold Onto Your Kids with Dr. Gordon Neufeld 42:35

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Dr. Gordon Neufeld—developmental psychologist and author of Hold On to Your Kids—joins Jess to explain why our children’s greatest need is not techniques, but relationship. Discover the true cost of peer orientation, the five relational needs that never expire, and the power of boredom, nature, and play to refuel connection. Neufeld shares how he w…

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The state of climate blended finance + Private credit jitters put impact investors on edge 23:37

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: In the lead up to the COP30 climate summit, the state of climate blended finance is a mixed bag; the private credit jitters that are putting even impact investors on edge (10:55); and, a preview of next week's Agents of Impact call on mobilizing growth funds f…

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Eva Yazhari: VC Across the Africa India Corridor 1:14:21

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What happens when a Wall Street-trained investor brings a relational approach to venture capital in emerging markets?In this episode, Eva Yazhari, Managing Partner at Beyond Capital Ventures, joins Arya Shah to unpack her people-first investment philosophy — why 75% of future global growth will come from East Africa and India, how conscious leaders…

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At Beyond Capital Ventures, Eva Yazhari is rewriting the rules for investing in East Africa and India 30:51

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As a former hedge fund investor, Eva Yazhari is comfortable making the contrarian bet. While other VC investors are swinging for grand slams with AI startups, Yazhari’s Beyond Capital Ventures is knocking down singles and doubles around the west Indian Ocean, one of the world’s fastest-growing regions. “The gap is where the alpha lives,” Yazhari to…

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Halloween horror stories 47:49

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In this special Halloween edition of the Nothing Ventured podcast, I had the pleasure of hosting Lev Perlman, the founder and CTO of Metamind. Lev shared his journey from being an illegal waiter at bar mitzvahs to becoming a self-taught tech engineer and eventually founding Metamind, a company dedicated to helping early-stage tech companies optimiz…

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Allocators, investors and entrepreneurs gather at SOCAP + A dual lens for AI diligence and impact 24:22

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with CEO Dennis Price. Up this week: What was top of mind among innovators and investors at SOCAP; How community lenders are building rare bipartisan support to salvage gains for low income communities (09:35); And, a dual lens for due diligence and impact: investing with AI vs. investing in AI (1…

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$5B Lessons for Building a VC Fund | Eva Yazhari 51:50

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Eva Yazhari shares hard-earned lessons from Wall Street, her time managing billions, and what she’s learned saying “no” to short-term thinking. This episode is a masterclass in balancing risk, resilience, and relationships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Graystoke Networks

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Aarish Shah: October News Episode 15:25

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In this episode, we take a closer look at how venture capital is shifting ⚖️ — and what it means when nearly half of all new funding flows into AI and foundation models 🤖. While the U.S. continues to prioritise large-scale AI investment, the UK is showing a different path 🇬🇧: diversified sectors, regional growth, and meaningful early-stage activity…

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A resurgence of impact-first investing + How impact lawyers are working to simplify transactions 15:30

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: The surprising resurgence of impact-first investing; How lawyers, yes lawyers, are working to simplify impact transactions: And, in Newark, new ideas surface for how to build a nation of owners. Story links: Impact-first call recap “Building a nation of owners…

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Raised $500M to help children and trained 50K Doctors | Dr. Nadine Burke Harris 51:17

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Can trauma be inherited across generations? And more importantly—can it be stopped? Dr. Nadine Burke Harris has spent her career answering those questions. As California’s first Surgeon General, she championed screening for ACEs, built networks between clinics and communities, and pushed for policies that save lives. In this conversation with Jess …

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Angela McKane: BP to Micro VC - Unravelling the Energy Mix 1:09:33

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In this episode of Nothing Ventured, host Aarish Shah sits down with Angela McKane, a former BP executive turned venture capitalist, for a deep and thought-provoking conversation about the future of energy innovation.With over 15 years of experience in the energy technology sector, Angela shares her journey from the corporate world of BP to launchi…

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Trimtab goes all in on impact first + An affordable 'community of opportunity' in East Harlem 23:12

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank and reporter Lucy Ngige. Up this week: Trimtab's unapologetic impact-first pitch to wealthy families: outperformance on impact rather than financials; How the new Sendero Verde affordable housing development is bringing to life a vision for a community of opportunity in East…

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Why She is the Smartest Person in Venture Capital | Jamie Rhode 49:38

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Venture capital isn’t luck — it’s math. Jess Larsen sits down with Jamie Rhode, Partner at ScreenDoor, to reveal how elite allocators consistently hit 3× returns and 20–25% CAGR over decades.They break down 42 years of VC data, the power law behind billion-dollar outcomes, and how top investors turn volatility into long-term advantage. Learn more a…

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Leyla Kunimoto: Private Markets from the LP Seat 1:00:33

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💥 Are We in a Venture Capital Bubble? LP Insider Reveals the Truth! 💥In this episode of Nothing Ventured, host Aarish Shah sits down with Leyla Kunimoto, Seattle-based LP voice and co-founder of Accredited Investor Insights, for a brutally honest look inside the private markets.Leila pulls back the curtain on what most investors get wrong about ven…

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Big plans for the US International Development Finance Corp. + Debt and equity “growth funds” in Africa 24:28

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Ambitious plans for the US International Development Finance Corp., or DFC, are on hold pending congressional authorization; how debt and equity “growth funds” in Africa are tapping homegrown pension funds and family offices (11:20); and why youth co-creators …

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How She Built The RealReal to a Billion Dollar Company | Julie Wainwright 43:35

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Julie Wainwright transformed the stigma around “used” luxury into a movement worth over a billion dollars. The founder of The RealReal, reveals the story behind the luxury resale empire that changed how the world shops for secondhand fashion. In conversation with Jess Larsen, she shares how she identified a market gap Amazon couldn’t fill, scaled f…

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Francois Mazoudier: Process beats charisma - fundraising in 2025 45:50

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In this episode of Nothing Ventured, I’m joined by Francois Mazoudier, serial entrepreneur and seasoned investor, to tackle one of the biggest myths in fundraising: that charisma alone wins capital. As we enter 2025, the truth is clearer than ever — process beats charisma.François shares candid insights on:Why founders must master process-driven fu…

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Broadening the impact tent with Impact(ed) podcast hosts Eric Horvath and Lucas Turner-Owens 28:14

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Impact(ed) co-hosts Lucas Turner-Owens and Eric Horvath join David Bank to reflect on the evolving landscape of impact investing. They discuss the pendulum between values and business case for impact, the push for broader accessibility, and the diverse voices shaping season two of their show. Check out season two of Impact(ed) wherever you listen a…

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Building shared prosperity with entrepreneurship through acquisition + GreenieRE's surety bonds for climate tech 22:23

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editors David Bank and Amy Cortese. Up this week: At Neighborhood Economics in Chicago, entrepreneurship through acquisition and other promising ideas are filling out the playbook for shared prosperity; How ExxonMobil's new voting program for retail investors aims to change the balance of pow…

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How Elite CEOs Think | Glenn Gow 45:14

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What do Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft all have in common? They’ve all relied on Glenn Gow’s expertise. Having coached over 20 CEOs, advised Fortune 500 companies, Glenn joins Jess Larsen to talk about the brain science of leadership, why top founders and athletes all rely on coaches, and how AI is becoming a make-or-break tool for companies. L…

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Biotech vs. AI: Why Venture Capital is Shifting Focus 16:31

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Welcome to this month's episode of Nothing Ventured! Join Aarish as we explore the most revealing developments in the world of venture capital and AI investment for September 2025.In this episode, we dive deep into NVIDIA's staggering £2 billion commitment to UK startups and what it really means for the future of AI. We discuss the implications of …

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BII’s plan for mobilizing institutional LPs amid reshuffling of global finance 23:43

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British International Investment CEO Leslie Maasdorp joins David Bank to share how the UK’s development finance institution is charting it's next five years, with a focus on climate finance, de-risking investments in emerging markets and innovative approaches that can crowd in private capital at scale.…

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Optimizing How Therapeutics Perform In The Body | L Simba & Steve Ledger 50:42

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Biotech might produce the world’s next trillion-dollar company—and Simba Gill and Steve Ledger are betting on it. Join Jess Larsen as he explores how Serina Therapeutics’ drug optimization platform could reshape the future of treatment for Parkinson’s, cancer, and beyond. Simba, with four decades of biotech leadership, and Steve, with roots in fina…

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A vibe check at NY Climate Week, and how impact is driving alpha -- with or without the label 24:20

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with Amy Cortese and Dennis Price. Up this week: How investors at Climate Week NYC shook off the Trump doldrums (. And how, from Singapore to London, even fund managers that shun the label are driving alpha with impact (12:45). Story links: “At Climate Week NYC, investors look to shake off the dol…

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Enis Hulli: Emerging Europe builds US native unicorns 59:02

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In this episode of Nothing Ventured, host Aarish Shah welcomes Enis Hulli, a general partner at E2VC, an early-stage venture fund focused on supporting founders from emerging Europe. Enis shares insights from his journey in venture capital, detailing how his experience with 500 Startups helped him navigate the complexities of fund management, from …

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Carbon Tracker’s Mark Campanale on the strange split screen at Climate Week NYC 28:26

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As climate action shifts east and south, some would-be Climate Week attendees are staying away due to visa hassles, fears of invasive immigration procedures and risk of detention. The rollback of US climate policy likewise has global effects as the Trump administration strongarms nations into buying US gas and weakening climate policies and upends …

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E117: Kristina Chapple: 11 Tribes VC 17:32

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Discover the Human Side of Venture Capital: Why Founder Wellbeing is the Next Big Thing What if the real secret to startup success isn’t just the business model—but the wellbeing of the founders behind it? In this episode of the Female VC Lab podcast, host Barbara Bickham sits down with Kristina Chapple, General Partner at 11 Tribes Ventures, for a…

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Arguing for the freedom to give, speak and invest. Plus, looking ahead to Climate Week NYC 25:45

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Foundation leaders “unite in advance” of expected attacks in the supercharged political environment; how the carbon credit platform Rubicon Carbon is using diversification and ratings to strengthen the market for voluntary carbon credits (07:20); and the bumpy…

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$10B Business Growth Lessons | Blair LaCorte, LaCorte Ventures 54:02

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Great business isn’t about math alone — it’s about understanding people. Blair LaCorte explains why his biggest lessons came from watching human behavior: investors chasing momentum, CEOs blinded by ego, or leaders too afraid to pivot. From negotiating a $400M Microsoft PIPE to navigating IPO mania, Blair shows how psychology, not spreadsheets, dri…

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Joe Knowles: Can Europe’s physical infrastructure keep up with its ambitions 1:11:24

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In this episode of Nothing Ventured, host Aarish Shah welcomes Joe Knowles, a partner at Smedvig Capital. Joe shares insights from his diverse background as an Airbus engineer, investment banker, and startup founder. He discusses Smedvik's unique approach to venture capital, emphasizing patient capital and a focus on integrity and founder trust rat…