ReFi Podcast

jE and Simar are joined by Sep, Co-Founder of Celo, for a beautiful journey of a conversation brimming with stories and metaphors that connect nature, humans, technology and money... Topics covered include: 🎙 Sep's background 🎙 Mycelial Networks and their symmetry with Web3 🎙 Story/Technology 🎙 Blockchain Mental Models 🎙 The Vision for Money 🎙 And a whole lot more, see below...   Sep Co-Found...

jE is joined by Jahed Momand, co-founder of Cerulean Ventures, for a deep-dive into his experiences, learnings, and insights that sit at the intersection of Climate & Web3. Topics covered include: 🎙 Jahed's background and journey into the space 🎙 Forming the fund of Regen Network 🎙 Raising Money at Cerulean Ventures 🎙 Core Mental Models for founders in the Bear Market 🎙 The massive opportuniti...

jE hosts ReFi Podcast's first ever live chat on Twitter Spaces, joined by ReFi pioneers Brianna, Dalton and Karl. With a live audience of 244 listeners from across the ReFi Nation, they take a deep dive into the new world of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs). The chat covers: The history and importance of RECs Their role in Web3 Capital flow & Liquidity And much more, see below... Follow Brianna...

Johnx25bd is joined by Leanne Bats, founder of Tres Cool Labs and Co-Author of the new ERC-Cool Standard which is looking to embed climate action through carbon removal technologies into the cultural fabric of Web3. The chat covers: Leanne's background in marketing, psychology and sports... Her calling into climate and web3... The power of storytelling to galvanize climate action And much more......

John Ellison is joined by Rez, co-founder of Solid World DAO and co-host of This Week in ReFi Podcast. They take a look at the last year in the world of ReFi, the Cambrian explosion of innovation at the intersection of climate and Web3. Where we are now, and where we are headed as we continue our collective ReFi journey together... Mentioned in The Show People Stenver Jerkku. https://twitter.com/s...

Simar is joined by Ashley from Resource Finance, who are taking the ancient behavior of bartering and mutual credit, and creating a set of tools to enable this to happen at a community and local level at scale. The conversation unpacks: - What Resource is - Mutual Credit - Ashley's story - What regenerative economic systems look like now and in the future - A whole lot more.... References Peter Bu...

As COP27 unfolds in Sharm El-Sheikh. John and Simar are joined by Ryan Panchadsaram, Co-Author of Speed & Scale, advisor at Kleiner Perkins, and formerly Former U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer. Drawing on Ryan's experience and knowledge they unpack : - Ryan's backstory - Speed & Scale as a blueprint and plan to mobilize collective action towards tackling the climate crisis - Where and...

John Ellison and Johnx25bd are joined by Courtney and Gordon for an insightful, exciting and deepening conversation about New Atlantis DAO. The two successful entrepreneurs have founded New Atlantis DAO with the goal of enabling the protection and regeneration of the Ocean. Through pioneering metagenomic data sampling the aim is to create a biodiversity market that will fund the regenerative proje...

John and Simar are joined by Brianna for a hugely insightful and inspiring conversation about her work at Reneum, which will soon launch a green marketplace that will use the power of #web3 and #blockchain to fund #renewable energy. She shares the background story, future prospects and also the bigger picture of Renewable Energy Certificates and what's needed from all of us for the successful tran...

John and Simar are joined by Dana & Phil from Flowcarbon and have a great chat about how their backgrounds led to the inception of Flowcarbon, the amazing work they've been doing to help project developers on the ground. The public consultation they've been leaning into and devoting so much time to with all the different voluntary carbon market participants. The background work that's gone int...

John and Simar are joined by co-founder of Bioneers, and author of Culture, Nature & The Sacred, Nina Simons. Nina details her discoveries made in life that put her on her journey to strive for a better, healthier world for nature and ourselves. The discussion is like a winding river that steps into the heart of regeneration, and so many lessons can be learned and cultivated to enrich our beha...

This week, John and Simar are joined by David Rodriguez from Draft Ventures, a leading seed stage venture capital fund that has invested in over 75 companies, eight of which have become unicorns. David is an active investor in ReFi, climate software, and impact fintech. He reveals his inspirations, aspirations, investment theses, perspectives on the challenges and opportunities in ReFi, and the la...

John and Simar welcome Marco from Impact Market, "The human empowerment protocol" which provides accessible financial services and tools to empower underprivileged people worldwide, and is based on the values of Unconditional Basic Income. 00:00 Intro 03:51 What is Impact Market? 06:43 Unconditional Basic Income Philosophy.. 10:00 Financial Inclusion Problem 16:06 Empowerment stories 18:37 The Sto...

John and Simar welcome Luuk and Pat from Kolektivo, who are two great pioneers of the Regen space. They dig down on the Kolektivo Framework and describe some of the great outcomes within Curaçao, which has been the location for on the ground research to develop new models and technologies for regenerative economies.. Luuk also whets the appetite for the upcoming Kolektivo Festival 🎉 https://www.k...

John Ellison is joined by Kieran and Andrew from Return to have a chat ahead of the drop of the beta version of their new application, which makes it super easy for anybody to take #climateaction on-chain in just a few clicks, with all of the usual complexities taken away.. #refi #web3 #climateimpact 00:00 Intro 03:06 What is Return? 05:25 How does it work? 08:30 How are you different? 10:52 Celeb...

In this episode of ReFi Podcast, John and Simar are joined by Helena and Doug, and they really dig down on everything Spirals Protocol, which uses yield generated from staking on Celo and directs the flow towards climate positive projects.. 00:00 Intro 04:13 What is Spirals protocol? 05:46 How Doug met Helena, A ReFi story.. 12:07 What’s been learned around the launch? 15:51 High value climate imp...

In this episode John and Simar take a chance to pause and unpack, what is ReFi? Taking a look at the origin of the movement, the core concepts, ideas, and technology that make it possible, but above all provide a resounding invitation to all who want to do their part in this #climate symphony to make a difference.. 00:00 Intro 03:12 So what is ReFi? 05:11 What is money? 11:49 The notion of interes...

John Ellison sits with Ben and Eline from Ecomint, and they discuss the stories and details behind Angry Teenagers; An NFT collection which is funding a reforestation project on depleted land in Ghana as well as investing in badly needed infrastructure for the local communities who are deeply involved with the on-ground work there. This is a great chat about a really exciting #refi project that le...

On episode 4 of ReFi Podcast Season Two, John chats with Kevin Owocki, founder of Gitcoin and thought leader working to incentivize public goods. We explore Kevin’s story, dive into what it means to take the “Green Pill”, and learn all about Kevin’s vision for how web3 can solve some of the most pressing challenges of our time. Recorded live at SBS in Paris.. 00:00 Intro 01:56 Quadratic Funding Hi...

On episode 2 of ReFi Podcast Season Two, we chat with Luis Adaime, founder and CEO of MOSS. We explore Luis’ journey, why protecting the Amazon is a global priority, and how the solutions to achieving his ambitious vision are remarkably simple. Some of the topics we jump into: 0:00 Introduction 01:50 Luis' origin story 06:25 How do we break the cycle 10:50 The most scarce asset 12:30 Existing carb...

We kick-off season two by welcoming Simar, founding partner of Magic Ventures as a new host on the show! He shares his story and ReFi journey so far. We discuss the challenges and exciting solutions we have encountered whilst carving out this new collaborative community... Some of the topics we jump into: 00:00 Introduction 03:52 Simar's story 11:05 Boundaries of the past 13:30 A platform for all...

On the third episode of ReFi Podcast, we sit with Michael Kelly & Fred Fournier from Open Forest Protocol. Discussing the new and emerging technologies they are pioneering to overcome the hurdles of MRV (Measurement, reporting and verification) of forestry projects. Some of the topics we jump into: - How did OFP start? 01:07 - It's a collaborative space 06:30 - Overview of OFP 07:16 - Are there th...

Welcome to the first episode of the ReFi Podcast! In it we give a quick background about ourselves and jump straight into: - The empirical basis for climate change - What is web3? - What is ReFi?   After listening to this initial episode you should debunk the myth that crypto is bad for the planet and recognize that there are incredibly powerful tools in web3 that can be used to scale meaningful c...

Introducing the ReFi Podcast - A series of conversations with luminaries working at the forefront of the regenerative finance movement - reinventing money to address the climate crisis at scale. John E, John X, and friends make sense of the people, technology, and ideas that will propel humanity forward. John Ellison is a a social entrepreneur and behavior designer exploring how to best fight the...