The Collective VC Podcast

"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...

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 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 c...

🤖 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...

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 a...

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 backwa...

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 Onl...

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 compa...

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 V...

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...

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...

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 Menstruat...

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...

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...

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.webstartedventur...