Climate CEOs: Scaling Startups
Climate Philanthropy: $1B Family Office + 2040 Deadline (Spending Down for Maximum Impact)
09 May 2024
Discover how the 2040 Fund is deploying all of its capital by 2040 to accelerate climate adaptation, resilience, and water innovation at scale.The 2040 Fund manages philanthropic capital for the 2040 Foundation and its founder, Jay Faison. Investments include private and publicly listed securities focused on climate adaptation and resilience. The 2040 Fund The Fund focuses on water systems and technology, the future of food, and energy transition. They plan to spend down all of its assets by the year 2040 maximizing impact in the near term.Mark is also a board member at PosiGen, investment committe member at Upwell Water, and former SVP at Bank of America.đ JOIN EFIâS CLIMATE CEO PEER GROUP:Become an EFI Climate CEO Fellow â Join North Americaâs top private peer group community for growth-stage CEOs in climate tech and sustainability. Weâre a community of 75+ CEO Fellows, Alumni Allies, and Mentors (investors and post-exit CEOs) representing over $20B of market value or financial assets for climate solutions. Apply here: https://www.entrepreneursforimpact.comđŁ READ EFIâS NEWSLETTER:Join over 20,000 entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators who get our three-minute read about changing the world through startups, finance, humor, and wisdom. https://entrepreneursforimpact.substack.comâđŒ LEAVE A PODCAST REVIEW:To help more people discover the climate tech CEOs and investors we interview, please take one minute to review or rate this podcast. Since we donât take any sponsors for this podcast, we appreciate this small gesture of your appreciation. Here are instructions: https://ratethispodcast.com/guides/where-can-people-leave-podcast-reviewsđ PODCAST SHOW LINKS:Mark - â https://www.linkedin.com/in/markbruinoogeâ  Upwell Water - â https://www.water.llcâ  Congruent Ventures - â https://www.congruentvc.comâ  First Street Foundation - â https://firststreet.orgâ  Elemental Excelerator - â https://elementalexcelerator.comâ Trellis Climate - â https://www.primecoalition.org/programs/trellis-climateâ  Slow Productivity - â https://calnewport.com/my-new-book-slow-productivityâ  Sloww - â https://www.sloww.coâ The Billionaire Who Wasn't - â https://shorturl.at/efhn7 Hydrow - â https://hydrow.comđ€ PODCAST HOST:Dr. Chris Wedding is the founder of EFI (climate CEO peer groups), cofounder of Terraset (carbon removal), Senior Advisor at Javelin Capital (investment banking), Board member at World Tree (regenerative forestry), Board Advisor at DG Matrix (next-gen power electronics), Duke & UNC professor, ex-private equity investor, ex-investment banker, occasional monk, father of three, 2x ax-throwing champ (huh?), Time Magazine Person of the Year in 2006 (Google it), and super humble guy (as evidenced by this long bio).
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