Impact Supporters
Episodes
Intelligence, Infrastructure, and the Real Limits of AI: A Conversation w/ Arnau Tibau Piug, PhD, Co-Founder of TetraxAI 🤖
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings to 3k+ Impact Supporters! 🌍 This is Jonas writing 👋 In this episode, I sit down with Arnau Tibau Puig, co-founder and CTO of TetraxAI,...
From Panda Suits to Planetary Impact: A Conversation w/ Johannes Weber, Co-Founder of Ananda 🐼
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings to 3k+ Impact Supporters! 🌍 This is Jonas writing 👋 For our first episode of the year, I sit down with Johannes Weber, co-founder of A...
Shaping the Future of Impact Private Equity: Emelie Norling on Systems Change at Summa Equity 💼
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings to 3,000+ Impact Supporters! 🌍 This is Jonas writing 👋 Today, we’re talking about private equity in a way you might not expect: as a...
From Lab to Revenue — The Deep Climate Tech Founder’s Journey with Jerome Gilleron 🚀
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings to 3k+ Impact Supporters! 🌍 It’s Jonas Ahm-Lundgren 👋 This week’s episode is a little different. Instead of hosting, I join Jerome...
Crafting craveable change: how Randi Wahlsten is scaling Matr 🍽️
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings to 3,000+ Impact Supporters! 🌍 This is Jonas writing 👋 In today’s episode, we sit down with Randi Wahlsten, CEO and co-founder of Ma...
Navigating the Green Transition: Insights from Industry Leaders 💡
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings to the 3k+ of you following along here at Impact Supporters! 🌍 It’s Jonas Ahm-Lundgren writing 👋This week, I sit down with my collea...
🏙️ From Chicago Basements to Climate Unicorns: A Conversation with Sonam Velani
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings to almost 4k Impact Supporters! 🌍 This is Jonas Ahm-Lundgren writing 👋 In today’s episode, we sit down with Sonam Velani, co-founder...
🌊 From Cleantech 1.0 to Profitable Impact: A Conversation with Praveen Sahay
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings to nearly 4k Impact Supporters! 🌍 This is Jonas writing 👋 In today’s episode, we sit down with Praveen Sahay, co-founder of Wave Equ...
🚀From Sci-Fi to Climate Tech: A Conversation with Peter Barrett
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings to (almost) 4k Impact Supporters! 🌍 This is Jonas Ahm-Lundgren writing 👋 Today’s episode takes us deep into the frontier of science,...
🌍 A New Chapter for Impact Supporters
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings to 3k+ Impact Supporters! 👋Today marks a new chapter for Impact Supporters one I’m deeply proud to introduce.From today onwards, the pl...
Impact Highlight Series: What We Learned from 10 Conversations on Impact VC
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Agenda:* Impact Driving Returns* What makes a great fund* Getting more LP capital to impact VCs* It comes back to people This is a public episode. If ...
LP (Fund of Fund) in impact VC funds, w. Chloe Dagnell (Isomer) 💰
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Agenda:- Chloe’s Journey: From international development to venture and why local context matters.- Isomer’s Strategy: Building a diversified port...
2x unicorn founder and impact VC LP, w. Tony Jamous (Oyster)
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Agenda:* A look at the person behind - who is Tony Jamous?* Who are the founders of the impact unicorns of tomorrow? Does it require something else th...
Research on calculating impact for corporates, start-ups, and investors, interview w. Rob Zochowski (International Foundation for Valuing Impacts) 🕵️
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key insights:* Interview with Rob Zochowski, President & CEO at The International Foundation For Valuing Impacts (IFVI)* Rob suggests investors and co...
Learnings from building a climate VC, interview w. Fabian Heilemann (AENU) 💰
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Agenda:* Meet Fabian: From founder to Earlybird GP to climate VC* When the science became too loud to ignore* Early mistakes in angel investing—and ...
Investing in biosolutions, interview w. Jonas Ahm-Lundgren (The Footprint Fund) 🧬
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key insights:* Interview with Jonas Ahm-Lundgren, Chief Investment Officer at The Footprint Fund* Biosolutions have long R&D cycles but can have a lot...
Democratizing LP investments in impact funds, interview w. Jacqueline van den Ende (Carbon Equity) 💰
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Agenda:* Jacqueline’s journey: from traditional VC to climate capital rebel* The climate capital gap: why only 2% of VC goes to climate tech* Instit...
Impact Venture Building from the investor and operator perspective, interview w. Emma Steele and Emily Trant (Ascension VC and Wagestream) 🌱
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Agenda:* Meet Emma & Emily: Impact VC meets operating at scale* What Is “Impact” Anyway? And why Ascension never used the label* Wagestream’s Mo...
Defense and resilience as the next frontier of impact? Interview w. Patrick Schneider-Sikorsky (NATO Innovation Fund) 🌐
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key insights:* Interview with Patrick Schneider-Sikorsky, Partner at NATO Innovation Fund (it took place live at GoWest in Sweden)* I know it’s risk...
The importance of climatetech for European resilience, interview w. Danijel Višević (World Fund) 🧐
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key insights:* Interview with Danijel Višević, Co-Founder and General Partner at World Fund* Resilience is to be “able to withstand crisis and to ...
Building Systemic Impact, Why Shared Value Wins & The Founder Learning Curve, interview w. Jon Coker (Eka Ventures) 🫂
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Agenda: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit impactvc.substack.co...
Making impact markets the new standard in government procurement, interview w. Erdem Ovacik 🤝
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key insights:* Interview with Erdem Ovacik, Founder of Impact Markets, Founder and ex-CEO of Donkey Republic 🚲* Erdem is a big believer in impact m...
The most prolific LP in impact VC, interview w. Cyril Gouiffès (EIF) 🏦
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Agenda:* Why Cyril’s early influences shaped his mission-driven investing lens* From altruism to efficacy: lessons from failed NGO models* The rise ...
Angel investing in climatetech, interview w. Ryan Grant Little 👼
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key insights:* Interview with Ryan Grant Little, a jack of all trades in impact incl. angel investing in climatetech 🌱* Two of Ryan’s key learnin...
Can impact VC solve climate adaptation needs?, interview w. Christian Hernandez (2150) 🧐
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings to 3k+ Impact Supporters! 🌍 It’s August Solliv 👋 Today’s article and podcast are part of The Impact Highlight Series - a podcast s...
Triple Top Line in Impact VC, interview w. Isabelle Canu and Beatrice Böhm (GET Fund) 🌍
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key insights:* Interview with Isabelle Canu, Partner at GET Fund, and Beatrice Böhm, Principal at GET Fund* The GET Fund uses the Triple Top Line for...
A traditional VC and an NGO partnering to launch an impact VC, interview w. Eric Gossart (Serena - Racine^2) 🤝
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key insights:* Interview with Eric Gossart, Partner at Serena’s impact fund Racine^2* Racine^2 has unique criteria as part of their impact methodolo...
Reinventing VC from the ground up for impact, interview w. Marie Ekeland (2050) 🤔
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Show notesMarie shares how her path, from coding at J.P. Morgan to founding France Digitale and now 2050, has been driven by a deep curiosity and a pa...
Investing in healthtech, interview w. Baudouin Hue (Karista VC) 🏥
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key insights:* Interview with Baudouin Hue, Partner at Karista.vc* Healthtech is often disregarded as an impact topic as most healthtech funds don’t...
Launching The Impact Highlight Series 🥳 Interview w. Niklas Adalberth (Founder of Norrsken & Klarna)
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings to 3k+ Impact Supporters! 🌍 It’s August Solliv 👋 Today I am happy to announce my new podcast series, The Impact Highlight Series! At...
Launching the Impact Supporters podcast
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings to 3k+ Impact Supporters! 🌍 It’s August Solliv 👋 Today I am happy to announce the Impact Supporters podcast! The first episodes will...