Agents of Impact: Recent Episodes
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David Bank is joined by the incoming and departing leadership teams at Kapor Capital. Mitch and Freada Kapor, veteran tech entrepreneurs and investors, are handing over the reins to homegrown talent: Brian Dixon and Ulili Onovakpuri. David spoke with the four of them about the leadership transition, where legacy venture capital falls short, and how to get top-quartile returns along with impact and diversity.
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David Bank is joined by Jonathan Rose, founder and president of the real estate development company of the same name, to talk about building green and affordable housing -- something Rose has been doing since the late '80s.
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David Bank talks about diversity in asset management and allocation with Larry Morse, CEO of Fairview Capital, Christine Looney from the Ford Foundation and Najada Kumbuli, Head of impact Investments at Visa Foundation.
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John Markoff, the longtime New York Times tech writer and author of a new biography of Stewart Brand, joins David Bank to talk psychedelic drugs, the roots of Silicon Valley and Brand's knack for being in the right place at the right time.
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Transparency is elusive as investors assess governance risks in China. There are by now dozens of ways to measure corporate exposure to climate risks, but few good methods to assess the risks of exposure to China, and specifically to the ruling Communist Party. Isaac Stone-Fish, Founder of Strategy Risks, shares how he helps corporations and other organizations identify connections, dependencies and entanglements in the world’s largest retail market.
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Don Chen, president of the billion-dollar Surdna Foundation, joins David Bank to discuss Surdna's 100 million dollar commitment to impact investing, as well as some innovative approaches they've taken to the COVID crisis.
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Emmanuel, the Chief Innovation Officer for Schneider Electric chats with David about decarbonized, decentralized and digital energy.
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David chats with Jigar Shah, president of Generate, a San Francisco investment firm at the forefront of sustainable infrastructure financing. Jigar was co-founder of SunEdison, a pioneer of the “no money down” solar financing model that unlocked the solar market.
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Institutional Shift: Dave and David look back on some of the predictions from February's episode, and look forward to the trends we'll be seeing a lot more of in 2021.
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David Bank speaks with the co-founder and CEO of Blue Forest, a nonprofit fund financing forest resilience through an innovative pay for performance model.
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In the latest edition of our Institutional Shift series, David Bank speaks with Dave Chen of Equilibrium Capital Dave about food system resilience in the face of climate change and COVID.
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Pete is the head of U.S. private equity for KKR, the international investment giant. He spoke with David Bank about their employee ownership strategy for the manufacturing sector.
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The founder of Ceniarth -- a family office that provides capital for positive impact in marginalized, primarily rural, populations-- speaks with David about family wealth, catalytic capital and impact-first investing.
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David speaks with Nick about how CDC Group, the UK's Development Finance Institution, is approaching risk during the COVID crisis, and more...
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David Bank speaks with LeapFrog’s Andy Kuper about impact, exits and scaling growth in emerging markets through the COVID crisis.
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