New leadership at Kapor Capital doubles down on diversity and impact
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.
3 May 2022
Jonathan Rose on building green, affordable communities of opportunity
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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26 Apr 2022
Fairview Capital’s emerging wisdom about emerging and diverse fund managers
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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21 Mar 2022
The Whole Earth, then and now: John Markoff on Stewart Brand
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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11 May 2021
Governance Risks in China with Isaac Stone-Fish
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.
25 Feb 2021
Surdna Foundation's Don Chen
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.
13 Jan 2021
Emmanuel Lagarrigue, CIO of Schneider Electric
Emmanuel, the Chief Innovation Officer for Schneider Electric chats with David about decarbonized, decentralized and digital energy.
13 Jan 2021
Generate's Jigar Shah
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.
18 Dec 2020
Institutional Shift: The Great Burp forward in 2021
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.
16 Dec 2020
Zach Knight
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.
21 Oct 2020
Institutional Shift with Dave Chen
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.
12 Aug 2020
KKR's Pete Stavros
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.
16 Jul 2020
Ceniarth’s Diane Isenberg
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.
13 Jul 2020
CDC Group's Nick O'Donohoe
David speaks with Nick about how CDC Group, the UK's Development Finance Institution, is approaching risk during the COVID crisis, and more...
9 Jul 2020
Leapfrog's Andy Kuper
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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