This is a special episode, recorded on the snowy mountains of Villars-sur-Ollon during the WEF's Uplink & Villars Institute Summit, where we had the pleasure to talk to Rokas Peciulaitis, Founder & Managing Partner of Contrarian Ventures, a Seed stage VC mobilising resources for climate action in Europe & Israel with a founders-first approach, and Christian J\xf8lck, Co-founder and Partner of 2150 VC, a venture capital firm investing in technology companies that seek to sustainably reimagine and reshape the urban environment.
What you will learn in this episode:
- The role of venture capital in shaping and saving the future and why impact will give birth to Venture 2.0
- Reflections on the application of the VC & Startup creation playbook and it's applicability for the challenges of the future
- Why the military is incredibly important for climate investing & why the next trillionaire will be made in climate
- Exactly what Climate50 is and how you can get involved as a VC or LP