ESG and responsible investing in VC is heavily influenced by limited partners. We are looking forward to having many of them join us at FRAME in two weeks! 📢 First of all, we are excited about the speakers for our LP panel; under the heading 'Moving the ecosystem from the top down' we will discuss what best practice of ESG, responsible investing and impact looks like right now with: Suzanne Tavill, StepStone Group Benjamin Sabatier, Sofina Theresa Bardubitzki, KfW Capital Romain Stokes, Quadrille Capital 🔍 Our afternoon breakout room will involve a roundtable conversation on reporting and process harmonisation and what 'real ESG action' can involve - with among others: Christine Hockley, British Patient Capital Natasha Buckley, HarbourVest Partners Samuel Baker, Legal & General Capital Andrea van Dijk, Invest-NL Ben Robson, Molten Ventures Altogether, we have almost 50 LPs confirmed to join us, including representatives from the following: Better Society Capital, Bpifrance, Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund, Omidyar Network, LTV Capital, equation, European Investment Fund (EIF), Tesi, British Business Bank, SKAGEN Funds, Aviva Investors, Allianz Global Investors, University of Cambridge, Isomer Capital, Enterprise Ireland, M&G plc, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, British International Investment, FMO Investment Management, IH International Advisors, Carbon Equity, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Find the full FRAME programme here: https://lnkd.in/ekDXcZpc 🚀 We are making a batch of last minute tickets available this week - reach out if you are interested (LP join for free) to [email protected].
VentureESG
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Creating a community around ESG in venture, and helping VC firms integrate ESG practices into their end-to-end processes
About us
Our mission is to help the VC sector recognise the importance of ESG and to provide resources to make this topic standard part of diligence, portfolio management and fund management. We believe that adopting ESG principles across all fund processes from due diligence to portfolio management is going to become the new standard. ESG means better business - and is not a philanthropic cherry on the cake. ESG principles help us as funds as well as our portfolio companies to create sustainable value. VentureESG is working to provide an open and collaborative forum that enables: - community engagement for learning, knowledge sharing, and trouble-shooting - practical guidance for funds and their teams around design and implementation of ESG processes - access to ongoing research, resources and expertise
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https://www.ventureesg.com
External link for VentureESG
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Employees at VentureESG
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Sharon Vosmek
CEO, Astia & Managing Partner, Astia Fund. Series A/B Investor, Board Member, Advisor, Speaker, fierce advocate for her portfolio
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Christian Jølck
Co-founder and General Partner @2150 & UrbanPartners | Kauffman Fellow | Young Global Leader at World Economic Forum
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Cecile Blilious
Head of Impact & Sustainability, Pitango Venture Capital Expert on combining the worlds of high-tech with Sustainability and social impact in…
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Rosalind Bazany
Partner, Head of ESG and Impact
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Our inaugural conference, FRAME, would not have been possible without the support of our incredible sponsors. We'll be making a few posts to recognise them all and would like to start with a BIG thank you to White & Case LLP, Nasdaq, Dasseti, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, and Google Cloud! We appreciate your support in bringing the industry’s first ESG-for-VC conference to life. A special thanks to those who have been integral to building these partnerships: White & Case LLP: Daniel Turgel, Helen Pantelides, Anna Chrobak Nasdaq: Stephan Vargas Dasseti: Fiona Sherwood BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt: Dr. Bryan Scheler Google Cloud: Arabella Reeves #FRAMEconference2024 #FRAME2024 #WhiteAndCase #Nasdaq #Dasseti #GoogleCloud #Sponsors
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📣 We’ve just published our September 2024 Community Newsletter! 📣 Here's a sneak peek of what we cover: 🤝 Last chance reminder to get your ticket to FRAME: the first-of-its-kind ESG for VC conference, hosted by VentureESG on 19th September 2024 📚 We cover the new tools & resources we've produced to make your job easier, including best practice examples of ESG portfolio support from 13 funds, new resources for funds in Emerging Markets, and our full review of available ESG data platforms. 🎓 We provide a recap of the progress of our Leading in ESG training programme developed with KfW Capital and BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, with upcoming sessions in London and Berlin. 🚀 We announce the launch of our Emerging Markets & APAC Communities. We are hosting quarterly calls and have already shared a knowledge database on Notion - completely for free, you just need to register! 📅 We detail our packed series of events and sessions throughout the rest of the year in London, New York, and online! 🗞 And finally, we link to some of the news, events & interesting reads from us and the broader VentureESG community! Read and subscribe here: https://lnkd.in/eNdEfH7b
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🌍🌱 VentureESG goes (truly) global - with three exciting new partnerships! Over the last 1.5 years, we have started key partnerships with two key DFIs (British International Investment and FMO - Dutch entrepreneurial development bank) and Germany's Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH. With these partnerships, we are extending our work on meaningful ESG integration with VCs in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Here’s what happened in our emerging markets work so far based on three recent updates: 1. 🔎 ESG Due Diligence Toolkit & White Paper The first output of our partnership with BII and FMO is an ESG due diligence framework, accompanied by a research-based white paper, to enhance ESG integration in VC funds across emerging markets. Find links to both in the comments. 2. 🏋️♀️ In-Person ESG Trainings in emerging markets Last month, we kicked off the first ESG training cohorts in Dakar, Senegal – joined by 10 representatives from 7 VC funds based in West Africa. Working with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and their CATAL1.5°T initiative, we will convene another ~ six cohorts across Africa and Latin America. The picture is of our first cohort! 3. 👥 Emerging Market Community of VCs and LPs In July, we launched our emerging market community in parallel to our Europe/US-focused VC community; the first quarterly call showed that there is a vibrant group ready to collaborate to foster ESG best practices among VCs and LPs in emerging markets. Let us know if you want to join and get access to our free Notion resource hub and a lot more at [email protected] A big thank you to Rob Borthwick, Giulia Rigazio, Guy Alexander as well as Marta J., Charnez Jacobs and Milena Stolz for your trust - looking forward to continuing our work together over the coming years! 📚 Read more on our Medium post (link in comments), and don’t hesitate to reach out!
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💡 Taking ESG Beyond Due Diligence: Post-Investment Support for VC Portfolio Companies While in buyout funds, the practice of ESG value-add has become standard over the last few years, VC has been lagging behind — a missed financial opportunity. As with ESG integration in due diligence, funds in our community are experimenting with where, when, and for whom value-add activities make sense in VC. These examples from thirteen funds, across geographies, fund sizes, and sector focus, show the large variety of ways VCs are helping with: 1. Specific and material ESG lapses identified in due diligence 2. Compliance with existing and future regulation and reporting requirements 3. Designing effective action plans and progress management structures to lock ESG into companies' growth 🙏 Many thanks to our contributors for sharing their insights and best practices: 2150: Peter Hirsch Antler: Rosalind Bazany blisce/: Clara Cohade Cusp Capital: Dr. Carolin Althoff daphni: Damien Didier HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds: Dr. Adrian Fuchs & Claudia Raber Kindred: The Kindred team Lightrock: Mehdi L. Maki.vc: Mona Saurén Molten Ventures: Grace Savage Oxford Science Enterprises: Emily Matthews Pitango: Cecile Blilious Revaia: Anaïs Blarel Read all the insights here: https://lnkd.in/dT5jEfVt
Adding Value: 13 Best Practice Examples of ESG Portfolio Support from our Member Funds
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❓ What are the biggest topics in VC rights now...? That's what we asked ourselves when planning our first conference, FRAME. And we landed on four big VC topics (which also happen to have an ESG angle) covered by four keynote speakers : 1. AI AI has been drawing in the majority of VC funding over the last years. There are enormous dangers associates with it - and the FOMO driving investors is not helping with 'being careful'. We are very happy that Gina Neff, (Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, University of Cambridge) will help us see more clearly on that front. 2. Climate Beyond AI, climate (and green/clean tech) investments have become a big driver of VC since John Doerr's prophecy in the early 2000s. What is the business case and where do we need to invest, especially for the long term? We hope to hear about some controversial truths from Cameron Hepburn (University of Oxford) in his lightning speech. 3. DEI Is there really a drawback on DEI initiatives? While some institutions in the US have become quiet on the matter, Europe is only warming up. And when done right, DEI is a real driver of value. We are really glad that Megan J Smith is coming over to tell us about her experiences as the US' CTO under Obama and the progress of some of the big shifts in DEI thinking since then. 4. ESG Despite big narrative ups and downs (and FT headlines), ESG is obviously not dead. We couldn't really run a conference as VentureESG without an impulse on ESG. We are very much looking forward to welcome Alex Edmans (London Business School) to the stage to deliver what will surely be some counter-intuitive insights on the topic. 🚀 If you are interested to hear those four - and many more - check the FRAME programme and register for your ticket here: https://lnkd.in/e4KA7dyT
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📣 FIRST SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FRAME: We're really happy about the fantastic GPs who make up our panel on 'Responsible Venture Capital'! 1. Marie Ekeland - Founder & CEO of 2050 2. Paul Murphy - Partner at Lightspeed 3. Rainer Märkle - Partner at HV Capital 4. Maya Horgan Famodu - Founder & Partner of Ingressive To hear from these four but also to participate in the safari breakfast hosted by 10 VCs and LPs across London, the afternoon breakouts, an ESG debate and an ESG game (yes, ESG can be fun...), make sure you secure your ticket now! Register for your tickets and find out more here: https://lnkd.in/e4KA7dyT We can wait to see you in London on September 19!
FRAME Conference — 19.09.24
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📣 We’ve just published our June 2024 Community Newsletter! In this issue: 🤝 We provide more info on FRAME: the first-of-its-kind ESG for VC conference, hosted by VentureESG on 19th September 2024 📚 We cover the new tools & resources we've produced to make your job easier, including research on sector-specific materiality, emerging markets, dual-use and defence tech, ESG incidence, and ESG due diligence best practice 🎓 We provide a recap of the progress of our Leading in ESG training programme, with upcoming sessions in London, Berlin, and Toronto 📅 We detail our packed series of events and sessions throughout July, August, and September 🗞 And finally, we link to some of the news, events & interesting reads from us and the VentureESG community! Read and subscribe here:
VentureESG June 2024 Community Newsletter
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EXCITING UPDATES - GET YOUR FRAME CONFERENCE TICKET NOW! We are hosting FRAME, our first ever conference-size event, on September 19th at 180 Studios in London! FRAME is a community-led gathering exclusively for 200 VCs and 50 LPs to inspire more collective engagement around ESG and responsible investing. We are really excited about our agenda - here is a glimpse: 🚀 Sector-specific 'safari’ breakfasts hosted by VCs and LPs, including Balderton Capital, AlbionVC, Kinnevik, Dawn Capital, Atomico and British International Investment 🚀 Lightning speeches from leading experts on AI, ESG, DEI and Climate 🚀 Panels with leading GPs and LPs, including from Lightspeed, 2050 and HV Capital among others 🚀 Roundtables tackling specific issues and functions, hosted by our VC and LP community, including Base10 Partners, Better Society Capital, British Business Bank, Diversity VC and others 🚀 An Oxford-style debate arguing for/ against the motion: ‘VC needs more ESG' 🚀 The ESG Game (!) We will be releasing more details on speakers and lineup over the coming weeks as we're releasing more tickets. Find more information on our agenda and most important GET YOUR TICKETS on the FRAME website here: https://lnkd.in/e4KA7dyT
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ESG IS NOT DEAD ... and that is good for startups, VC funds, pensioners and taxpayers. The 'war on ESG' is played by some exceptionally visible American opponents - against the evidence for a financial business case for meaningful (material) ESG integration. ESG is not about 'moral obligation' - it is about doing better business. Taking more risks into account leads to better decisions. Not 'doing ESG' is exceptionally disadvantageous for the people whose money the ecosystem is playing with: pensioners, endowment donors and tax payers. 📣 Looking at the whole VC value chain helps us understand: we all need to use our voice to put more pressure on the institutions managing our money to act in our best (financial) interest - and that means MORE (and better) ESG integration. Fortunately, the European state LPs - from KfW Capital and Bpifrance to European Investment Fund (EIF) - are aligned on this and are pushing forward from the top. We hope a similar alliance will also form in the US. Find the link to our co-directors' (Hannah Leach and Johannes Lenhard) Fast Company piece in the comments.