Agents of 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.

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. https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/

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. impactalpha.com/subscribe

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. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554161/whole-earth-by-john-markoff/ https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/

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.

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.

Emmanuel,  the Chief Innovation Officer for Schneider Electric chats with David about decarbonized, decentralized and digital energy.

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. 

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.

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.