This episode examines the critical lever of financing for circular innovation. We feature the work of Circulate Capital, an investment management firm dedicated to financing innovation, companies and infrastructure that prevent the flow of plastic waste into the world’s oceans, while advancing the circular economy. We speak to Rob Kaplan, Founder and CEO - Circulate Capital, about their recent investments of about $40 million in 6 Indian companies in the plastic waste management and recycling sector, and their differentiated fund structure that is able to provide catalytic capital and extensive support to scale innovative solutions in this space. We also delve into opportunities and the outlook for this sector in India, including the depth of the pipeline that is investable, finally taking a look at why investing in circular models is different from linear models and the challenges in moving large sums of capital towards this sector at its current stage of maturity.

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