Impact Journey with Julia

From tradeoffs to interconnection - Cecile Blilious, Pitango VC


Listen Later

We often hear about tradeoffs in impact investing - impact or profit, people or planet. Cecile’s journey to lead impact at Israel's largest VC shows that it’s not either or. It's interconnected.

THE IMPACT. Cecile:

  • Is Head of Impact and Sustainability at Pitango Venture Capital, Israel’s largest VC fund, where she merges technology, profit and social impact
  • Co-founded GITA, the Global Impact Tech Alliance, a new organization to empower tech innovations to achieve the SDGs
  • Previously founded Impact First Investments, Israel’s first impact investing company; managed the Noaber Foundation’s Israeli investments for over 14 years, and held executive positions at several companies
  • THE JOURNEY. In our conversation, we explore:

    • Early influences - martial arts, entrepreneurship, rebalancing capital and values
    • Impact investing, from 20 years ago to now - from its own asset class to a mindset shift
    • False tradeoffs in impact investing - profit vs. impact, people vs. planet, incremental vs. systemic
    • Two types of companies - impact natives and impact migrants
    • A surprise on the people side - you don’t need to convince companies or investors
    • ...more
      View all episodesView all episodes
      Download on the App Store

      Impact Journey with JuliaBy Julia S

      • 5
      • 5
      • 5
      • 5
      • 5

      5

      8 ratings