In episode 1, Vis and Pavina sit down with Marie, the Founding Partner at Wavemaker Impact.

Wavemaker Impact (WMi) is the first VC backed climate venture builder in SouthEast Asia. WMi co-founds sustainability-focused businesses with proven entrepreneurs. Their goal is to reduce 10% of the global carbon budget by 2035.

WMi provides the opportunity areas, domain expertise, corporate partnerships and capital to launch and accelerate an experienced founder’s next climate tech venture.

Hop on to this week’s pod and learn all about:

-Marie’s journey into becoming the Founding Partner of WMi in Singapore.

-What we need to do in this decade in the trajectory to Net Zero by 2050 is half the global carbon budget which can be done with the technology that we already have today.

-Business Model Innovation is not just about understanding the technology but it is about understanding the drivers that will enable behavioural change which will drive the adoption of the existing technologies that we already have.

-Rice cultivation consists of up to 33% of South-East Asia’s methane emissions. Garnering investments for decarbonising rice cultivation from blue chip investors like Breakthrough Energy Ventures which is backed by Bill Gates and Temasek.

Special thanks to our amazing team!

Podcast editor: Taneisha Wong

Marketing officer: Angela Veljanoska

Host: Visakhan Vythilingam and Pavina Adunratanasee

Wavemaker Impact: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wavemaker-impact/

Marie Cheong: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-cheong-06141b36

Pavina’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/pavina_adun