Welcome to our podcast with The Impact Venture, featuring in-depth interviews with LP-GP institutional investors, angel investors, and faculty members at UC Berkeley, focusing on climate tech, impact investing, and clean energy. Come join us at Net Impact of the UC Berkeley Chapter.

Today’s guest is Tim Schwichtenberg, Senior Investment Manager at Bloomhaus Ventures AG, the venture arm of a Swiss family office investing in early-stage B2B startups across IndustryTech, ClimateTech, and software. With a strong background in corporate venture at Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures, Tim shares insights into how both family offices and corporates are fueling innovative industrial transformation across Europe and the U.S.

The Impact Venture (www.theimpactventure.com/) invests in climate tech and renewable energy projects via venture capital and project finance, leveraging our proprietary AI Due Diligence Copilot - where AI meets VC. We also designed a Cleantech Deal Fellowship Training Program for fellows to gain deal experience.

We’re excited to welcome Jinki (Paul) Hong from the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) — South Korea’s $200 billion sovereign wealth fund! As a senior manager of KIC’s San Francisco office, Jinki leads GP fund commitments and direct investments — from early-stage startups all the way to pre-IPO rounds. Over the past several years, he’s executed more than 20 transactions — including venture capital and growth equity commitments, as well as direct and co-investments — bridging Korean capital with innovation hubs around the world.

In this episode, we dive into

- How Limited Partners (LPs) evaluate both emerging and established General Partners (GPs) and what metrics truly matter.

- How fund size can impact return profiles.

- The growing role of AI in LP-GP matching.

Whether you're an aspiring fund manager or curious about how institutional capital flows, this episode offers special insights into the evolving dynamics of venture and growth investing.

For more research on cleantech investment theses and insights into climate tech and clean energy investing, visit our website: https://www.theimpactventure.com/insights.

Huge thanks to Net Impact at UC Berkeley for the support. Come join us at the UC Berkeley Chapter.

Welcome to our podcast with The Impact Venture (https://www.theimpactventure.com/), featuring in-depth interviews with LP-GP institutional investors, angel investors, and faculty members at UC Berkeley. And come join us at Net Impact of the UC Berkeley Chapter.

Today we’re honored to be joined by Professor Jerome Engel, a pioneering force in entrepreneurship education and venture capital. As Adjunct Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, Professor Engel founded the renowned Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and has spent over three decades shaping how innovation is taught and funded. Professor Engel teaches Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Haas, as well as the Venture Capital Executive Program at UC Berkeley, where his impact resonates across generations of founders, investors, and innovation leaders.

Beyond academia, he is the co-founder and General Partner at Monitor Ventures. Prior to that, Professor Engel was the Managing Partner of Entrepreneurial Services at EY in the San Francisco Bay Area. During his career, Mr. Engel has helped many ventures through their entire cycle of birth, growth, and maturation. IPO's of note include AutoDesk and FICO.

In today's episode, we will discuss

• How can the Venture Capital Executive Program (VCEP) connect you with the venture ecosystem in the Bay Area?

• How can AI facilitate “half the job of a VC” — fundraising and the other half of investment evaluation?

• What role does venture capital play in today’s volatile public market?

Please check more details via https://executive.berkeley.edu/programs/venture-capital-executive-program

Today’s guest is someone who sits at the intersection of deep science, venture capital, and impact. We're thrilled to welcome Robert Ethier, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Impact Science Ventures - The investor in Fervo Energy, Antora Energy, and Twelve, just to name a few. Robert leads investments in groundbreaking scientific innovations tackling the world’s most pressing challenges—from decarbonizing heavy industry to reinventing energy storage and quantum infrastructure.

He is also a member of the Activate Leadership Council, where he supports visionary scientists transitioning from lab to market. Robert is an EMBA alumnus of the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

In today's episode, we unpack the following questions

🌍 Why does the cleantech sector attract huge capital today?

For more research on cleantech investment theses and insights into climate tech and clean energy investing, visit our website: https://www.theimpactventure.com/insights.

Welcome to our podcast with The Impact Venture, featuring in-depth interviews with LP-GP institutional investors, angel investors, and faculty members at UC Berkeley, with a focus on climate tech, impact investing, and clean energy. A huge thanks to Net Impact at UC Berkeley for their support.

In today's episode, we are honored to welcome Nils Hellmer, a former Executive Director at Goldman Sachs, specializing in Tech M&A. He later led finance at Ibotta as a Senior Vice President, where he played a key role in preparing the company for its successful IPO, followed by CFO leadership at Coterie. He teaches the Private Equity Leveraged Buyout class this semester at Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley.

If you're interested in learning more about the role of AI in corporate finance, private equity, and venture capital, visit the Insights section on our website, https://www.theimpactventure.com/. There, we've summarized our investment experience with AI and the development of our tech stack within our firm, where AI meets venture capital.