In today’s episode, we chat with the superb Tom McGillycuddy.  Tom is the co-founder of CIRCA5000, an impact investing platform launched alongside co-founder Matt Latham in 2018. CIRCA5000 lets investors invest in “responsible businesses that see the value in our continued existence.” 

Their platform gives people the opportunity to focus investments in three categories – people, planet, or people & planet. The investment themes include clean energy, clean water, sustainable food, healthcare, education and cybersecurity. CIRCA5000 are banking on a future that humanity features in and during this episode, we focus on:

✅ A background to Tom and Circa5000  
✅ Why Impact Investing Makes Sense Financially As Well As Morally
✅ Democratising Investing 
✅ Blockchains, NFTs And Crypto
✅ Wealth through the lens of a Wealth Tax, Windfall Tax, the Financial Crash &
✅ How Change Starts With Why

Timings: 

0:00: Introduction

0:36: A Background To Tom 

2:48: Investing In Impact

3:19: CIRCA5000

5:58: Why Impact Investing Makes Sense Financially As Well As Morally?

9:08: A Fundamental Reshaping of Finance, Larry Fink

10:44: Democratising Investing

15:30: Blockchains, NFTs And Crypto And Why Investors Need To Focus On The Long-Term

22:23: What Is Wealth: Calls For A Wealth Tax And Present Day Parallels To The Financial Crash

32:11: Education, Education, Education

42:52: Change Starts With Why

45:57: Closing Thoughts.

 🔗 CONNECT WITH TOM: 

💻 Website: https://circa5000.com  

👥 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom%2Dmcgillycuddy%2D1a588037/  

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