In this episode, Cassandra Harris sits down with Luca Zerbini, Partner of Una Terra Ventures, a new €300m venture capital fund focused on early growth sustainable startups.  Luca provides some context on the origins of Una Terra Ventures, highlighting its mission to eliminate 2GT of CO2 emissions and 1m tons of plastic waste per year before 2030, approximately 5% of the total required to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The two then move on to discuss the fund’s current state — Luca providing some insight into their funding targets and their belief that sustainability is the biggest economic opportunity of our time. He then provides an example of how one of his current portfolio companies,  Pulpex - is pioneering the sustainable packaging industry.  Cassandra and Luca move on to discuss his startup scouting philosophy, the unique challenges posed by the fund’s primarily European focus, and what investors are thinking about when it comes to deploying capital in this current economic climate. The podcast ends with some useful advice for founders in the sustainability space.

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