with ?️ John Robinson - Partner & Co-Founder at Mazarine Ventures 
? Mazarine is an impact investor backing young technology companies with innovations that address some aspects of water risk, including quality and quantity.

What we covered:

? How Quality and Quantity of Water represent increased risks across the industrial and municipal value chains 
? How the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) framework is a potent way to rank and evaluate a company's impact 
? How Mazarine Ventures builds upon four lanes: Labs, Fund I, Fund II and Bluehouse 
? How Funding mechanisms evolve from one Lane to another and why 
? How exiting from an investment is not only a financial milestone but also an opportunity to have an impact 
?‍?‍? How there are four types of capital: human, social, intellectual, and financial, and what the most important is in the early stages of a water company 
?‍? How Mazarine Ventures looks for start-up founders that have been to the future and came back 
? How the real challenge for companies Mazarine backs is not to create a product but to get it to the market 
? What an evergreen fund is, how it works and why it was the right fit for Fund I companies 
? How all parameters play in Mazarine’s decision to invest, but the quality of the founder’s insight trumps it all 
? How the chemistry between the impact investor and the early-stage company is key to assembling the puzzle pieces 
? How Fund II and Labs were built out of frustration to not fitting promising concepts into Fund I 
☑️ How many investors just check the “water box” and move on - and what consequences it has 
? Capital-light innovations, IoT, the biggest risks as an early-stage impact investor, passing of the baton as a start-up founder, having a convincing grasp of the customer... and much more!
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➡️ Check out the full story (and an infographic) on How Impact Investment can Mitigate Water Risk