FootPrint Coalition invests in high-growth, sustainability-focused companies. They make charitable grants to non-profits that advance the adoption of environmental technology and entertain, inform, and mobilize the public with original and curated content. They are a coalition of investors, donors, and storytellers committed to scaling technologies to restore our planet.
Jonathan Shieber is the chief editor and a venture partner at FootPrint Coalition. He previously worked as Climate Editor, Contributors Editor, and a Senior Editor and writer at TechCrunch. Before TC he was a reporter covering venture capital and private equity investment in the U.S. and China at Dow Jones & Co. with work published in Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal.
Manuel Waenke, Director at FootPrint Coalition, is an experienced leader in the sustainability and climate tech industry. He previously served as the Head of Corporate Strategy & Development at an agriculture biotech startup. Starting his career at McKinsey in Austria, Manuel later moved to the US after earning his MBA at Stanford. His focus is on leading diligence and investment activities at FootPrint Coalition.
About VSC Ventures:
For 20 years, our award-winning ⁠PR agency VSC⁠ has worked with innovative startups on positioning, messaging, and awareness and we are bringing that same expertise to help climate startups with storytelling and narrative building. Last year, general partners Vijay Chattha and Jay Kapoor raised a $21M fund to co-invest in the most promising startups alongside leading climate funds.
Through the conversations on our show CLIMB by VSC, we're excited to share what we're doing at VSC and VSC Ventures on climate innovation with companies like ⁠Ample⁠, ⁠Actual⁠, ⁠Sesame Solar⁠, ⁠Synop⁠, ⁠Vibrant Planet⁠, and ⁠Zume⁠ among many others.