Nazlican Goksu is a Design Director at IDEO, the design studio behind breakout products like Apple’s first usable mouse, the Simplisafe Security System, and Ford’s next-gen vehicles. She has collaborated and supported the launch of IDEO's Climate Portfolio, where she leads a team of designers in building products, services, and ventures that help advance climate goals. Sustainability, climate action, and circular design are all passion areas for her, and she believes design can play a critical role in addressing today’s global challenges.
Before joining IDEO, she co-founded her own design studio in New York which she successfully ran for four years. Her background in Design Research and Industrial Design has helped her develop a deep understanding of the design process and the importance of human-centered design. 
She earned her B.A. in Product Design from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London and Post Baccalaureate Program in Human Sciences at Columbia University. 
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.