Tommy Stadlen is a technology entrepreneur and bestselling author. He is the Co-Founder of Giant Ventures. 
 Giant builds and backs purpose-driven technology companies solving the world’s biggest challenges. They champion entrepreneurs in creating a more sustainable, equitable, and resilient planet. Giant is a multi-stage, thesis-driven firm based in London, LA, and Copenhagen.
Previous to Giant Ventures, he was the Co-Founder of Swing Technologies, which exited to Microsoft in November 2017. 
Tommy is a former McKinsey consultant with global experience advising companies and governments. He previously worked for President Obama. 
Tommy is also the co-author of the international bestseller ‘Connect: How Companies Succeed by Engaging Radically With Society’, written with former BP CEO Lord Browne. He appears regularly in the media and at conferences as a commentator on business, technology, and sustainability. 
Tommy graduated with First Class honors from Oxford and holds an MSc (Distinction) from the London School of Economics. He is an advisor to NYU Stern School of Business and a One Young World Ambassador.
Tommy has been recognized by the Financial Times as one of the top 50 Global Ally Executives and by Entrepreneur magazine's Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America awards.
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.