โ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐. ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ.โ
Meet Sarah Nolet, Co-founder and General Partner of Tenacious Ventures, Australiaโs first agri-food tech VC fund.
In conversation with our founder Radhika Bajoria, Sarah shared about how she created an impact-based fund to fuel innovation and technological advancements that create an impact towards sustainability and climate change mitigation.
She has invested in innovative agri-food tech startups like,
1. azaneoย - it has developed an appliance that uses pulsed electrification to manage weeds without any chemical inputs
2. GOTERRAย - an organic waste management solution that uses insects to process food waste
3. Vow Food Co., ltd.ย - they are reinventing food by creating delicious meat from cultivated cells
4. RapidAIM Pty Ltdย - provides accurate region-to-farm pest detection and forecast in real-time
Sarah also shared her journey of finding a co-founder, and how choosing the right co-founder helps to grow a business exponentially.
โ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐.โ ย Sarah explained to us how they are managing to get returns from the impact-led businesses they invest in while also keeping in mind the foundational principles of sustainability.
Sarah and her fund are not just investing in startups but also investing in a future where food and resources are abundant, sustainable, and accessible to all. ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ; ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ!
If you are a startup founder building in the climate and sustainability space, you must reach out to Tenacious Ventures!
Link to our conversation with Sarah:ย https://lnkd.in/djdvs8-k
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