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Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh

46 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -

Dr Indranil Ghosh is an award-winning author and impact investor who has backed hundreds of inspirational entrepreneurs building the next generation of transformative companies.


Each week in Impact Unicorns, Indranil unpacks the success stories of entrepreneurial champions from his network, digging deep to find the winning practices that listeners can use.


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#23: High Efficiency Electrical Transmission and Distribution

March 07, 2022 23:26 - 32 minutes - 35.3 MB

Welcome to another episode of Impact Unicorns! I’m Indranil Ghosh, your host. Today, I’ve got a very exciting guest – Jason Huang, CEO and Founder of TS Conductor. This company is a high-efficiency, electrical cable company that just achieved a very impressive Series A funding round. Jason has a PhD in Material Science and comes from a very scientific and technical background. He has also been a CEO and CTO of CTC Global, an Industrial company, as well as a Vice President of BAE Systems. We...

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March 07, 2022 23:09 - 41 seconds - 1.27 MB

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#22: Carbon Removal

February 14, 2022 23:51 - 37 minutes - 41.8 MB

I’m delighted to introduce Patricia Da Silva as our special guest. Patricia is a civil engineer by training and she’s had a long career in sustainability. She developed and built wind farms in Eastern Europe and sustainable buildings in South America, before becoming an entrepreneur and investor in the energy transition and impact space. Today, we’re going to focus on Patricia's work in the negative carbon economy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trailer for #22: Carbon Removal

February 14, 2022 23:37 - 41 seconds - 1.27 MB

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#21: Building a Carbon Offset Procurement Platform

January 31, 2022 11:43 - 41 minutes - 76.5 MB

Welcome to Impact Unicorns! This week, I’m delighted to welcome Maria Filmanovic to the podcast. Maria has been an impact investor for almost a decade with a great track record from top institutions like Goldman Sachs Asset Management. She has been involved in all forms of ESG investing, in real assets, private equity, infrastructure as well as carbon removal. Recently, she started her new company Abatable, which is a carbon offsetting procurement platform backed by Y-Combinator. In this ...

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January 31, 2022 11:37 - 41 seconds - 848 KB

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#20: Bringing Access to the Bottom of the Pyramid

January 24, 2022 23:11 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MB

In this week’s episode of Impact Unicorns, I speak with Florian Kemmerich. Florian is Managing Partner of Bamboo Capital, a leading Emerging Markets impact investor. Bamboo Capital invests in businesses that increase access for people at the bottom of the pyramid to energy, financial services, education, and healthcare. In this podcast, Florian and I will talk about the importance of partnerships between the public and private sectors to invest in transformative companies, while also developi...

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January 24, 2022 23:06 - 54 seconds - 1.66 MB

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#19: Investing in the Natural Economy

January 17, 2022 22:29 - 36 minutes - 67.9 MB

In this week's episode of Impact Unicorns, we turn our attention to Investing in the Natural Economy. The past couple of years has seen an explosion of interest to invest in sustainable land use practices (e.g., reforestation, regenerative agriculture, peatland restoration, rewilding & biodiversity restoration). Many of these natural economy business models are negative-carbon and could avail of the expanding market for voluntary carbon credits.  Under the natural economy banner, there is a...

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January 17, 2022 22:19 - 49 seconds - 1.03 MB

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#18: 10-fold Space and Energy Improvements in Data Storage

January 10, 2022 17:13 - 37 minutes - 69.8 MB

Welcome to this week’s episode of Impact Unicorns. Today, I’m excited to welcome Bhupinder Bhullar, CEO of Swiss Vault, to the show. Bhupinder has a distinguished career in genomic research in Harvard Medical School, the Whitehead Institute, and Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research. Bhupinder’s explorations in genomic drug development brought him face-to-face with the challenge of storing and analyzing vast amounts of data. As Bhupinder uncovered opportunities to improve the data sto...

Trailer for #18: 10-fold Space and Energy Improvements in Data Storage

January 10, 2022 16:29 - 1 minute - 1.86 MB

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#17: Making Buildings Smart and Sustainable

January 04, 2022 00:45 - 49 minutes - 56.5 MB

Happy New Year! I'm excited to kick off 2022 with a really exciting episode of Impact Unicorns. This week, we welcome Ron Rock to the show. Ron is a 6 times successful entrepreneur on his 7th venture, Microshare. Microshare deploys sensor-as-a-service solutions into buildings to improve the utilization of the space, create a safer working environment, and increase the energy efficiency of the building. This smart IoT solution has been attracting the attention of many partners and resellers ...

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January 04, 2022 00:11 - 51 seconds - 1.11 MB

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#16: Sustainable Workforce Housing - an ESG "Two-fer"

December 14, 2021 01:04 - 37 minutes - 69.6 MB

I spoke with Dana Buchanan and Michael Moran about how to invest in Sustainable Workforce Housing in the US. Despite the enormous wealth and global influence of the US, housing issues plague many parts of the country, with the supply of “workforce housing” severely lagging demand, and the affordability of that which does exist pushing these dwellings beyond the reach of the bottom three quintiles of American society. Single-family homes, central to the psychological construct of the “American...

Trailer for #16: Sustainable Workforce Housing – an ESG "Two-fer"

December 14, 2021 01:00 - 1 minute - 1.97 MB

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#15: Waste-to-Value

December 07, 2021 23:02 - 34 minutes - 33.6 MB

In today's episode of Impact Unicorns, I am delighted to welcome Keith Hulbert to the show! Like many of our impact entrepreneurs, Keith caught the start-up bug mid-way through his professional career. After a series of early roles at US utilities like Progress Energy and Lakeland Electric, Keith impressed as a commercial leader and rose to VP of Infrastructure and Transport of Serco - a $6b managed services company specializing in providing performance and financial expertise to support go...

Trailer for #15: Waste-to-Value

December 07, 2021 22:45 - 1 minute - 1.73 MB

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#14: COPtimism Green Finance Panel

November 23, 2021 00:52 - 55 minutes - 54.2 MB

In this week's episode of Impact Unicorns, I'm delighted to share a fascinating dialog with you. In the days leading up to COP26, I was privileged to be part of a green finance panel at the COPtimism event in Glasgow. The conference brought together the world’s most purpose driven brands, industry leaders, academics, environmentalists, and finance community with one aim. To drive forward the action that is needed to fix the climate emergency. After a WWF report in 2019 found that UK banks ...

Trailer for #14: COPtimism Green Finance Panel

November 23, 2021 00:40 - 58 seconds - 1.2 MB

In this week's episode of Impact Unicorns, I'm delighted to share a fascinating dialog with you.  In the days leading up to COP26, I was privileged to be part of a green finance panel at the COPtimism event in Glasgow. The conference brought together the world’s most purpose driven brands, industry leaders, academics, environmentalists, and finance community with one aim. To drive forward the action that is needed to fix the climate emergency. After a WWF report in 2019 found that UK banks...

#13: Making Better ESG Asset Allocation Decisions Featuring Gina Sanchez, CEO of Chantico Global

November 08, 2021 16:39 - 47 minutes - 65.4 MB

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Trailer for #13: Making Better ESG Asset Allocation Decisions Featuring Gina Sanchez, CEO of Chantico Global

November 08, 2021 16:15 - 1 minute - 1.96 MB

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#12: Where Impact Unicorns Fit in the Future of ESG? Indranil's Presentation to the Global Chamber

October 25, 2021 15:00 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MB

Welcome to Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh. Over the last few weeks, I've introduced to you some of the most transformative companies I know that are well positioned to become Impact Unicorns and there are more of these discussions to come. Now, many listeners have requested that from time to time, we take a step back from interviewing individual companies to talking about the bigger picture. And so, in this episode, we take one of those opportunities to take a helicopter view of ho...

Trailer for #12: Where Impact Unicorns Fit in the Future of ESG? Indranil's Presentation to the Global Chamber

October 25, 2021 14:59 - 1 minute - 1.15 MB

Welcome to Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh. Over the last few weeks, I've introduced to you some of the most transformative companies I know that are well positioned to become Impact Unicorns and there are more of these discussions to come. Now, many listeners have requested that from time to time, we take a step back from interviewing individual companies to talking about the bigger picture. And so, in this episode, we take one of those opportunities to take a helicopter view of ho...

#11: Decarbonizing Industrial Heat - Birth of a New Asset Class Featuring Dr. Christian Thiel, CEO of Energy Nest

October 22, 2021 07:01 - 51 minutes - 47 MB

Welcome to Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh. In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Christian Thiel, Founder and CEO of EnergyNest, a company with an innovative platform for decarbonizing industrial heating, heating of homes, offices, malls and industrial processes is a huge contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. It is also a segment of the economy that is hard to decarbonize, because heating systems are still often set up to be powered directly from the combustion of fossil fuels. An...

Trailer for #11: Decarbonizing Industrial Heat - Birth of a New Asset Class Featuring Dr. Christian Thiel, CEO of Energy Nest

October 22, 2021 07:00 - 2 minutes - 2.23 MB

In the next episode of Impact Unicorns, we are joined by Dr. Christian Thiel, Founder and CEO of EnergyNest, a company with an innovative platform for decarbonizing industrial heating, heating of homes, offices, malls and industrial processes is a huge contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. It is also a segment of the economy that is hard to decarbonize, because heating systems are still often set up to be powered directly from the combustion of fossil fuels. And within heating, industrial...

#10: HighView Power - Global Solutions for Long-Duration Energy Storage Featuring Energy Industry Leader Javier Cavada

October 15, 2021 07:01 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MB

Welcome to Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh. In this episode, I am joined by Javier Cavada. Javier is a growth maven of the energy industry and has a knack for popping up in disruptive scenarios. Following an early career as an industrial engineer and university professor in his hometown of Santander, Spain. How he found himself in Finnish energy company Wärtsilä. From 2008, he built that China business before returning to headquarters in Finland, where he rose to President of the e...

Trailer for #10: HighView Power - Global Solutions for Long-Duration Energy Storage Featuring Energy Industry Leader Javier Cavada

October 15, 2021 07:00 - 1 minute - 1.16 MB

In the next episode of Impact Unicorns, I am joined by Javier Cavada. Javier is a growth maven of the energy industry and has a knack for popping up in disruptive scenarios. Following an early career as an industrial engineer and university professor in his hometown of Santander, Spain. How he found himself in Finnish energy company Wärtsilä. From 2008, he built that China business before returning to headquarters in Finland, where he rose to President of the energy solutions division and ove...

#09: Capturing Teratons of Carbon by Building Back Healthy Soils Featuring Andre Moreira, CEO of Novihum

October 08, 2021 07:01 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MB

Welcome to Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh. In this episode, I am joined by Andre is the founder and CEO of Novihum, a company that manufactures a soil enhancing product that increases soil organic content and nutrient levels and removes the need to use conventional fertilizers. When used as part of a regenerative agricultural system, Novihum’s decade long scientific trials have shown that its soil enhancer can increase the carbon content and intrinsic fertility of agricultural soi...

Trailer for #09: Capturing Teratons of Carbon by Building Back Healthy Soils Featuring Andre Moreira, CEO of Novihum

October 08, 2021 07:00 - 1 minute - 982 KB

In the next episode of Impact Unicorns, I am joined by Andre is the founder and CEO of Novihum, a company that manufactures a soil enhancing product that increases soil organic content and nutrient levels and removes the need to use conventional fertilizers. When used as part of a regenerative agricultural system, Novihum’s decade long scientific trials have shown that its soil enhancer can increase the carbon content and intrinsic fertility of agricultural soils. Andre came to the helm of No...

#08: Can Fusion Energy be a Reality by 2030? Featuring Derek Sutherland, Co-Founder and CEO of CT Fusion

October 01, 2021 07:01 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MB

Welcome to Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh. In this episode, I am joined by Derek Sutherland, Co-founder and CEO of CTFusion, a company developing magnetic nuclear fusion reactors to be ready for deployment as early as the 2030s. CTFusion’s reactor design could generate 100 megawatts of clean, steady baseload power with the spatial footprint of a large supermarket. If realized, fusion reactors could be the perfect distributed energy solutions to complement the intermittent energy p...

Trailer for #08: Can Fusion Energy be a Reality by 2030? Featuring Derek Sutherland, Co-Founder and CEO of CT Fusion

October 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 minute - 979 KB

In the next episode of Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh, I am joined by Derek Sutherland, Co-founder and CEO of CTFusion, a company developing magnetic nuclear fusion reactors to be ready for deployment as early as the 2030s. CTFusion’s reactor design could generate 100 megawatts of clean, steady baseload power with the spatial footprint of a large supermarket. If realized, fusion reactors could be the perfect distributed energy solutions to complement the intermittent energy produced ...

#07: The Regenerative Agriculture Revolution Featuring Detlef Schoen, CEO of NewAg

September 24, 2021 08:55 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MB

Welcome to Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh. In this episode, I am joined by Detlef Schoen, founder and CEO of new AG, an innovative platform that invests in farms around the world and transforms their practices to be more regenerative and resilient. regenerative agricultural methods, if applied on a global scale, have the potential to sequester Terra tons of atmospheric carbon dioxide into the soil to greatly reduce the use of fertilizers while enhancing soil nutrients and improvin...

Trailer for #07: The Regenerative Agriculture Revolution Featuring Detlef Schoen, CEO of NewAg

September 24, 2021 08:53 - 58 seconds - 911 KB

In the next episode of Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh, we are joined by Detlef Schoen, founder and CEO of new AG, an innovative platform that invests in farms around the world and transforms their practices to be more regenerative and resilient. regenerative agricultural methods, if applied on a global scale, have the potential to sequester Terra tons of atmospheric carbon dioxide into the soil to greatly reduce the use of fertilizers while enhancing soil nutrients and improving the...

#06: New Frontiers in Mental Health Featuring George Goldsmith, CEO of Compass Pathways

September 20, 2021 07:43 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MB

Welcome to Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh. In this episode, we are joined by George Goldsmith, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Compass Pathways. George is an entrepreneur dedicated in bringing about positive changes in society with particular focus on health and wellbeing. George’s early training and experience was a multi-disciplinary blending of cognitive psychology, clinical psychology and computer science. I am thrilled to welcome George as it’s the first c...

#05: Floating Offshore Arrays - The Future of Wind Power Featuring Jon Salazar, President of Gazelle Wind Power

September 03, 2021 14:08 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MB

Welcome to Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh. In this episode, we are joined by Jon Salazar. Originally a native of Madrid in Spain, john has worked around the world as currently the founder and president at Gazelle wind power in Dubai. Gazelle is developing a new technology to reduce the cost and to increase the durability of floating offshore wind arrays. Floating offshore wind can be deployed at large distances from the coast where the strongest and most consistent winds are to be ...

Trailer for #05: Floating Offshore Arrays - The Future of Wind Power Featuring Jon Salazar, President of Gazelle Wind Power

September 03, 2021 14:07 - 43 seconds - 677 KB

Join us in our upcoming episode of Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh as we are joined by Jon Salazar. Originally a native of Madrid in Spain, john has worked around the world as currently the founder and president at Gazelle wind power in Dubai. Gazelle is developing a new technology to reduce the cost and to increase the durability of floating offshore wind arrays. Floating offshore wind can be deployed at large distances from the coast where the strongest and most consistent winds are...

#04: FiberX - Rejuvenating Farming Communities with Pioneering Natural Materials Platform featuring Serial Entrepreneur Dave Skibinksi

August 31, 2021 12:14 - 38 minutes - 391 MB

Welcome to Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh. In this episode, we are joined by Dave Skibinski. Dave is a Senior Executive and Innovator, building enterprises in developing and expanding markets in the life science and digital health. He's an influential change agent and have been at the forefront of market trends and entrepreneurial endeavors that make a meaningful impact on people's lives, continually seeking out new and innovative ways to bring about positive change. Hosted on A...

Trailer for #04: FiberX - Rejuvenating Farming Communities with Pioneering Natural Materials Platform featuring Serial Entrepreneur Dave Skibinksi

August 31, 2021 12:11 - 2 minutes - 21.3 MB

Welcome to Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh. In this episode, we are joined by Dave Skibinski. Dave is a Senior Executive and Innovator, building enterprises in developing and expanding markets in the life science and digital health. He's an influential change agent and have been at the forefront of market trends and entrepreneurial endeavors that make a meaningful impact on people's lives, continually seeking out new and innovative ways to bring about positive change. Hosted on A...

#03: Building a Climate Impact Investment Platform with Robert Hokin

August 06, 2021 11:28 - 34 minutes - 32 MB

Welcome to Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh.  In this episode, we are joined by Robert Hokin, Managing Partner at Greenbackers Investment Capital, a Glasgow based venture capital firm backing net zero companies in earth tech, ocean tech and green tech. At the age of 25, he was entrust to the world of restructuring and selling his father's business and has never looked back. He went on to enjoy huge success in growing major business units of large corporations.  Hosted on Acast. See...

Trailer for #03: Building a Climate Impact Investment Platform with Robert Hokin

August 06, 2021 11:26 - 1 minute - 1.78 MB

Join us in another episode of Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh as we are joined by Robert Hokin, Managing Partner at Greenbackers Investment Capital, a Glasgow based venture capital firm backing net zero companies in earth tech, ocean tech and green tech. At the age of 25, he was entrust to the world of restructuring and selling his father's business and has never looked back. He went on to enjoy huge success in growing major business units of large corporations.  Hosted on Acast. Se...

#02: The Food-Energy-Waste Circular Economy with Louis Ferro

August 02, 2021 04:55 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MB

Welcome to Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh. In this episode, we are joined by Louis Ferro, co-founder and president of Empire State Greenhouses. During this episode, we learn how Louis is working with leading edge technologist, agricultural ecologists, local communities, and a variety of public and private funding sources to develop his ambitious projects. Empire State Greenhouses represents a triumph of public-private partnership and Louis has proven himself to be a master of this ...

Trailer for #02: The Food-Energy-Waste Circular Economy with Louis Ferro

August 02, 2021 04:53 - 1 minute - 1.26 MB

Join us in our upcoming episode of Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh as we are joined by Louis Ferro, co-founder and president of Empire State Greenhouses. During this episode, we learn how Louis is working with leading edge technologist, agricultural ecologists, local communities, and a variety of public and private funding sources to develop his ambitious projects. Empire State Greenhouses represents a triumph of public-private partnership and Louis has proven himself to be a master...

#01: Clean Hydrogen for Transportation with Glen Martin

August 02, 2021 04:44 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB

Welcome to Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh. In this first episode, we are joined by Glen Martin, Chief Architect at Hyox Space. During this episode, Glen and I talk about different topics from building the future from aerospace technology, how exposure to different cultures help shape out an entrepreneur, and the exciting future for clean hydrogen and it's impact to future society. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trailer for #01: Clean Hydrogen for Transportation with Glen Martin

August 02, 2021 04:42 - 1 minute - 1.09 MB

Join us in the upcoming very first episode of Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh as we are joined by Glen Martin, Chief Architect at Hyox Space. During this episode, Glen and I talk about different topics from building the future from aerospace technology, how exposure to different cultures help shape out an entrepreneur, and the exciting future for clean hydrogen and it's impact to future society. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Impact Unicorns with Dr. Indranil Ghosh

July 29, 2021 09:59 - 2 minutes - 1.85 MB

Dr Indranil Ghosh is an award-winning author and impact investor who has backed hundreds of inspirational entrepreneurs building the next generation of transformative companies. Each week in Impact Unicorns, Indranil unpacks the success stories of entrepreneurial champions from his network, digging deep to find the winning practices that listeners can use. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.