The Seed
33 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago -Welcome to The Seed by 7 Generation Ventures podcast.
Our intention with this podcast, is to shine the light on climate tech, investigate the space, and share the stories from the founders, the investors, and the pioneers who are shaping this critical space at this critical juncture.
We hope that by sharing the stories of the guests that we bring on the show that we provide some of the insights as well as community to those who are pushing the boundaries and working so hard to make the world a better place by building or investing in the engineering companies that are going to be able to make that change.
Thank you for joining us and enjoy the show.
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Navigating Carbon Markets with Dr. Benjamin Slotnick, CEO and Founder of Lillianah Technologies
January 24, 2024 00:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBThe episode features a discussion with Dr. Benjamin Slotnick, founder and CEO of Lillianah Technologies, a carbon removal startup. Dr. Slotnick speaks about his educational background in geology, which led him to invest in environmental solutions. Discussing his company, he outlines Lilianah's approach to carbon removal through the optimisation of oceanic biological pumps and bioremediation of 'dead zones' caused by excess chemical runoff. He discusses the challenges startups face in the C...
Opportunities in the Circular Economy with Julia Davies
December 13, 2023 14:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBIn this episode, environmentalist and investor, Julia, opens up about her investing journey in the field of climate tech and sustainability. As the founder of 'We Have The Power', an organisation that invests in solutions and startups tackling single-use waste, Julia discusses her mission and the challenge of catalysing practical action towards a sustainable circular economy. The episode dives into the accomplishments, potential, and challenges faced by various circular economy startups that...
When AI Meets Atoms with Windscape AI
November 29, 2023 06:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBJoin us for today's podcast where our host Jake Wombwell-Povey interviews the two co-founders of Windscape AI, Eric Thompson (CEO) and Jason Yosinski (CTO). Windscape combines low-cost pressure sensors and artificial intelligence to provide cleaner and more accurate data to optimise wind turbine operations. Though selling this technology to utilities is challenging due to the long, costly, and bureaucratic process, they have found early adopters and are working towards permeating the indust...
The 7Gen Ventures Philosophy and Investing in Digital Climate Tech
November 14, 2023 16:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBIn this episode, founder and host Jake Povey discusses the philosophy behind Seven Generation Ventures, their approach to investing, focusing on early stage digital climate tech startups. He explains the unique combination of venture investing and coaching to foster maximum development and growth of the companies they back. He sheds light on the guiding principle of 'seven generations' that guides their investment ideologies, drawing from the philosophy of the Iroquois nation, looking at the...
How to use Network Effects to Tackle Systems Change with Sameer Singh @ Breadcrumb VC
November 09, 2022 04:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBToday we have Sameer Singh with us and he is the create of Breadcrumb VCs. Which is a coaching and investment specialists into network effects. Sameer is a startup advisor and early-stage investor focused on network effects. "Creator" of Breadcrumb.vc and Applied Network Effects (one of the highest rated courses on Maven) — both are globally renowned resources to learn about network effects. He is also part of the Atomico Angel Program, where he invest in early-stage startups with network ...
What does the IPCC Report Mean for Innovators
August 13, 2021 15:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBToday's show is our introduction to the Venturing into Sustainability podcast and is a discussion between your co-hosts Jake Wombwell-Povey and Max Middleton where we delve deep into the IPCC report that's just been released this week and what it means for this space. It is unequivocal that human infrastructure has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land, widespread changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred. So began the most recent IPCC report on the state of c...
The Food Tech Revolution With David Stevenson
August 05, 2021 23:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBToday's guest is David Stevenson Today our guest is David Stevenson who is an experienced investment writer and commentator for publications such as the Financial Times where he has been writing in the adventurous investor column for a number of years, providing insight across a range of emerging trends in the investment markets typically across tech, he has now co-founded the future food finance blog and platform which is a relatively new platform focusing on the food tech revolution. In...
The Food Tech Revolution With David Stevenson
August 05, 2021 23:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBToday's guest is David Stevenson Today our guest is David Stevenson who is an experienced investment writer and commentator for publications such as the Financial Times where he has been writing in the adventurous investor column for a number of years, providing insight across a range of emerging trends in the investment markets typically across tech, he has now co-founded the future food finance blog and platform which is a relatively new platform focusing on the food tech revolution. In...
Stepping Into The New ESG World With Hannah Leach & Johannes Lenhard
July 29, 2021 23:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBToday's guests are Hannah Leach & Johannes Lenhard Today as guests we have Hannah Leach from Houghton Street Ventures where she is one of the founding partners, and Johannes Lenhard from Cambridge University where he is a lecturer and researcher specialising in ESG. On todays episode we've got them on as founding members of venture ESG which in a new community built around a mission to help the VC sector recognise and upskill itself as to the importance of ESG and provide the resources an...
Sustaining the Ocean Economy with Adrien Vincent, Ocean Lead @ SYSTEMIQ
June 17, 2021 23:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBToday's guest is Adrien Vincent Adrien is the Ocean Lead at SYSTEMIQ, he is in particular closely involved with the High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (www.oceanpanel.org). He is one of the co-authors of the report "Towards a sustainable ocean economy", commissioned by the Panel. Adrien is also Programme Director for Seaweed for Europe, a new coalition that aims to accelerate the scaling of a sustainable and innovative seaweed industry in Europe. Seaweed for Europe gathers ...
Journey to Becoming an ESG Leader with Tracy Barba, Executive Director @ 500 Startups
June 11, 2021 07:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBToday we will be speaking to Tracy Barba who is executive director, Global stakeholder engagement and head of ESG at 500 startups. 500 start-ups are one of the most active and prolific early-stage investors in the world with a pretty unique model when it comes to VE investment having backed over 2400 startups in 75 countries which is a phenomenal impact on the start-up space. In today’s episode we cover: Journey to becoming an ESG leader, What we mean by ESG in a venture context How...
The Current State of UK Policy Ambitions with Dr Matthew Hannon
June 04, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBMatthew works as Director of Research and Senior Lecturer at the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, within the University of Strathclyde’s Business School. His research examines the policy and market conditions necessary to accelerate low-carbon energy technology and business model innovation in both new and old systems. He is a co-investigator on UKRI’s £10m EnergyREV consortium on smart, locally-led energy systems, and the UK Energy Research Centre’s Community Energy Finance project. M...
How to Action Climate Change Innovation with Richard Templer
May 20, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBToday guest is Richard Templer Director of Innovation at the Grantham Institute Richard holds a joint appointment with the Department of Chemistry and the Grantham Institute. He is the Director of Development for Chemistry and the Director of Innovation at the Grantham Institute: Climate Change & Environment. He has worked at the Imperial College of London for 32 years and is the current Hofmann Chair in Chemistry. He is a member of the London Sustainable Development Commission and adviso...
How to Action Climate Change Innovation with Richard Templer
May 19, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBToday guest is Richard Templer Director of Innovation at the Grantham Institute Richard holds a joint appointment with the Department of Chemistry and the Grantham Institute. He is the Director of Development for Chemistry and the Director of Innovation at the Grantham Institute: Climate Change & Environment. He has worked at the Imperial College of London for 32 years and is the current Hofmann Chair in Chemistry. He is a member of the London Sustainable Development Commission and adviso...
How Electricity Storage is Creating a Lower Carbon Future with Charlie Blair Managing Director @ Gravitricity
May 12, 2021 23:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MBToday's guest is Charlie Blair, Managing Director @ Gravitricity Charlie Blair has been an Innovator in Energy Systems for 15+ years. He always works with technologies that are on their way to major market growth and disruption in the power and heat sectors. He now acts as Managing Director of Gravitricity Ltd, pioneer of underground grid-scale electricity storage. At Gravitricity they are developing a novel storage technology that offers some of the best characteristics of lithium batt...
Using Technology to Create a Brighter & Cleaner Future With Oliver Jones & Luke Gavin Founders @ Elmo
May 05, 2021 23:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBToday's guests are Olly Jones, & Luke Gavin Co-Founders @ Elmo Instagram - @elmodrive Twitter - @elmodrive Elmo is led by founders Oliver Jones (Angel Investment Network; Startup Microdose Podcast) and Luke Gavin (Octopus Energy; Element Energy); and supported by a senior team including CTO Eamonn Gahan (VP Engineering at Acre & Drover) and performance marketer Rod Richmond (exited founder of CleanDigital marketing agency). Elmo is the world’s first Net Zero electric vehicle subscripti...
How to Address the Climate Emergency with Chris Goodall Founder @ Carbon Commentary
April 29, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBToday's guest is Chris Goodall, Author of 'What We Need To Do Now'. Former chair at ChargePoint Servs, bought by Engie and Investor in cleantech. Chris Goodall is a businessman, author and climate change and new energies expert. He is the author of different publications; Articles and Analysis, Sustainability: All that Matters, How to Live a Low-carbon Life (2nd Edition), Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate, Green Guide for Business, The Switch and most recently What We Need to do ...
How to Address the Climate Emergency with Chris Goodall Founder @ Carbon Commentary
April 28, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBToday's guest is Chris Goodall, Author of 'What We Need To Do Now'. Former chair at ChargePoint Servs, bought by Engie and Investor in cleantech. Chris Goodall is a businessman, author and climate change and new energies expert. He is the author of different publications; Articles and Analysis, Sustainability: All that Matters, How to Live a Low-carbon Life (2nd Edition), Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate, Green Guide for Business, The Switch and most recently What We Need to do ...
Creating a Sustainable, Resilient, Zero-Carbon Society with Naveed Chaudhry Co-Founder @ The Greenhouse
April 21, 2021 23:00 - 53 minutes - 37.3 MBToday's guest is Naveed Chaudhry, Co-Founder and Head of The Greenhouse at the Centre for Climate Change Innovation Naveed Chaudhry is an Investor, Venture Accelerator and has a wide background in the Academic Space. He has made a number of impactful initiatives in the venture and Impacts Investing Space. He now works at the Centre for Climate Change Innovation. Where he co-founded and heads the greenhouse project a climate-focused accelerator, leads climate launchpad, is an advisor to tec...
Measuring Sustainability From Space with Will Wells Founder & CEO @ Hummingbird Technologies
April 14, 2021 23:00 - 50 minutes - 35.3 MBToday's guest is Will Wells, Founder & CEO @ Hummingbird Technologies Follow Facebook - @TechnologiesHummingbird Instagram - @hummingbird_technologies Twitter - @TechHummingbird Will Wells a previous investment analyst had a vision during a two-year fight with cancer. Now happily recovered, Will is realising that vision through his company Hummingbird Technologies. Hummingbird Technologies is an artificial intelligence business using drone and satellite technology with the most advan...
The Dairy Industry and Why Synthetic Biology is the Answer with Jevan Nagarajah Co-founder and CEO @ Better Dairy
April 08, 2021 23:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBToday's guest is Jevan Nagarajah, Co-founder and CEO @ Better Dairy Jevan Nagarajah has experience across banking and tech. Studying at Imperial College he holds a Mathematics BSc (1st Class Honours) and he has executed retail partnerships at Rocket Internet, building European ops for Ritual.co. He is now the Co-Founder and CEO at Better Dairy a London based start-up developing animal-free dairy products which has recently secured GBP £1.6m (US $2.1m) in seed financing toward RTD costs ahe...
The Dairy Industry and Why Synthetic Biology is the Answer with Jevan Nagarajah Co-founder and CEO @ Better Dairy
April 07, 2021 23:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBToday's guest is Jevan Nagarajah, Co-founder and CEO @ Better Dairy Jevan Nagarajah has experience across banking and tech. Studying at Imperial College he holds a Mathematics BSc (1st Class Honours) and he has executed retail partnerships at Rocket Internet, building European ops for Ritual.co. He is now the Co-Founder and CEO at Better Dairy a London based start-up developing animal-free dairy products which has recently secured GBP £1.6m (US $2.1m) in seed financing toward RTD costs ahe...
Drone Innovation in UK Agriculture with Jack Wrangham, Founder of Drone Ag
March 31, 2021 23:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBToday's guest is Jack Wrangham, Founder of Drone Ag (@dronesforag) With more than 10 years of drone experience, Jack founded Drone Ag on his family farm in 2015 with the aim of looking at how drone technology could help farming. Drone Ag enables more productive and sustainable farming through practical drone automation and AI systems. Drone Ag delivers the Skippy Scout drone-based scouting programme. Fast, efficient, automated scouting & reporting - Skippy Scout uses farmer’s smartphones ...
Transforming Electricity Generation with Juan Pablo Cerda, CEO & Founder @ Zeigo
March 26, 2021 00:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBToday's guest is Juan Pablo Cerda, CEO & Founder @ Zeigo Twitter @zeigoenergy Instagram @zeigoenergy Juan Pablo is the founder of Zeigo, a London-based technology company at the forefront of renewable energy. He has 15 years of experience working within the energy and environmental sector. Juan Pablo believes in disrupting the corporate procurement of renewable energy to accelerate the green revolution and contribute to a sustainable future. As an entrepreneur and business founder, he...
Tech for Good with Paul Miller, OBE, Managing Partner @ Bethnal Green Ventures
March 12, 2021 00:00 - 55 minutes - 38.5 MBToday's guest is Paul Miller, OBE, the Founder and Managing Partner of Bethnal Green Ventures (@rellimluap) Paul Miller is the CEO and Managing Partner of Bethnal Green Ventures. Prior to BGV, Paul was an entrepreneur (startup to improve adult education system) and policy advisor. He also currently serves as Chair of Trustees for GoodGym, a non-profit running organisation that combines regular exercise with helping our communities. Bethnal Green Ventures are Europe’s leading early-stage ...
Fostering Entrepreneurship To Deliver Change with Kelsey Lynn Skinner
March 05, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBToday's guest is Kelsey Lynn Skinner, Partner @ IP Group Plc (@Kelsey_innovate) Kelsey Lynn Skinner has been a partner at IP Group plc since 2018. Prior to joining IP Group she had acted as a Board Director in a number of venture, tech and angel funds. She spent a decade in Silicon Valley as a venture investor for early-stage and growth technology companies. Kelsey is a graduate of Stanford University/School of Business Graduate. Kelsey also has a BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering & T...
Scaling Climate Tech Start Ups with Peter Bachmann
February 26, 2021 00:00 - 56 minutes - 39.3 MBToday's guest is Peter Bachmann, Managing Director and Fund Manager @ Gresham House Plc. Peter Bachmann is the Fund Manager on the £300m British Strategic Investment Fund with a focus on sustainability infrastructure - infrastructure which helps us live more sustainably. Prior to joining Gresham House, Peter was at Scottish Equity Partners where we helped deliver a 3x return by investing in promising British Tech scale-ups and infrastructure players. Gresham House plc is a London Stock...
Making Zero Waste a reality with Ben Patten, Good Club
February 19, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBToday's guest is Ben Patten, the CEO and Co-founder @ Good Club Twitter: @BenPatten99 Ben has set up a number of businesses, including Farmdrop. His interests are in sustainability, food and the power of technology to create solutions. He lives in Brixton with his young family and loves healthy eating and swimming in the local lido. Goodclub offer a zero-emission delivery, zero-waste, ambient goods (think cupboards and pantry) via a monthly membership, online only offering. GoodClub’s mis...
Pippa Gawley - Zero Carbon Capital
February 12, 2021 00:00 - 48 minutes - 33.7 MBToday's guest is Pippa Gawley, Founder & MD @ Zero Carbon Capital (@ZeroCarbonCap) Pippa is Founder and Managing Director at Zero Carbon Capital, on a mission to address climate change through deep-science, hard-tech innovation. Pippa has a long history in this space and spent the last 4 years as a clean-tech investor in the US and UK. She is an active and passionate member of the impact investing world in the Bay Area, the UK and beyond. Zero Carbon Capital launched the Zero Carbon Fun...
Using Community To Battle Food Waste with Tessa Clarke, Olio
February 04, 2021 00:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBToday's guest isTessa Clarke, Co-Founder & CEO @OLIO (@TessaLFClarke) Tessa is CEO and Co-Founder of OLIO, a peer-to-peer food sharing app preventing waste by connecting neighbours in hyperlocal communities. Tessa has been featured in Vogue and listed as a Forbes Top 50 Female Sustainability Leader. OLIO was born out of a frustration shared by the two Co-founders, who couldn’t understand why it had to be so difficult to avoid sending perfectly good food to landfill. This frustration became...
Jasper Smith - Founder of Vala Capital
January 29, 2021 00:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBToday's guest is Jasper, Founder and Managing Partner of Vala Capital. Jasper has overall responsibility for the Vala Capital Portfolio and typically leads the firm’s efforts to mentor and support the companies they invest in. He is an entrepreneur who has founded and invested in many companies in the media, technology and engineering sectors. Previous ventures include: Static2358, Electra Entertainment, Optimistic Entertainment Plc, PlayJam, PlayStack and Arksen. He has generated a numbe...
Mike Penrose - CEO at The Sustainability Group
January 22, 2021 00:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBToday's guest is Mike Penrose, Founder @ The Sustainability Group (@PenroseMike) Mike is Founder and Chief Executive of the Sustainability Group. Mike set up the Sustainability Group to make sustainability and social purpose a core part of how businesses and investors plan for the future. Mike currently advises a number of large businesses, family offices, sporting organizations and financial institutions on how to make sustainability and social purpose an integral part of their busines...
2021 Predictions
January 22, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBToday's show is our introduction to the Venturing into Sustainability podcast and is a discussion between your co-hosts Jake Wombwell-Povey and Max Middleton. Max is an investment partner at Vala Capital where he has overall responsibility for the Vala Sustainability Funds. Max is an experienced VC investor with a track record of supporting businesses building a more sustainable future. Max joins Vala after several years at the Ingenious Group, where he served as Investment Manager for the...