The NatureBacked Podcast
Are you looking to understand the business of a better future? Welcome to NatureBacked. For three years and through more than 125 episodes, we've been on a mission to uncover how investors and entrepreneurs worldwide tackle climate change, from the complexities of emissions to the devastating reality of floods. We explore the personal choices and inspiring journeys driving this critical work. Join us to hear from the experts, innovators, and changemakers who are not just talking about change but actively creating it. As a top-three U.S. investment podcast and in the top 2.5% of all podcasts globally, NatureBacked offers the insights you need to navigate the evolving landscape of a sustainable world.NatureBacked was founded by Tarmo Virki, a passionate environmentalist who believes that nature has the solutions to many of the challenges we face today. In each episode, Tarmo or co-host Fiona Alston interviews a guest who shares their knowledge, experience, and vision on a specific topic related to nature and sustainability. We would love to hear from you, so feel free to email us at tarmo@naturebacked.com with your feedback, questions, or suggestions. Thank you for listening, and we hope you enjoy the show!Stay curious and stay green 💚
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101
Flabbergasted by Cultivated Meat, with Meatable...
“We replicate what nature is doing without the entire animal attached to it."
22 min
102
Moving the Needle with Climentum's Yoann Berno
“Unfortunately, our leaders, political leaders, are too short-sighted."
32 min
103
Looking For Big Impact in Changing Resource-Int...
“We believe that the next frontier or the code that we have to crack now is in the major global industries."
37 min
104
Climate Tech Investments Accelerating Further, ...
“At the end of the day, CO2 is a molecule. We cannot blockchain it away.”
31 min
105
Taking Cows Out of Dairy Industry with Those Ve...
"We, as people, need to have some pain to change."
22 min
106
A Good Climate Tech Hype with At One Ventures
"Carbon is important. It's also not the only variable in a very complex equation."
44 min
107
Fastscaling Startups with Patrick Flesner
"Startups do not fail because they run out of cash."
25 min
108
Nordic Deeptech Unicorns In Sight, Say Butterfl...
41 min
109
Scooters and Carbon Accounting Win Major Share ...
30 min
110
Boosting Carbon Impact Startups in Food, Agricu...
"Investment is going towards sustainability; it is going towards impact startups."
29 min
111
Evergreen Climate Investments With Kiko Venture...
"There's lots of stuff that needs to happen, from carbon capture to next-generation solar."
29 min
112
Tokenising Nature's Work in Special Episode wit...
29 min
113
Investing in Sustainable Technologies With Futu...
23 min
114
Exploring Infinite Games of Family Offices With...
"You probably want to have an investor who, once they're on the ride, is there until the ride runs out."
32 min
115
Tapping Climate Mitigation Opportunities with B...
"I'd love to see more climate mitigation products and services."
25 min
116
How To Invest A Billion In Climate? With Giant ...
"I think climate tech is quite a hot space at the moment."
25 min
117
Great Time For Deep Tech Investing With Outsize...
"We need to obviously speed up what we're doing in order to save our planet."
22 min
118
New Materials, Food Innovations in Focus for In...
Impact is like super important on the agenda of pension funds, insurance companies, and public money.
14 min
119
Climate Focus Brings Best Results, says World F...
"The companies that will deliver the highest climate impact will also be the ones delivering the highest financial impact."
23 min
120
Chasing Uncompromising Impact Unicorns with Nor...
"Impact unicorn is still pretty rare ... it's a really high bar."
21 min
121
Speedinvest Looks For Further Climate Tech Inve...
""We see that this climate tech is basically a maturing asset class."
27 min
122
Fixing the Mess We Created, Tackling Climate Em...
"You can't; you can't be a climate VC and just invest in software."
28 min
123
Sustainable Transformation in Focus for Japanes...
"I am still very optimistic that Europe is still the best place for cleantech."
39 min
124
Why Old-School VCs Struggle to Get Into Climate...
"When Donald Trump says global warming is a joke, it's not a joke."
37 min
125
Unhooking Europe, Led by Baltic Founders with C...
"We've been really hooked on this cheap energy, but it's been like getting energy from coffee."
26 min