Climate Fintech: $125M Raised from 450 Investors in 2 Years with Carbon Equity

Learn how Jacqueline van den Ende built Carbon Equity into a $125M platform mobilizing retail capital for climate tech VC & PE funds—unlocking the power of “mass affluent” investors for the planet.⭐ My guest today is Jacqueline van den Ende, Co-founder & CEO at Carbon Equity, a fintech platform that seeks to power the world's most impactful climate technology solutions with retail capital. In under two years, they’ve mobilized $120M across 450+ high net worth and mass affluent individuals to invest in professionally managed VC and private equity climate funds.As for background, she spent approximately half her career investing in companies, as a partner with Peak Capital and as an investor at HAL Investments, and the other half building and leading companies.---🎙️ In this episode, we talked about:- The relative risk of investing in fund of funds vs. individual angel investments- What “mass affluent” means and how a larger portion of their $177T in assets can be mobilized for climate- How to motivate new hires by focusing on what you can offer them (e.g., flexibility) instead of what you can’t (e.g., high salaries) - A new interpretation of The Golden Rule- How to learn by doing, through experiments, instead of relying on Excel and Powerpoint- What she means by saying “money as a means”- Their goal of moving $1B into climate within five years- How to interpret the quote “This Too Shall Pass” during great and hard times as a founder- Why she wakes up at 5 am- And lots more ---🙏 Hope you enjoy it!📣 And give Jacqueline and Carbon Equity a shout-out on LinkedIn, Slack, or Twitter by sharing this podcast with your people.---👍 Please leave a review or rating on your favorite podcast player. This is the #1 way that more listeners can discover the amazing climate CEOs and investors I get to interview here.---🌎 Entrepreneurs for Impact is on a mission to help climate innovators grow faster with new investment capital, share best practices among peers, expand their networks, and reach their full potential.Here's our weekly newsletter — A 3-minute summary of climate tech startups, better habits, and deep work trends: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://entrepreneursforimpact.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our main program is a Climate CEO Mastermind peer group community: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://entrepreneursforimpact.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our invite-only cohorts of 12 executives catalyze personal development and business growth via monthly meetings, annual retreats, and 1:1 coaching and strategy calls. Today’s highly curated Mastermind members represent over $8B in market cap or assets under management.Programs are led by Dr. Chris Wedding — 4x founder, $1B of investment experience, and Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill professor, with 70,000+ professional students taught, 25 years of meditation, an obsession with constant improvement, and far too many mistakes to keep to himself.