Dimitry Gershenson, CEO of Enduring Planet: $5 Million Raised Bring Revenue-Based Financing Options to Climate Entrepreneurs

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Dimitry Gershenson, CEO and Founder of Enduring Planet, about his journey from a globe-trotting career to establishing a new model of impact investing, providing Founder-friendly, accessible finance to climate entrepreneurs working towards a more livable planet. Each year we collectively fall short of more than 4.5 trillion dollars in the climate financing needed, and Enduring Planet is determined to make a dent in that total with an investment model which aligns business acumen with clear and robust ethical principles. Topics Discussed: The global climate financing landscape, and why Enduring Planet was founded with a mission so make a dent in our environmental debt Why impact investment has traditionally lagged behind traditional funding avenues, and how that looks set to change How Enduring Planet assesses the environmental credentials and commercial viability of potential investment partners Why, for Enduring Planet, all capital is just capital, but not all capital should support every venture