From tradeoffs to interconnection - Cecile Blilious, Pitango VC

We often hear about tradeoffs in impact investing - impact or profit, people or planet. Cecile’s journey to lead impact at Israel's largest VC shows that it’s not either or. It's interconnected. THE IMPACT. Cecile: Is Head of Impact and Sustainability at Pitango Venture Capital, Israel’s largest VC fund, where she merges technology, profit and social impact Co-founded GITA, the Global Impact Tech Alliance, a new organization to empower tech innovations to achieve the SDGs Previously founded Impact First Investments, Israel’s first impact investing company; managed the Noaber Foundation’s Israeli investments for over 14 years, and held executive positions at several companies THE JOURNEY. In our conversation, we explore: Early influences - martial arts, entrepreneurship, rebalancing capital and values Impact investing, from 20 years ago to now - from its own asset class to a mindset shift False tradeoffs in impact investing - profit vs. impact, people vs. planet, incremental vs. systemic Two types of companies - impact natives and impact migrants A surprise on the people side - you don’t need to convince companies or investors