Katherine WilsoninIlluminate FinancialOur investment in BeZero — the missing link needed to scale carbon marketsExcited to share details of our 2021 investment into BeZero and why we think this team can help unlock the value of environmental assets.May 24, 2022May 24, 2022
Katherine WilsoninIlluminate FinancialThe Great Carbon Opportunity — Part 2: the land grab for the rails of a new asset classWe have a new way to monetise and value the world’s largest asset class… but scarce little infrastructure to support it.Apr 20, 2022Apr 20, 2022
Katherine WilsoninIlluminate FinancialOur investment in Emmi — making carbon risk a financial metric$43 trillion of managed assets are potentially at risk in a priced carbon world. Emmi helps investors navigate this minefield.Dec 2, 20211Dec 2, 20211
Katherine WilsoninIlluminate FinancialThe Great Carbon Opportunity — Part 1: pricing and measuring climate and environmentCarbon has emerged as the leading price mechanism for climate. Investors, corporates and governments alike need a way to measure it.Sep 15, 20211Sep 15, 20211
Katherine WilsoninIlluminate FinancialOur investment in Vault Platform — the behavioural compass that every organisation needed yesterdayCulture and ethics are at the core of every great organisation yet there are scarce few tools that directly address this.Jun 7, 2021Jun 7, 2021
Katherine WilsoninIlluminate FinancialOur investment in Arteria — a data driven approach to enterprise contractingTackling a huge, unsolved problem for heavily regulated and complex enterprises in a way that doesn’t change the workflow.Mar 22, 2021Mar 22, 2021
Katherine WilsoninIlluminate Financial5 learnings about Sustainable Finance — two deals and one year laterMoving faster… going to be bigger… existing solutions not fit for purpose… winners need to educate the market… risk of over-hypeJan 5, 20212Jan 5, 20212
Katherine WilsoninIlluminate FinancialOur investment in Net Purpose — the missing data you need to measure Impact outcomesThere is a severe lack of raw, quantitative data on the social and environmental outcomes of companies. This team are fixing that.Dec 10, 2020Dec 10, 2020
Katherine WilsoninIlluminate FinancialOur investment in Yves Blue — the true picture of a company made clearImagine if, without granular ESG data, critical business and investment decisions were being made with only half the information needed…Nov 18, 2020Nov 18, 2020
Katherine WilsoninIlluminate FinancialWhy Customer Success is going to be even more critical for start-ups during Covid-19Client retention will be a litmus test of whether a product is a must or ‘nice to have’ in a downturnJun 26, 2020Jun 26, 2020