In this episode of the Cretech Climate Cast podcast, Michael Beckerman interviews Raj Singh, Managing Partner of JLL Spark, about the importance of sustainability in the built environment and the role of venture capital in driving climate tech solutions.
Curioser and curioser. Aliceās description of the rabbit hole leading to Wonderland is an apt commentary of the return to office/work from home situation that we find ourselves in.
Correctly balancing the needs of employees, shareholders, and investors is critical to successfully run a CVC. In order to get it right, you need top level support , aligned processes, investment skills, allocated capital and time, of course, but you have to start with metrics.
Corporate venture capital (CVC) has captured our attention for a couple of decades, having started off in high tech companies and steadily expanded more broadly into other industries such as FinTech as well as carbon and emissions tech in recent years.
On the heels of COP27 and the relative lack of progress towards agreement beyond the loss and damage accord, itās clear the real estate industry and governments still have a long way to go to deliver on climate change promises.
