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9th of December 16:00 – 16:40 CEST

The session will be streamed from this website.

How to match founders and investors on soft values

Whenever you face a business challenge, you have three options to tackle it. A) pretend it doesn’t exist and hope it goes away, B) deal with and cure the symptoms, or C) understand why you need this challenge to grow personally, and then solve it on both levels.

Aleksander Tõnnisson at .Cocoon Ventures are advocating to look beyond the face value of challenges. They have tools to see what’s lurking behind seemingly impossible business challenges.

The panelists will talk about how due diligence can be tedious, time-consuming, and potentially nerve-racking to a startup founder. And how it isn’t easy on investors either. Is the alternative to invest in blind faith? And what is emotional due diligence?

Moderator

Aleksander Tõnnisson, Founding Partner & Mentor, .Cocoon Ventures [EST]

Panelists

Pasi Joronen, Family Office Founder, Polkuni [FI]

Margus Uudam

Margus Uudam, Founding Partner, Karma Ventures [EST]

9th of December 14:00 – 15:00 CEST

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Launch of Impact Report Nordic Investors 2020

Impact Investments are made with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.

And It is growing in the Nordics.

In 2019 The One Initiative conducted the first survey on the matter targetting early stage investors on the approach, activities, results and more from investing in sustainable solutions. It shows among many other things that 83% of Nordic investors, investing in impact, expect their impact portfolio to deliver at or above the market rate of return.

This year The One Initiative has done a follow up on that market analysis and will launch ‘Impact Report Nordic Investors 2020’. After the presentation of the key findings the panel will reflect on and debate the report.

Moderator

Kai Hockerts, Professor in Social Entrepreneurship, Copenhagen Business School [DE]

Panelists

Stine Jersie Olsen, Head of Investor Activities,  Growth & Impact/Danske Bank [DK]

Juan Alvarez de Lara, Board member – European Business Angels Network, Co-chairman – EBAN IMPACT INVESTING committee [ES]
Birgitte Frost Mathiesen, Managing Partner & Director, Den Sociale Kapitalfond [DK]
Dean Hand

Dean Hand, Research Director, The Global Impact Investing Network [US]

9th of December 08:30 – 08:45 CEST

The session will be streamed from this website.

Good morning and welcome!

20 June 2019 The One Initiative hosted the first Nordic Impact Business Summit in the Old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen. The first selection of Nordic Top 50 Impact Companies were matched with almost 150 investors and business developers; not only from the Nordics, but also from Europe, US, Middle East and Asia.

In this session we look at what have happened the last 18 months. Have the impact startups succeded? And has the investor market matured for more impact investments?

We are setting the scene for the day.

Host

Richard Georg Engström, Founder & Executive Director, The One Initiative.

Guests

Isabella Palmgren, CEO & Founder, Mimbly [SE]

9th of December 17:40 – 18:00 CEST

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Wrap up and looking ahead

We end the day and look into 2021 and beyond. What can we expect in the Nordic and global environmental impact ecosystem in the years to come? How will we manage and measure impact? And what could The Internet of Impact look like?

Host

Richard Georg Engström, Founder and Executive Director, The One Initiative.

Guests

Mike McCreless, Head of Investor Collaboration, Impact Management Project [US]

Sissel Hansen, Founder & CEO, Startup Guide & Impact Index  [DK]

Karl Richter

Karl H Richter, Executive Director, EngagedX [DE]

9th of December 16:50 – 17:30 CEST

The session will be streamed from this website.

Life Science for Impactful Transition

We now share the acknowledgement of the climate challenges in the world. But what is the burning platform when it comes to life science and impact? Is life science taking a certain position? Can this sector help other industries in achieving a sustainable and equal transition and also improve the opportunities for a good life? Meet some of the people working in the frontier of this evolution.

Moderator

Frederik van Deurs, CEO, Green Innovation Group [DK]

Panelists

Anne Færch Jørgensen, PhD & Owner, Færch & Døtre [DK]

Francisca Peixoto, Investment Manager, LifeLink Ventures [ES]

Ole Kjerkegaard Nielsen, CEO, Go-Pen [DK]

Robert Celik, Growth & Partnerships Lead, Genecis – Bioindustries Inc.

9th of December 15:10 – 15:50 CEST

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From Breakdown to Breakthrough

With crisis comes the opportunity for change. “When things are breaking down, look for what’s breaking through” evolutionary futurist Barbara Marx Hubbard said. Indeed the greatest evolutionary leaps can occur as old systems crumble. We will focus our discussion on some of the key breakthroughs for planetary evolution, from economics to environment.

Moderator

Alan Laubsch, Founding Partner, Planet Positive Ventures [US]

Panelists

Ingmar Rentzhog, CEO & Founder, WeDon’tHaveTime [SE)

Rieki Cordon, Facilitator & Token Architect, Hypha / SEEDS – Regenerate Money

9th of December 8:45 – 9:45 CEST

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Who are the Impact Superstars?

Impact Unicorns. Zebra startups. Green Swans. Tardigrades. Who are the lighthouses in the global impact ecosystem? Impact VIP’s – do they exist? And do we need them?

What do the archetypes look like when we talk about the startups, the founders, the business models, the investors, the advocates, the policy makers… that can lead us into a sustainable future?

Bill Gates & Ursula von der Leyen couldn’t come, so we have invited some main players in the Nordic and global ecosystem of impact startups and investors to discuss this.

Moderator

 Mette Fløe Nielsen, Managing Director, MIL Invest [DK]

Panelists

Tove Rådelius, Investment Manager, Norrsken VC [SE]

Julia Zhou, Co-founder & Chief Development Officer, Tidal Impact [UK]

Mikkel Hesselgren, Senior Vice President Fund of Funds, Vaekstfonden [DK]