"The biggest problems present the biggest opportunities."

Are you interested in impact investing? What do you think about circular economy as the mindful use of resources we have? How can we evaluate investment options with the second and third order consequences?

Interview with Katarina Throssell, investment associate at Giant Leap. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, impact investing, the private sector’s role, circular economy, education and AI, and many more.

Katarina Throssell is an Investment Associate at Giant Leap, an Australian venture capital fund investing in companies solving the world's most pressing problems across climate, health, and empowerment & education. She is a former commercial litigation lawyer at Arnold Bloch Leibler and has a Bachelor of Laws, International Relations and Diploma of Languages (German) from the Australian National University. She is also a director and Company Secretary at StreetSmart Australia.

Find out more about Katarina through these links:

• Katarina Throssell on LinkedIn;
• Katarina Throssell at Giant Leap;
• StreetSmart Australia website;
• Katarina Throssell on the Investor's Edge podcast;

Connecting episodes you might be interested in:

• No.060 - Interview with Gala Camacho about responsible technologies and stewardship;
• No.196 - Interview with Alan Pears about energy savings;
• No.222 - Interview with Adam Dorr about science-based optimism;
• No.235R

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I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in.

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