Sandiip Bhammer, Managing Partner and Co-founder of Green Frontier Capital
Jan 18, 2023, 08:08 AM
Welcome to another episode of Wharton India Economic Forum Podcast. In this episode, Nayan Bader hosts Mr. Sandiip Bhammer. Sandiip is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Green Frontier Capital (GFC), India’s first venture capital fund focused exclusively on the theme of climate change.
Conventional venture capital focused on backing ideas that could gain non-linear scale with a small input of capital, primarily focused on technology. With climate change become center stage of the world’s focus, GFC is focused on applying the VC mentality to back companies helping fight climate change with promise to scale non-linearly. In this episode, we talk about:
Conventional venture capital focused on backing ideas that could gain non-linear scale with a small input of capital, primarily focused on technology. With climate change become center stage of the world’s focus, GFC is focused on applying the VC mentality to back companies helping fight climate change with promise to scale non-linearly. In this episode, we talk about:
- Sandiip’s career journey spanning Investment Banking, Hedge Funds to starting his own early stage VC fund
- The gap Sandiip saw in financing for companies fighting climate change, that formed the thesis to start GFC
- GFC’s theses behind building an early portfolio, especially in Electric Vehicles space
- His thoughts on the controversies surrounding ESG focused investing and why he thinks the philosophy of investing is deeply mis-understood
And a lot more!
About Sandiip Bhammer:
Sandiip is the Founder and Managing Partner of Green Frontier Capital, which is India’s First Venture Capital Fund focused exclusively on investing in climate change. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Finance of Isenberg School of Management, focused on teaching sustainable finance. He is the winner of Meaningful Business 100 award, given to business leaders who are engaged in furthering UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. He sits on the Board of Cornell’s Emerging Markets Institute to bridge the academia and professional world.
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About Sandiip Bhammer:
Sandiip is the Founder and Managing Partner of Green Frontier Capital, which is India’s First Venture Capital Fund focused exclusively on investing in climate change. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Finance of Isenberg School of Management, focused on teaching sustainable finance. He is the winner of Meaningful Business 100 award, given to business leaders who are engaged in furthering UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. He sits on the Board of Cornell’s Emerging Markets Institute to bridge the academia and professional world.
For more about Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF), please visit:
WIEF Website: https://www.whartonindia.com/
WIEF LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wharton-india-economic-forum
WIEF Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whartonindia/?hl=en