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In today’s world where the very basics of trust are being challenged at the highest level, building alignment by design in the different value chains that urgently need to shift in order to have a chance to reach a fertile future is a must. We now know what science and the economy say are the priorities and how to build alliances multi-locally, from corporates to startups, from venture to infrastructure, from science to policy makers, from carbon, agri to oceans. Here we come 2026! ✨ 📸: Mats Carduner - @matsramgram

Trailblazer. This is the name of the award I was given last week at the Women Venture Capital Summit Europe in Windsor. The 2025 Trailblazer Award. Very chic! But also very special for me as it has often felt exactly like this. Like I am pioneering some alternative paths that I believe are deeply needed without it being obvious to many. So I am very grateful for this recognition and want to thank all those who participated in uplifting my work, particularly With Intelligence - Women's Summits, European Women in VC. Thank you 🙏! And special thanks to 🚀🚀Kinga Stanislawska & Anne Radecki for their essential & continued action to empower diversity in the VC industry. I also want to thank my dear friend Betsy Zimmerman who came all the way from New York to interview me on stage. She is doing her trailblazing part at First Close Partners to fund emerging and underrepresented managers very successfully and we are so happy to count FCP as LP and true partner at 2050. FCP is part of our forward-looking group of LPs, including PRO BTP Groupe & Crédit Mutuel Arkéa who have been supporting us since the early days and keep giving us the strength to continue building our trailblazing system. Thank you as well to all the pioneering entrepreneurs I have backed throughout my career. You have built unicorns, consolidated industries, created positive change in this world and made me live incredibly intense human adventures. I have learnt, learn and will continue learning & improve for a long time thanks to you ❤️. Specifically, I had the rare chance to share the past adventures of Meiosys, Coriolis Composites, Launchmetrics, Criteo, Exaprotect, @Scoop.it, Wyplay, Allmyapps, YKONE, Mobirider, Pandacraft, Edoki Academy, Teads, Butterfly.ai (an Engagedly company), KEAKR, Holberton School and Shine and interacting with these talented founders, teams and boards has forged my VC practice for good. Today, together with Willy Braun and Mathieu Daix, as part of our daphni purple fund delegation, I am still having a blast supporting and participating in the boards of Swile, Lifen & ZOE. And for the 2050.ventures fund, in those of Withings, SWEEP, ClimateView and Paebbl. Shout out to Loïc Soubeyrand, Franck Le Ouay & Alexandre Huckert, Jonathan Wolf, Eric CARREEL, Rachel Delacour, Maxime Leroux, Marta Sjögren & Andreas Saari and their teams & boards: thank you for making me a more aligned, grounded & relevant investor every day. All this is possible thanks to the 2050 extended team who empowers the most trailblazing initiative I ever launched: aligning the VC model to shape a fertile future. Thanks for the flow! I will end by thanking our stewards who are ensuring we maintain our own alignment in time. I promise to share a dedicated post on our steward-ownership as I am now positive that alignment starts from governance. Investing is not predicting but shaping the future. Let's come together to use the power of money to solve our biggest challenges 🌞🌊🌳❤️.

Last week at DLD Conference Munich, after explaining where we invest at 2050, a question came up: "Is this philanthropy?" No, it's business strategy 🙂 At 2050, we don't separate purpose from profitability. We tackle the industries that matter most because that's where the greatest impact lies. Our approach mirrors the Doughnut model itself: start with purpose, then build the economic model around it. We've shifted from forecasting to backcasting, defining where we need to be within the Doughnut to achieve a fertile future, then working backwards to set short-term goals. This ensures we're solving real problems, not reproducing past patterns. Take Paebbl, our portfolio company transforming CO₂ into building materials: > They embedded their mission directly into their bylaws, a first in Sweden > When backcasting from their mission, they realized that optimizing for short-term impact would create long-term environmental harm (unnecessary solid waste) > They pivoted their strategy to align the entire cement industry value chain within the Doughnut's boundaries Thank you Kate Raworth for such an insightful discussion and Vijay Vaitheeswaran AES Energy Writer of the Year for moderating it! 🙏

Happy to join this exclusive dinner focusing on "Future Perspectives for Private Equity: resilience, adaptation and evolution of private markets in 2026 and beyond." These conversations around the future of private markets and women's role in shaping the industry are exactly what drive meaningful change in our sector. Private equity continues to evolve rapidly, and hearing these diverse perspectives on resilience and adaptation will be invaluable as we navigate the opportunities and challenges ahead. Thank you to Women In Finance France and IPEM for creating these authentic exchanges and building such a strong community of inspiring professionals ✨

I had an interesting experience at Frame Conferences in London last week! What resonated most was this: while the narrative about our environmental and social challenges often feels grim, there's an incredible wave of entrepreneurial energy building beneath the surface. The entrepreneurs I'm meeting aren't waiting for perfect conditions, they're diving in because they recognise that the biggest problems create the biggest opportunities. What gives me hope? Science-led thinking is taking centre stage in the minds of successful entrepreneurs. They're not just building businesses, they're specifically hunting for opportunities where doing good and doing well are perfectly aligned. This generation of founders understands that sustainability and alignment isn't a constraint on business success; it's the pathway to it. 🙏Thank you Johannes Lenhard, Hannah Leach and the entire Reframe Venture team for fostering these crucial conversations and building a community where impact meets innovation.

Back from a interesting discussion at #Pollutec2025 on financing the scale-up of ecological transition. Alexandre Kouchner opened with the right question: where is the money? Key points I want to share with you: > Science needs patient capital and we need to build a culture of public-private investment to face these challenges > Real impact requires embedding entire supply chains. Paebbl's partnership with Holcim and Amazon is a perfect example of this approach. > Climate risk is underestimated. Insurers are starting to recalibrate, but there's a gap between current models and the real costs of warming > Social cohesion is non-negotiable, the transition won't happen without bringing people along. 👏 Kudos to Natacha Girard and Anne-Manuèle Hébert for organising such a thought-provoking conversation and event. Thank you Baptiste Perrissin Fabert and Olivier Noblecourt for your valuable insights. 🙏

We're witnessing a fundamental shift in private equity. Nearly 1/3 of US VC funds raised in 2017 had returned $0 to investors by March 2024. Evergreen funds are the industry finally listening. From where I sit, this isn't just a product innovation, it's a response to a critical problem. Curious to hear thoughts from others navigating this shift. Thanks Guillaume BREGERAS for the analysis! https://lnkd.in/ebPDT436

So this is why alignment comes so naturally to you Tim 🌞! Co-developing Project Align! with We Are Human was just obvious for 2050 (to quote the trailblazing Jane W.). I feel incredibly lucky that we can work together with you, Jamie Brooker, Johan Brand, FRSA and of course Sindre Østgård to dig this unlocking and powerful discipline and practical methods. So thank you Andreas Saari for initiating that deep connection 🙏! We are just scratching the surface of the potential of alignment in companies, organisations as well as investment practices. So looking forward to continuing our exploration together and to this Oslo session on October 24th ! Come and join 🤗🌿.

Thank you HOI (House of Impact) 💚 Looking back on an intense and inspiring moment in Helsinki. "If today's capital systems are built to exit, how can they ever sustain?" This question, raised during our session with Joseph Naayem (Kalmus Capital), Alexander Langguth (Übermorgen Ventures) and Angela Lawaldt (BONVENTURE) perfectly captures the challenge: it's time to rethink traditional funding models. Together, we explored new systemic funding vehicles, evergreen structures, adaptive ownership models and impact-linked incentives, designed to align profit with purpose. Shifting from extraction to regeneration: that's how we create capital that fuels not just companies, but entire systems of change. It's time to set new rules for how impact truly scales. The master aligner Sindre Østgård and I also shared examples of how to solve universal tensions within companies thanks to the alignment method co-developed together all with the We Are Human venture builders. If you are curious, visit https://project-align.org 🧭✨. A huge thanks to Anna Herlin, Adela VILLANUEVA, Risto Väyrynen and The Impact Office (TIO) team for creating such a welcoming space where magic happens and to the entire HOI (House of Impact) community for these exchanges and inspiring connections. And for a wonderful sauna experience 🌞🌊❤️. And last but not least, thank you Helsinki for all the warm and amazing people I had the pleasure to see 🇫🇮 🙏

📢 New CSRD thresholds just announced, are you ready for 2026? On October 13th, the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee voted on new CSRD thresholds: 1,000 employees and €450M annual revenue. What do these changes mean for your organisation? How can you prepare effectively? SWEEP is organising this Thursday, October 16th an essential webinar featuring Pascal Canfin and Julien Denormandie. A discussion that will enable you to: ✅ The nuances of these regulatory changes ✅ What this means for your compliance timeline ✅ Practical steps to prepare your company https://lnkd.in/eYY9CU6v