Technology
Andrew Wordsworth is the founder of Sustainable Venture group of companies. Sustainable Venture’s mission is to create a more sustainable future world where climate change and resource scarcity is addressed by commercial solutions. They are a venture builder where they develop, invest in and provide workspaces for sustainable business. Sustainable Workspaces located in London is the largest community of colocated community of sustainable startups. Highlights: The genesis of the Sustainable Ventures, Sustainable Workspaces and Sustainable Accelerator Proving the equity crowdfunding model when E-Car Club was sold to Europe Car Examples of Sustainable Accelerator portfolio companies How Sustainable Accelerator help startups grow their valuation and develop the business How to pitch to investors and benefits of wearing both hats of investor and investee Why understanding risk will help your pitch Andrew’s personal story and inspiration to move into sustainablity and startups Mapping startups impact and Sustainable Development Goals Useful links: Sustainable Ventures - https://www.sustainableventures.co.uk/ Sustainable Workspaces - https://www.sustainableworkspaces.co.uk/ Sustainable Accelerator - https://www.sustainableaccelerator.co.uk/ Better Futures - https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/environment/better-futures/about-better-futures E-Car Club - https://ecarclub.co.uk/ Powervault - https://www.powervault.co.uk/ Rovco - https://www.rovco.com/ Petit Pli - https://shop.petitpli.com/ Airex - https://www.airex.tech/ Centrica - https://www.centrica.com/ Green Angel Syndicate - https://greenangelsyndicate.com/ Bethnal Green Ventures - https://bethnalgreenventures.com/ Carbon Trust - https://www.carbontrust.com/home/ Time stamp: [03:00] Andrew’s journey into podcasting [07:20] Sustainable Venture’s mission [10:30] Why crowdfund and why there was a need for an accelerator fund [15:00] Sustainable Accelerator Fund 1 and 2 [17:30] Why Rovco is such an exciting business [23:00] Pitching to investors and being pitched [25:50] The best pitch Andrew heard [28:50] What inspired Andrew’s entrepreneurship journey For more information go to Green Add Venture (https://greenaddventure.com/) This episode is hosted by Jake Woodhouse - connect with Jake on Linkedin (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jakewoodhouse) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/jakewoodhous) This episode is produced by Woon Tan of Podcast Publishing (http://podcastpublishing.help/) Designs are made by Joshua Barnes of Forage Studio (https://www.forage.studio/)