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Mike is the founder and Managing Partner of Active Impact Investments, an impact VC with $10M in assets under management. Active Impact exclusively supports small to medium sized purpose-driven ventures scale their impact and profit by providing funding and extensive capacity building services to the portfolio companies. Prior to this, Mike was a Top 40 under 40 with 20 years in the tech industry specializing in services companies and SaaS products. He worked for 14 years in various executive roles for award winning companies, most recently President of Traction Rec and COO at Traction on Demand. Prior to that President of Randstad Professionals running $300M in revenue. Mike's greatest expertise is in enterprise sales, building high performing teams, improving operational efficiency and execution. He serves on the board of directors at DSRF and is a mentor/EIR at NVBC, Founder Institute and Spring Activator. Mike has a Queen’s BSC, INSEAD exec MBA and got his board training through the Beedie Directors Education Program (DEP). Our team is inspired by what positive impact would these companies succeeded; We look for the business model the way that makes their money to be intertwined with the benefit that they are creating for the society and the environment. Mike Winterfield 2:42 – Active Impact; small venture capitals, they invest in companies that are solving a social and environmental issue 5:02 – Why they choose to invest in companies that have a positive impact on the environment 8:55 – The reason behind he created Active Impact 12:10 – The experience that makes him in the top 40 under age 40 14:22 – How Mike's company differs from other venture capital companies through support and control standpoint 16:47 – Mike's future plans for the company 18:27 – Where is venture capital leading towards 24:00 – His advice to the people that want to scale their business, factors that are to be considered before seeking investments That’s all for today and don’t forget to subscribe for more updates. For show notes and resources visit: http://pioneersofgood.org/ And, as always, if you want to get in touch with me, email me at: hello@pioneersofgood.org