Seeding the Future: Transforming Smallholder Farms for a Sustainable Tomorrow
In partnership with Temasek’s Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP) and the Philanthropy Asia Alliance (PAA), this whitepaper explores how we can transform Southeast Asia (SEA)’s agricultural sector towards a more sustainable future. SEA is poised to become the world’s fourth-largest economy by 2030. By 2050, food consumption in this region is expected to […]
Portfolio Acceleration: Getting Companies Seed-Round Ready
Portfolio Acceleration is the process through which VC funds help their portfolio companies accelerate growth to maximise impact and returns in the shortest possible time. At Wavemaker Impact, we believe that every inflection point in a company’s growth journey is critical, particularly when backing passionate founders solving real-world problems like climate change. To explore this, […]
Carbon Insetting: Unlocking its promise and potential
Carbon Insetting is a sustainability strategy for companies to reduce carbon emissions within its own operations & supply chain. In this 3-part explainer series, the report explores the promise, potential and role it plays for businesses in Climate & Sustainability. Referring real-world case studies, Readers can learn more about the difference between carbon offsetting and […]
Mitigating climate change with venture capital: A conversation with Wavemaker Impact’s Steve Melhuish
The Venture is an original podcast series hosted by serial business builders from McKinsey’s business-building arm, Leap. In this episode of The Venture: Mitigating climate change with venture capital, our Founding Partner Steve Melhuish sits down with McKinsey Partner Andrew Roth to discuss the genesis of Wavemaker Impact, why we chose Southeast Asia as the […]
The lowdown on Southeast Asia’s carbon map
Step by step, steadily toward sustainability
Singapore, 19 October 2021 — Last year, I was invited to speak on a panel at a global bank’s conference. Someone from the audience asked me if I believed that venture capital and technology startups could contribute to the achievement of the UNDP Sustainable Development Goals, also known as the Global Goals. The Global Goals […]