#ESGinVC

"Our political agenda is very narrowly focused on implementing a Germany- and European-wide price per emitted carbon ton north of 80 to 100 Euros. Today, politicians are talking about 20 Euros per ton, but only 80 - 100 Euros will really have an impact on changing consumer and enterprise behavior. At 20 Euros a ton, it goes unnoticed."

"Governance is very critical, because if the team and the leadership are not well run, the organization will behave accordingly. You will not be able to build something successful if the foundation is not right, which is why every early-stage investor should care about governance, even those that don't think much about ESG or impact investing."

"What the venture community needs is data, trust in the future and an investment thesis that takes into account the female demographic. We need to realize today that we need to address female problems, ageing problems and in general the longevity of life and that there are huge opportunities in this."

"We think of ESG responsibility as our most important job at a personal and company level. If you don’t immediately bring optimism or an attitude that technology will be oriented only towards the good, then it won't happen automatically. When we think about how to invest, we think about ESG first."

"Just as you monitor a business by looking at its revenue or its growth rate, we look at KPIs that monitor ESG actions. Each of our companies has their own KPIs, because they all have their own specificities. For the companies that we now have in the portfolio, we measure the satisfaction level of the team, the employee turnover and also the percentage of diversity."