Entrepreneurs for Impact (EFI): Climate Tech CEOs & VCs #180: Mark Bruinooge, CIO of 2040 Fund — Climate Adaptation and Resilience. Spending 100% of Family Office Capital by 2040. New Flood Mapping. Slow Productivity. The Billionaire Who Wasn't.
The 2040 Fund manages philanthropic capital for the 2040 Foundation and its founder, Jay Faison. Investments include private and publicly listed securities focused on climate adaptation and resilience. The 2040 Fund The Fund focuses on water systems and technology, the future of food, and energy transition. They plan to spend down all of its assets by the year 2040 maximizing impact in the near term.
Mark is also a board member at PosiGen, investment committe member at Upwell Water, and former SVP at Bank of America.
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🔗 PODCAST SHOW LINKS:
Mark - https://www.linkedin.com/in/markbruinooge
Upwell Water - https://www.water.llc
Congruent Ventures - https://www.congruentvc.com
First Street Foundation - https://firststreet.org
Elemental Excelerator - https://elementalexcelerator.com
Trellis Climate - https://www.primecoalition.org/programs/trellis-climate
Slow Productivity - https://calnewport.com/my-new-book-slow-productivity
Sloww - https://www.sloww.co
The Billionaire Who Wasn't - https://shorturl.at/efhn7
Hydrow - https://hydrow.com
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Dr. Chris Wedding is the founder of EFI (climate CEO peer groups), cofounder of Terraset (carbon removal), Senior Advisor at Javelin Capital (investment banking), Board member at World Tree (regenerative forestry), Board Advisor at DG Matrix (next-gen power electronics), Duke & UNC professor, ex-private equity investor, ex-investment banker, occasional monk, father of three, 2x ax-throwing champ (huh?), Time Magazine Person of the Year in 2006 (Google it), and super humble guy (as evidenced by this long bio).