Digging In: Mark McCall, iSelectFund
Digging In with Mark McCall, iSelectFund
Lucy talks with Mark McCall, Managing Director at iSelectFund, a venture capital fund partnering with innovators and investors to think differently about big problems in food, health and nutrition. They discuss some of the fund's projects that have the potential to transform our global food system for a growing population, all while improving human health. No small feat, indeed.
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Digging In: Mark McCall, iSelectFund
Digging In with Mark McCall, iSelectFund
Lucy talks with Mark McCall, Managing Director at iSelectFund, a venture capital fund partnering with innovators and investors to think differently about big problems in food, health and nutrition. They discuss some of the fund's projects that have the potential to transform our global food system for a growing population, all while improving human health. No small feat, indeed.
iSelectFund was created to help solve a complex web of interrelated challenges with food and human health. By connecting investors with the innovative companies fixing these industries, iSelect provides the network to create investment opportunities that are making a real impact on the future of our world.
Mark has over 25 years of experience in investing, executive leadership and business development while growing six early-stage funds/companies. He has extensive experience in impact investing, as an investor, developer, and operator. Most recently he was EVP Business Development for Cadenza Innovation, a leading energy storage technology company.
Previously, Mark was CEO of HPA Sonics, an early stage specialty materials company developing a clean process for the production of a key LED raw material. Prior to that, he was CEO of Greenleaf Biofuels (now American Greenfuels). At Greenleaf, he and his partners built the largest waste-to-biofuel plant in the Northeast U.S. Formerly, Mark was an investment banker at Progress Partners where he led the clean energy practice, and a Managing Director of two long/short equity hedge funds that he helped grow to $500M in combined assets.
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