Episode 18: Heidi Lindvall - From documentary filmmaker to investing in ClimateTech startups with Pale Blue Dot VC

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Leap Takers

Remo Kyburz

27 episodes

9 months ago

The Leap Takers podcast features up-and-coming European entrepreneurs, investors, and thought leaders. Every episode retraces the journey of a featured guest, with the goal to uncover the origin story of their projects, and to extract advice , resources & tips for (aspiring) entrepreneurs, makers, and anyone that wants to "take the leap" in their life.

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Episode 18: Heidi Lindvall - From documentary filmmaker to investing in ClimateTech startups with Pale Blue Dot VC

Leap Takers

38 minutes 33 seconds

5 years ago

Episode 18: Heidi Lindvall - From documentary filmmaker to investing in ClimateTech startups with Pale Blue Dot VC

Heidi Lindvall (@HeidiLindvall) is one of the founders and a general partner at Pale Blue Dot. Pale Blue Dot is a seed stage ClimateTech VC investing in reducing and reversing the effects of climate change and preparing for a new world. They invest tickets of €200k - €2M, in pre-seed and seed-stage companies based in Europe and US.

Heidi Lindvall previously co-founded Storygami, an online video company that increases viewers engagement & helped monetize content. She also founded CODOC, an award winning video production company. She has a background in Media and Human Rights and has studied for two degrees in the field in London.

In this episode you hear how Heidi made her way from being a documentary filmmaker into the world of Venture Capital (VC). We also discuss her learnings from being an entrepreneur and what areas in ClimateTech she is most excited about to help save the planet. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did.

Show notes:

01:48 -- Introduction of Heidi Lindvall
02:21 -- Description of Pale Blue Dot and the goal of the VC fund
04:26 -- How Heidi got in touch with the world of startups & tech
07:16 -- Documentary movies created by Heidi Lindvall
07:54 -- How Storygami - a online video SaaS product - was born
10:20 -- What is the right moment for a startup to start looking for investors
11:33 -- From Storygami to joining accelerators, becoming an investor, and the origin story of Pale Blue Dot VC
19:15 -- What is ClimateTech and in what areas does Pale Blue Dot invest in
22:35 -- Investment target & fund characteristics of Pale Blue Dot
23:50 -- Public investments of Pale Blue Dot VC
24:41 -- The role of regulation in the ClimateTech sector
26:27 -- Learnings from raising a VC fund in Europe
29:35 -- Heidi’s advice and tips for (aspiring) entrepreneurs
32:03 -- Book that had a big personal impact on Heidi’s life
33:07 -- Resources for people interested in the climate & tech space
34:17 -- Heidi’s most worthwhile investment
35:24 -- Advice to your younger self
36:10 -- What courage means to Heidi

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