Understanding What Impact Investment Truly Is, w/ Ilaria Chan, Advisor on Tech & Social Impact for Grab

In this episode, we are joined by Ilaria Chan, Advisor on Tech & Social Impact for Grab, one of Asia’s most prominent tech unicorns. Having started her career in investment banking with Goldman Sachs, today Ilaria is a global keynote speaker, private investor, and serves on the Board of Trustees of several humanitarian organizations. We talk all about impact investment and socially conscious startups and the investment ecosystem that revolves around them. SHOW NOTES 03:14 Introduction to Ilaria Chan 07:04 Ilaria’s expertise in Impact Investment 09:32 Understanding the reality of Impact Invest and Difference between East & West 14:50 Impact vs Profitability: The quandary for social entrepreneurs for raising funds 20:09 How Tech Unicorns are making social impact a big of their proposition 26:05 Tangible impact vs Intangible Impact: Is one less important than the other? 30:22 The “green-washing” trend in impact investment 34:41 Flow of innovation from East to the West 43:44 Connect with Ilaria Many thanks to our guests Ilaria Chan ; host Oscar Ramos ; producers Eva Shi and Sagar Chaudhary ; editor David ; organizer Chinaccelerator ; and sponsor People Squared . Be sure to check out our website Share,

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Understanding What Impact Investment Truly Is, w/ Ilaria Chan, Advisor on Tech & Social Impact for Grab is an episode from The China Startup Pulse by Orbit Startups.

This episode is 00:44:59 long.

This episode was published on Jun 10, 2021.

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