Positive Ventures

Marcelo Noll Barboza, fundador do Labi Saúde e um dos primeiros investimentos da Positive Ventures, estará presente no South Summit Brazil! Junto com Thiago Soares Zaidan Maluf (Patria Investments) ele irá compartilhar um pouco dos bastidores da sua experiência como empreendedor. Bate-papo imperdível!

Windfall Bio was just named to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list – earning #6 under this year's Sustainability category! We are among a truly inspiring set of companies and proud of this accomplishment.   This recognition comes as our team continues to grow and address outsized #methane emissions using our nature-based solution that transforms methane from any source into valuable outputs. Over the last year, our mems have successfully achieved commercial-scale production, a critical OMRI certification (establishing a market for our organic fertilizer outputs), and we were recognized as one of TIME's Best Inventions of 2024.   💡 Read more on how our team is moving methane mitigation forward: https://shorturl.at/09pzB   💡 And check out the full Fast Company list to learn how we're boosting efficiency and profitability across methane-intensive industries: https://shorturl.at/VcWi0

We're thrilled to share Murilo's latest contribution to the MCJ Newsletter! In his insightful article, Murilo delves into why #Brazil is crucial for #entrepreneurs and #investors targeting the most significant #Nature challenges. He outlines four compelling reasons that underscore Brazil’s strategic importance in the global market, emphasizing its unique position and potential impact. Special thanks to Jenn Beening for making this happen! Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/dUk8ViKG

We are thrilled to announce that Tiago Morelli is joining the Positive Ventures investment team in San Francisco for the next two months! Tiago brings a wealth of experience from the #startup and #venturecapital ecosystem, transitioning from his roles as an #entrepreneur and #investor to pursuing his Master's thesis at Stanford University. His research delves into the intrinsic motivations driving individuals to develop and expand impact investing ecosystems, with a focus on #Climate Tech Ventures. He aims to leverage insights from the Bay Area’s ecosystem and replicate these dynamics into ecosystems in Europe, Latin America, and beyond. Welcome to the team, Tiago!

We saw it coming. Yet, collectively, we are failing to bend the curve. Global greenhouse gas emissions haven’t peaked and are still on the rise. 2024 marks a sobering milestone: average global temperatures reached 1.6°C above pre-industrial levels, exceeding the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C goal. You might wonder: "But does 1.6°C really make a difference?" Let me offer an analogy: consider the human body. A typical healthy temperature is around 36.5°C to 37°C. Now imagine if your body temperature averaged 1.6°C higher all year long—that’s 38.6°C. It would mean chronic fever, a clear sign that something is seriously wrong, potentially life-threatening without intervention. Similarly, for our planet, this "fever" is not evenly distributed. It intensifies extremes—record-breaking heatwaves, devastating wildfires, worsening droughts, and unprecedented floods. Ecosystems and communities are reaching breaking points. This isn’t just a number. It’s a call to action for leaders, innovators, and every one of us to accelerate solutions. The time to act decisively was yesterday. Today, we must catch up. Let’s reflect and double down on our efforts to keep hope—and our planet—alive. #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #ParisAgreement #ClimateAction #NetZero #ClimateChange #Decarbonization #ExtremeWeather #ClimateLeadership #ActOnClimate #ClimateSolutions #ScienceMatters Thanks to Axios for the nice graph!

Ten Lives has just launched the first healthy and #sustainable snack protein for cats! Leveraging #AI-optimized precision fermentation, Ten Lives has crafted a lickable treat made from rabbit protein, produced without harming a single bunny. Considering that meat production accounts for 60% of carbon emissions from food and pets consume 20% of the world’s meat, Ten Lives is pioneering a movement towards a net-zero pet food world. If you have a cat or know cat owners in the US, visit tenlives.com to treat your furry friend. Congrats Victoria Mo, Ruby Yu, Alexandra Koullick, Emma Kowal, Lais, and Adam on reaching this milestone!

Exciting news for #nature and the #carbonmarkets! The Symbiosis Coalition, including Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Salesforce, has chosen Pachama, as their RFP technology platform. This coalition is committed to contracting over 20 million tons of nature-based carbon removal by 2030. Their RFP stands as one of the market's largest vehicles for nature-based funding. Pachama is set to play a pivotal role with its innovative DMRV (Digital Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification). This technology will bring essential transparency, comparability, and standardized information, leveraging objective earth observation data to help scale the market with integrity. https://lnkd.in/d_8f3UMm

Labi Saúde atingiu a marca de R$100M de receita anualizada, um crescimento de ~2.333% desde o nosso investimento. Labi existe para servir milhões de brasileiros que buscam exames médicos a preço acessível. Isso significa que o crescimento da sua receita é indissociável do crescimento do seu impacto. Ao longo dos últimos anos, como resultado da existência do Labi, mais de 1.3M de brasileiros tiveram acesso a um serviço de primeira necessidade, com qualidade e preço justo. Parabéns time Marcelo, Octavio, Daniella, Carolina, investidores RD Saúde (Marcilio), Igah, Ventures. (Pedro), Patria Investments, Marcelo Lacerda, Giancarlo Arduini, Claudio Lottenberg e todos que fazem parte dessa história.

Thank you, FII Institute , for taking the time to talk with Fábio! Watch the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/gzwnwcst

These last months, Positive Ventures was one of the 37 sustainable and impact funds to go through BlueMark’s Fund ID pilot assessment. We were eager to have our Fund’s impact approach assessed across the four key pillars of accountability: strategy, governance, management, and reporting, and to contribute our experience and feedback to inform BlueMark’s Fund ID methodology and the findings of the white paper. We are enthusiastic about this initiative’s potential to enhance accountability, comparability, and credibility within the sustainable and impact investing markets. It promises to refine our impact management methods, setting a higher standard for ourselves and the industry. A special thanks to Nadza, Paulina, and Chris for their invaluable support and guidance throughout this assessment process. Discover more about BlueMark’s Fund ID and access the newly released white paper here: https://lnkd.in/gxWHR95u #impactinvesting #sustainablefinance