Team – VentureESG

Team

We came together as a team of London-based VCs and an academic committed to driving adoption of ESG within the VC world.

Our original goal was to create value through operational best practice for our portfolios and our own funds. Now we are building a strong team around this goal to push the industry forward as a whole.

Founding Team and Council

Hannah Leach

Co-founder and Executive Chairwoman

GP at Houghton Street Ventures

Dr Johannes Lenhard

Co-founder and CEO

Researcher and Affiliated Lecturer at the University of Cambridge

Dr Denise Xifara

Co-founder and Council Member

GP at Mercuri

Veronika Kapustina

Co-founder

GP at Houghton Street Ventures

Ginny Watsham

Co-founder and Council Member

Stanford MBA

Henry Philipson

Council Member, Co-Lead Portfolio Support

Marketing & Comms Director at Beringea, Founder of ESG_VC

Liz Broderick

Council Member

Operations Lead at Biographica

Core Team & Research Fellows

Danika Patel

Programme Manager

Siyu Chen

Programme Associate

Oliver Nixon

Research Lead (LPs and AI)

Zecheng Wang

Emerging Markets Lead

Emeka Nwankwo

Emerging Markets Lead

Helen Mitchell

Co-Lead Portfolio Support

Asma'u Abiola

Research Fellow
(Emerging Markets)

Alethea Fernandes

Research Fellow
(Environment, 2.0)

Alexandrine Royer

Research Fellow
(Emerging Markets)

Tom Berry

Research Fellow
(Boards)

Dr Robert Quinlan

Research Fellow (Biotech/Life sciences)

Mikaela Murekian

Research Fellow (Maturity) and Communications

Steering Committee

Peter Hirsch

Head of Sustainability
2150

Katya Pogudina

Head of Marketing
AlbionVC

Annie Hult

ESG & Impact Lead
Antler

Rosalind Bazany

Partner, Head of ESG and Impact
Antler

Ashleigh Brown

Sustainability Manager Atomico

Kasit Rochanakorn

General Counsel Atomico

Elodie Broad

Head of Impact and ESG Balderton Capital

Dama Sathianathan

Partner
Bethnal Green Ventures

Anne-Claire
Colomb-Valadares

Partner and COO
Blisce

Melina Foehrenbach

Senior Director, Portfolio Impact & Strategy
Blisce

Clara Cohade

Climate & Impact Specialist
Blisce

Dr. Carolin Althoff

General Partner, Investor & Head of ESG
Cusp Capital

Damien Didier

Head of Sustainability
daphni

Sophie Walker

Head of Sustainability
EQT

Marie Bos

VP ESG
HV Capital

Anna Ott

VP People
HV Capital

Rebecka Elming Saidac

Legal & Sustainability
Kinnevik

Claudia Levan

VP of Fundraising
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Angela Sibley

Partner
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Cecile Blilious

Head of Impact & Sustainability
Pitango Venture Capital

Abigail Johnson

Partner, Chief Operating Officer
Sapphire Ventures

Imogen Mulliner

Vice President
Sapphire Ventures

Shaun Chaudhuri

Principal
The Westly Group

Former Research Fellows

Amy Nommeots-Nomm

Research Fellow (ESG on Boards); Octopus Ventures

Mohammed Ali

Research Fellow (Environment)

Sarah Kiden

Former General Research Fellow

Melissa Patel

Research Fellow (Emerging Markets)

Joanne Azem

Former Research Fellow (Human Rights)

Dr Moriam Masha

Former Research Fellow (Limited Partners)

David Kampmann

Former Research Fellow (Limited Partners)

Elena Lutz

Former General Research Fellow

Onyemaechi Dike

Research Fellow (Emerging Markets)

Signe Kossmann

Research Fellow
(Emerging Markets)

Cessiah Lopez

Research Fellow (web3/crypto)

David Coombs

Research Fellow (Materiality)

Want to work with us?

We are working on a number of projects and are always on the lookout for those with an interest in both VC and ESG.

Want to partner with us?

We are supported by industry stakeholders to drive the agenda forward and are always open to collaboration.