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Designed for graduate students, the Impact Capital Managers Mosaic Fellowship isn’t just a summer program—it’s a launchpad for impact-focused careers. Fellows connect with peers, mentors, and leaders across the impact investing ecosystem all while being paid a competitive stipend. That's why Virta Ventures is proud to support the ICM Mosaic Fellowship by hosting a Fellow this year! Applications close December 2 at 11:59pm ET. Learn more here and apply today: https://lnkd.in/eMCJ5Dw6

Congrats to Daniela Blanco and the Sunthetics team! Excited to be on this journey with you.

Virta Ventures GP Russell S. led an engaging discussion at The Wharton School's 17th annual Energy and Climate Confetence on data center energy demand and decarbonization with expert panelists from Schneider Electric, PJM Interconnection, Constellation, and National Grid. Thanks to the Wharton Energy and Climate Club organizing team for an awesome event, our team had a blast!

Last week, GP Russell S. was on campus at University of Pennsylvania's Venture Lab to talk climate tech, startups, venture, and more with students from across Penn's schools: The Wharton School, Penn Engineering, and more. We're energized by the turnout, insightful student questions, and the fact that we were able to go through so many pizzas (no food waste)! Thanks again to Venture Lab and the Penn community for having us.

Patricia Tang has been an invaluable addition to the Virta team these past seven months! Grateful that she was able to take advantage of The Wharton School's Moelis Advance Access Program. https://lnkd.in/gjEvsErp

Breaking: The Mosaic Fellowship application is now LIVE! The ICM Mosaic Fellowship is part of our commitment to advance the pipeline of diverse, skilled talent in the private capital impact investing industry. The program provides top-performing graduate students of underrepresented and diverse backgrounds the opportunity to spend a summer as a Summer Associate at one of ICM’s member funds— leading private capital funds investing for positive social & environmental impact and superior returns. Learn more about our participating host funds: Altura Capital, Apis & Heritage Capital Partners, Arborview Capital, Blackhorn Ventures, Builders Fund, Clean Energy Ventures, Cleveland Avenue, Closed Loop Partners (Infrastructure, Leadership, and Ventures), Congruent Ventures, DBL Partners, Earth Foundry, Ecosystem Integrity Fund, Generation Investment Management, HCAP Partners, Impact America Fund, Impact Engine, Lime Rock New Energy, Nuveen, a TIAA company Private Equity Impact, Pangaea Ventures, Quona Capital, Rebalance Capital, Renovus Capital Partners, Rethink Food, Second Horizon Capital, Shift Capital, Spring Lane Capital, and Virta Ventures. Apply: https://lnkd.in/gPhXZVpM

We're grateful for the support of Impact Capital Managers in our mission of backing promising equity-light solutions for climate change. Huge thanks to the ICM team!

Software and software-enabled innovations can plug into data center operators’ workflows and enable data centers to make marked improvements in all areas. In part 3 of Virta Ventures' AI Data Center series, we examine innovations improving data center energy efficiency, sustainability, and reliability. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g9w2wYnn Select companies mentioned: Phaidra NetworkOcean LAIIER Verdigris NetBrain Technologies Inc.

The Virta team was busy this #ClimateWeekNYC: we presented at Coolwater Capital’s Demo Day, hosted a GP / LP discussion featuring Sophie Purdom Planeteer Capital Kunal S. Doshi Accelerate Investment Group Amani Ahmed Illumen Capital, and heard some incredible insights from our friends in climate tech (Impact Capital Managers, Climactic to name some highlights). We're excited to share our takeaways: https://lnkd.in/g8JxUmXF Special thanks to Rho and David Broz Second Nature Investments for co-hosting Virta's event in NYC.

Virta Ventures and GP Russell S. was honored to join the conversation during Sopoong Ventures 2024 Climate Tech Startup Summit!