Wallet Max Planet Positive Podcast™ with female investors driving impact
Planet Positive Podcast™ is a monthly interview with female investors driving impact globally. Aligned with our mission to challenge the status quo, we showcase personal and professional journeys of diverse investors (Angels, VCs, PEs, Family Office, Corporate Venture) looking to leverage inclusion and impact without compromising growth of investments. Supporting sustainable innovations is good for people's wellbeing, planet survival, and financial profits.
This month, Bhuva's guest is Emily Zhen, Principal on the investment team at Zeal Capital Partners investing in early-stage companies across Healthcare, Financial Technology, and the Future of Learning & Work.
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Wallet Max and Fintech Is Femme
Emerald Summit™ September 19, 2025
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Climate tech is about directing capital toward a livable planet—and that makes it fintech.
From funding clean energy and scaling carbon markets to embedding sustainability in everyday transactions, these innovations rely on the same tools that power financial systems.
And just like fintech, climate tech isn’t only about technology—it’s about access. When climate solutions are paired with financial inclusion, we unlock regenerative systems that work for people, planet, and profit.
Climate fintech isn’t the future—it’s the now
We’ll explore why the intersection of climate and fintech is not only urgent—but highly investable. This is where institutional capital meets real-world sustainability, and where women poised to lead.
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October 2025
Guest:
Claire Biernacki
Partner at BBG Ventures, a seed and pre-seed venture fund leading investments in female or diverse founders.
September 2025
Guest:
Carbon Thirteen
Puja Balachander and Sarah Jones of Carbon13, where they support pre-seed/seed stage climate tech startups to accelerate their progress.
August 2025
Guest:
Emily Zhen
Principal on the investment team at Zeal Capital Partners investing in early-stage companies across Healthcare, Financial Technology, and the Future of Learning & Work.
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July 2025
Guest:
Maddi Holman
Co-Founder and General Partner at Daring Ventures, where she uses her resilient background of navigating traditionally male-dominated environments to identify overlooked investment opportunities.
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June 2025
Guest:
Emma Mee
Head of Membership at Green Angel Ventures. Focusing on community building and strengthening the membership base of private investors.
May 2025
Guest:
Gillian Fleming
A Co-Founder, Director and MD of Mint Ventures, a women-led angel group focused on investing in women-led and diverse teams with an environmental, ethical or social purpose.
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April 2025
Guest:
Ashley Ryder
Partner at VamosVentures, a venture capital fund investing in diverse teams across Health & Wellness, FinTech, Future of Work, and Sustainability
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March 2025
Guest:
Denise McQuaid
Co-Founder and Director of Investor Relations at AwakenAngels, the first and only women-led angel investment syndicate in the island of Ireland
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February 2025
Guest:
Randi Plevy
Partner and General Counsel at Angel Hive, New York syndicate investing in women led startups that improve the lives of women and girls
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January 2025
Guest:
Susan Schofer
Partner at SOSV and Chief Science Officer at HAX, the world’s premier venture program accelerating early stage hard tech startups
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Wallet Max™ is an inclusive global community of corporate executives and venture capitalists with a mission to expand fundraising access for high-growth startups in the technology, AI, fintech, and climate sustainability sectors. With more than 10 investments directly in impact entrepreneurs thus far, Wallet Max’s network of 1,000 innovators and 60 partners regularly meet in person and virtually throughout the year to mutually exchange connections and drive collective action. Wallet Max ecosystem of events and initiatives are prominent during the New York Fintech Week, the New York Tech Week, and the New York Climate Week every year.
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