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Catherine Weetman talks to Jamie Butterworth, a founder partner at Circularity Capital. Jamie and the Circularity Capital team help large investors, including financial institutions, global corporations and family offices, to invest in circular businesses which can gain competitive advantage by breaking the link between resource use and business success
Circularity Capital invests in circular businesses and startups, like Winnow, ZigZag, Shark Solutions and Grover. Jamie tells us why there is a need for specialist investment in circular businesses and what specific financial challenges those businesses have, how investors evaluate circular business models, and what is happening as more investors become aware that we’re in a race to solve the climate and biodiversity crises.
Jamie also explains Circularity Capital’s approach to working out what to invest in – through an ‘unintended consequences’ paper.
Podcast host Catherine Weetman helps businesses use circular, regenerative and fair solutions to do better, with less.
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Links we mention in the episode:
- Jamie Butterworth https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-butterworth-a0a48b13/
- Circularity Capital https://circularitycapital.com/
About Jamie Butterworth
Jamie Butterworth is a member of the Investment Committee and part of the Investment Team at Circularity Capital, a specialist private equity firm targeting growth stage investments in business enabling the circular economy. Jamie leads Circularity Capital’s work in connecting investee management teams to new business development opportunities in the circular economy and is also head of Investor Relations.
Jamie is the former CEO and part of the founding team of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a global hub for circular economy innovation and has developed a deep understanding of how the circular economy drives value, working with a number of the world’s leading brands to support them in successfully deploying circular business models. He was also instrumental in developing and launching the Circular Economy 100, a platform for multinationals, SMEs, academic institutions and municipalities to capture the commercial opportunities of the circular economy.
Jamie is a business fellow of Oxford University’s Smith School, a member of the Advisory Board of the Accenture Circulars Accelerator and has contributed to a number of forums on the circular economy including at the World Economic Forum and the European Commission Resource Efficiency Platform.
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