Blog by Semi Hakim, Co-Founder at Kök Projekt Food security is increasingly becoming a question not only of agricultural production, but of resilience: how well food systems can withstand climate volatility, water stress, geopolitical disruption, infrastructure challenges, and increasingly fragile supply chains. At CEE4Impact Day, this topic will take centre stage in a panel discussion led by Semi Hakim, CEO and Co-Founder of KÖK Project. The conversation will explore where food-system...

Blog by Elemér Eszter, President of Impact CEE Whenever I read articles like Harvard Business School’s recent piece, Why ESG’s Past Returns May Not Predict Its Future, I find myself returning—mentally, and thankfully also physically—to our regular Monday meetings at Impact Ventures. The HBS article highlights an important and uncomfortable finding. Between 2012 and 2023, institutional investors and asset managers shifted roughly $3 trillion toward ESG-oriented investments. ESG-tilted funds...

Nikolaus Hutter, partner at Relevant based in Vienna, joins Field Notes to talk about caliber over scale. He makes the case for character and capability as the real measure of success, why raising modest capital in underserved markets can be a bigger achievement than raising millions where cash is easy to find, and why friction and resistance are what actually drive growth. Listen to the Podcast HERE