In this episode, Hall welcomes back David Mes of Off The Grid Ventures, which invests at the seed stage in B2B-tech companies where women and foreign founders are at the helm. This category of founders is underrepresented, but with the help of Off The Grid Ventures, they aim to help their investors achieve top returns on their investments.

Since the last podcast, David has been very busy with Off The Grid Ventures, but he also also joined the management team of one of the companies they invest in. Over the past three years, Off The Grid Ventures has invested in over 25 companies and sold 5.


Visit Off The Grid Ventures www.otgventures.com/

David can be reached via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmes/ 

He can also be contacted via email at david@otgventures.com 

In this episode, Hall is joined by impact investor Dr. Alicia Robb, Founder and CEO of Next Wave Impact who are “working to increase diversity, inclusion, and impact in early-stage investing and our entrepreneurial ecosystem through our innovative learning-by-doing progressive fund model.” 

Alicia received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Next Wave impact works to decrease the gender and racial gap in entrepreneurs and investors. Out of 99 women in their first fund, 25 of these are women of color and the company has invested in 13 companies to date. Alicia speaks passionately about leaving a sustainable and socially just planet for future generations.

You can find Next Wave Impact at Nextwaveimpact.com and on Twitter at @nextwavenetwork 

Alicia can be contacted on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia-robb-a888228/ and onTwitter, @aliciarobb