<ul><li>Lisa Hehenberger started as an investment banker, but later followed her interest in venture philanthropy – a field that combines finance with societal and environmental impact.</li><li>Lisa detailed how financial rigor and social purpose need a disciplined approach.</li><li>Lisa shared the complexities of measuring impact as it poses the challenge of comparing vastly different projects.</li><li>She also discussed challenges of early-stage impact investing, where companies being funded lack the data or evidence to provide proof of concept.</li><li>Lisa explored extensively on the subject of venture philanthropy during her PhD and explained how it is different from traditional philanthropy.</li><li>She highlighted the need to consider systemic impact and suggested charity, public sector efforts, and policy advocacy in making substantial changes.</li><li>Lisa expressed hope for the future that venture philanthropy will become mainstream and that its effectiveness will be demonstrated empirically in the near future.</li></ul>

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