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Current day NYC: 160 yrs to build
China alone: building 100 NYCs in just 20 years...
Midtown NYC: 1850 - Present
By 2030 the world needs:
NYC Midtown: 1850 - Current
33%
more energy
27%
more food
41%
more water
70%
more steel
Resource
Constraints
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Entrepreneurs
Opportunity
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Our Macro Thesis
The scale & speed of global urbanization is unprecedented. We will need resources to build this urbanization and we will need substantially more energy, water and materials. Historical examples demonstrate that innovation always overcomes similar crises and we want to be part of those solutions. Therefore we invest in companies desiring to lead industries & the population beyond a resource-constrained world.
We focus on companies that:
Make things differently. Make what exists more productive.
Resource Efficiency
Asset Productivity
Our Focus
Large, mature industries won't change fast. Where we see opportunity: emergent business models and technology integration applications that are pushing sustainable innovation. Change will come from bottom-up, emergent business models. We look for new companies approaching these industries with a new model, fabrication method, design process or all of the above. Change also will come from integration opportunities where technology can create a production and efficiency multiplier to enhance the existing industry.
We invest across four areas: real estate, energy, food/agriculture, and water .
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