Bansal: Sustainability will match digitization's impact over next 20 years
Anjali Bansal · Investing Lessons from Anjali Bansal, Founder, Avaana Capital and The next Decade in VC · Nov 29, 2021 · at 44:26
Avaana Capital founder Anjali Bansal shares her macro thesis on long-term investment trends driven by shifting consumer preferences and climate technology.
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“So I think sustainability will be for the next 20 years, what digitization was for the last 20.”
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