Kt McBratney, Renew VC

Kt McBratney, GP and Head of Community at Renew Venture Capital, joins host Liza Vilnits to break down an ImpactAlpha article, "Leaning into Outcomes, Impact Fund Managers Move Away from the VC Model," by Erik Stein.

Drawing on her path from founder to operator to investor, Kt explains why the traditional 10-year, "two and twenty" VC model keeps getting used even when it doesn't fit the mission, and what it looks like to redesign fund structures from the ground up. Their conversation covers Renew's approach to building a full "capital stack" beyond VC, the risk facing companies with long sales cycles, and why Kt believes the real shift in impact investing starts with who's in the room and how funds are built, not just what they invest in.