“When we began supporting Higg in 2018, we knew the marketplace for ESG data would expand rapidly,” added Henrik Jones from Buckhill Capital. “Given the impact we’ve seen in apparel and footwear, our dream is to make Higg as universal and ubiquitous as the bar code—something which lies at the heart of every consumer goods business and drives more informed choices for companies and shoppers alike.”
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Feb
Feb
“We invested in SpaceX in 2017 with the dream that Starlink could provide internet access to people who don’t have it, and the dream is coming through with Starlink providing internet to Ukraine under siege,” said Henrik Jones of Buckhill Capital.
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Nov
Nov
Henrik & the Buckhill team were one of our earliest supporters when Para was just an idea. Even before they invested, Henrik made some key intros. We’re thankful to have them as partners on this journey to build a better, worker-focused gig economy! – Founder & CEO of Para
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Jun
Jun
Sustainable Apparel Coalition and Higg launch new program for publicly sharing data on a product’s environmental impact: Amazon, H&M, and Norrona among first to participate.
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Dec
“At Goodr, we believe that hunger isn’t a scarcity issue. It’s a logistics issue that can be solved with entrepreneurship and investors like Buckhill Capital,” said Jasmine Crowe the Founder and CEO of Goodr. “By diverting excess edible food to local communities in need, Goodr has reimagined logistics to solve hunger while also reducing greenhouse
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Graphika helps technology companies fight back against fake accounts interfering in US elections
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Aug
Aug
Buckhill Capital portfolio company Graphika is helping technology companies clean up fake accounts in an effort to combat disinformation and election interference by foreign actors. “The research, put together by Graphika, details the actions taken by a network dubbed “Spamoflauge Dragon,” a pro-Chinese spam network. Prior to being taken down by Google-owned YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, the network of spammers
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Impactful Conversations: Sean Byrne of Morrison and Foerster Interviews Henrik Jones of Buckhill Capital for CIVIC
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Jul
Jul
In Morrison and Foerster’s special shelter-in-place edition of “Impactful Conversations” podcast, MoFo’s fund formation lawyer Sean Byrne interviews Buckhill Capital’s General Partner Henrik Jones about collaborating with MoFo to create a new investment term, the Carried Interest by Verified Impact Calculations (CIVIC). The CIVIC links a fund’s carried interest to quantifiable impact metrics, and thus
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Apr
Apr
Dear Buckhill Community- We humans created this horrible climate crisis, and the good news is that many of us want to reopen in new ways to better handle our future. While the pandemic has caused terrible human suffering, the rest of the planet has gotten the best rest since Earth Day started fifty years ago.
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Buckhill Capital convenes entrepreneurs and investors to discuss the Future of Work in an Age of Rising Automation and AI
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Oct
Oct
Buckhill Capital hosted a discussion with Bloomberg technology reporter Aki Ito to discuss the future of work in an age of rising automation and artificial intelligence. Entrepreneurs, investors and journalists gathered at Buckhill to discuss opportunities and considerations in this age of rising Artificial Intelligence and Automation technologies which will affect virtually all occupations. The
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May
May
Buckhill Capital Invests in Higg Co, a software company helping the apparel industry improve its sustainability “You can’t manage what you can’t measure, and the Higg Index provides the standardization and measurement the industry needs to drive lasting change.” – Henrik Jones, Founder & Managing Partner of Buckhill Capital