Ventures

Investing in life.

Exploring a different angle on investing: from profit to worth.

What if investing was not just about financial returns, but about what we help grow, sustain and bring to life?

Over the past few years, I've been exploring the world of investing and finding my own way in it. It's a field traditionally shaped by financial returns and dominated by conventional ways of thinking. Along the way, I've started to see connections with my work in facilitation and venture development. Both can help create the conditions for change, or stand in its way.

This has led me to think about investing in a broader sense. For me, it's about nurturing healthy soil: soil that is alive, rich in connections, resilient and able to regenerate. The same applies to people, businesses and communities. What happens when we invest in the conditions that allow life to thrive?

I'm exploring this question in practice, supporting ventures and foundations not only with money, but also with attention, networks, knowledge and other resources. It's a way to put my beliefs to the test while discovering different ways of investing in a field that has traditionally followed a narrower path.

Play it forward

Today, my investments span nature rewilding, social cohesion, equal opportunity and personal awareness, alongside more conventional business investments. I share this journey openly because I believe we have more influence than we sometimes realise. Our money, networks, knowledge and other assets can help shape the world around us.

The question I keep exploring is simple: how can we turn our profit into worth?