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#126 Dan Fitzgerald: Rugby union, living zen, re-imagining the world from the atom up w ReGen Ventures + his daughter Frankie's inspiration
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Dan Fitzgerald is the Managing Partner at ReGen Ventures, has been investing in climate-tech for over 10 years across early-stage, growth and real assets. Dan was previously the co-founder of a quant hedge fund and an Options Trader at UBS and Macquarie Bank.
In this episode #126 w Dan Fitzgerald, learn about:
His early influences with his sunrise in Brisbane, Australia when his mum was just 18! (My mum was 21 when I was born, kudos to all the incredible mums out there, you’re special). I love Dan’s candour including his dreams to play professional sport, Rugby union in particular — how that didn’t eventuate and led his foray into the world of financial markets and living a life of being present.
Dan calls his 6+ years in the investment banking and hedge fund industry as a rolling epiphany as he sought to find his eventual home of fulfillment being impact investing and working with exceptional founders creating companies as the force for good and this led to the creation of ReGen Ventures, where Dan is the Managing Partner.
Get excited to immerse yourself in how Dan and his team are re-imagining the world from the atom up, what it means to invest in startups from the UK, to Austria to the US to Australia and what are the raw ingredients of category defining companies in ClimateTech.
This episode is dedicated to the beautiful memory of Dan’s daughter Frankie who inspires us all to live to our fullest each day, in love and wonder.
It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!
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02:20 - Where were you born and live now?
02:42 - What was your first job and now?
03:52 - High Flyer in Dan’s life
05:03 - 18 year old mum
07:25 - Period of change
08:37 - Everyday is a gift
09:40 - Heroes
10:55 - Professional athlete dreams
14:27 - 4am wake ups capturing moments of quiet
16:23 - First date with business and finance
19:20 - Rolling epiphany 6 years in financial markets
21:50 - How to review and change career identity
24:28 - Founding a Quant fund
26:50 - Downside limited, upside unknown and Risk Management
28:10 - Creation of ReGen Ventures
32:00 - “Inconvenient truth” movie inspiring change
34:00 - Magic moments to building a VC fund
37:47 - Breath vs depth of relationships
40:20 - Thesis beyond sustainability to “Regenerative” globally
45:28 - Learnings from investing in UK, Austria, USA and more
48:43 - DNA of a category defining company in ClimateTech
51:00 - Assessing spikes in category creating founders
54:05 - Rainbow in the clouds, daughter Frankie’s memory
57:50 - Final sprint
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