Alina Bassi
Impact VC Investor | Obama Foundation Leader | Chemical Engineer | TEDx Speaker | Forbes 30U30 | Investing in Early-Stage, Mission-Driven Founders
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About
👋🏽 Hey there! 👷🏽♀️ I’m Alina Bassi, an impact investor, entrepreneur, and former chemical engineer, dedicated to driving impact through innovation. At Ananda Impact Ventures (€200M AUM), I invest in mission-driven startups tackling the world’s biggest challenges in climate tech, health, equality, and education. 🧡 Ananda is a pan-European VC with offices in Munich, Berlin, and London, backing visionary founders from the earliest stages. Our team of entrepreneurs, scientists and engineers invest in deeptech impact impact solutions for both people and planet. 👩🏽 Previously, I co-founded Kleiderly, pioneering textile-to-plastic recycling with a US and European patented solution. I am passionate about championing Women of Colour in entrepreneurship through my work with Founderland. My work has been featured in Forbes 30 Under 30, Wired, Vogue, TEDx, and the Obama Foundation. 🚀 I’m on a mission to fund bold founders creating systemic change for a better, more equitable world. 🌍 Building something impactful? Submit your pitch here: https://bit.ly/submityourpitch
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Experience (22 roles)
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CurrentDriving decarbonisation with space data: building one source of truth for GHG emissions monitoring
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CurrentAI Co-pilot for sustainable process design, to make sustainability a central focus of process design in manufacturing.
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CurrentWorld’s most intuitive cloud-native chemical simulation platform
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Education (3)
Aston University
Activities and societies: Student Ambassador, Secretary of the Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry Society, member of UNICEF, STEM Ambassador Award received for an Outstanding Research Project: Assessment of Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Coal and Biomass Power Plants Top 5% of class
Entrepreneurship Summer School | StartUp Class 2018
Activities and societies: In cross-funtional teams, we created business models for CISCO. Involved in design thinking, ideation, prototyping and testing.
Langley Grammar School
Activities and societies: Sixth Form Prefect, Afrikids Charity Representative, Mentor (as part of a mentoring scheme for young students in partnership with Langleywood School), took part in Young Enterprise Winner of Berkshire film making competition (under 16 category)
Skills (24)
Certifications (2)▼
Associate Member
Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
Fund Modelling in VC: Portfolio Construction & Decomposition
EUVC
Languages (4)▼
Volunteer Experience (17)▼
Startup Advisor
Currentcyclio | by Wholesome Health
Sep 2022 - Present · 3 yrs
Expert
Currentinformed
Nov 2022 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos
Startup Advisor
CurrentRevive
Jan 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos
Volunteer and Charity Representative
UNICEF
Jan 2013 - Jan 2018 · 5 yrs
Mentor
Terra.do
Nov 2021 - Feb 2022 · 4 mos
Europe Steering Committee | Fundraising & Partnerships Squad
Climate Changemakers
May 2021 - Feb 2022 · 10 mos
Mentor at Stealth Mode 3.0
Factory Berlin
Volunteer
Cancer Research UK
Jan 2010 - Jan 2015 · 5 yrs
10K Run for Cancer Research UK
Vitality UK
Aug 2015 · 1 mo
Startup Advisor
CurrentLubeLab
Dec 2022 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos
STEM Ambassador
STEM Graduates
May 2010 - May 2018 · 8 yrs 1 mo
Charity Representative
Save the Children UK
Jan 2014 - Jan 2018 · 4 yrs
Community Member
Current2hearts
Sep 2021 - Present · 4 yrs
Ambassador
CurrentMeaningful Business
Jul 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 2 mos
Mentor for the Global Shapers Oxford Hub
CurrentWorld Economic Forum
Jan 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos
Ambassador
Patapia
Jan 2021 - Nov 2021 · 11 mos
Show Host
Steam School
Sep 2020 - Sep 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo
Honors & Awards (4)▼
Forbes 30 under 30
Issued by Forbes · Mar 2020
Manufacturing and Industry | Europe
Google for Startups Female Founder
Nov 2019
Outstanding Research Project: Assessment of Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Coal and Biomass Power Plants
Issued by Aston University · Jul 2013
Associated with Aston University
MB100
Issued by Meaningful Business · Oct 2020
Associated with Kleiderly. Delighted to have been recognised as one of the Meaningful Business 100 for 2020. This award celebrates business leaders around the world combining profit and purpose to help achieve the @United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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