<p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin: 0in; line-height: 16px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> Sustainability and environmental impact have become top-of-mind issues to consumers when they decide where to shop. Andy Ruben, Founder and Executive Chairman of Trove, saw an opportunity to help top consumer brands create a circular shopping experience. Trove enables brands to scale their re-commerce channels, but maintain their data and customer relationships. In this episode, Andy talks with Orrick partner J.T. Ho about his startup journey and how tech is enabling some of the biggest brands to sell, and resell, at scale.

<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin: 0in; line-height: 16px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"&gt; &lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Sustainability and environmental impact have become top-of-mind issues to consumers when they decide where to shop. Andy Ruben, Founder and Executive Chairman of Trove, saw an opportunity to help top consumer brands create a circular shopping experience. Trove enables brands to scale their re-commerce channels, but maintain their data and customer relationships. In this episode, Andy talks with Orrick partner J.T. Ho about his startup journey and how tech is enabling some of the biggest brands to sell, and resell, at scale.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Sustainability and environmental impact have become top-of-mind issues to consumers when they decide where to shop. Andy Ruben, Founder and Executive Chairman of Trove, saw an opportunity to help top consumer brands create a circular shopping...

Startup Spotlight: Sustainable Shopping and Recommerce Solutions, with Trove

In this episode, Eli Pollak, Founder and CEO of Kenyan-based agtech platform Apollo Agriculture, talks to Orrick partner Samir Bakhru about his startup journey and learnings for all founders around building customer trust, attracting top-tier talent, and staying true to your vision.

<description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, Eli Pollak, Founder and CEO of Kenyan-based agtech platform Apollo Agriculture, talks to Orrick partner Samir Bakhru about his startup journey and learnings for all founders around building customer trust, attracting top-tier talent, and staying true to your vision.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

In this episode, Eli Pollak, Founder and CEO of Kenyan-based agtech platform Apollo Agriculture, talks to Orrick partner Samir Bakhru about his startup journey and learnings for all founders around building customer trust, attracting top-tier talent,...

Episode 13 - Startup Spotlight: AgTech with a Social Impact, with Apollo Agriculture

The European tech ecosystem has roared past an impressive milestone, surpassing the $3 trillion mark across public and private markets. In the first few months of 2022, investment in European tech surged 50 percent even as the number of IPOs declined, according to Tom Wehmeier, a partner in the venture capital firm Atomico. In this episode, he discusses the evolution of Europe’s tech ecosystem and looks around the corner to the next State of European Tech, an annual report Atomico publishes with support from Orrick and others. Wehmeier also talks about the rise of remote work, a growing focus on mission and purpose, and the challenge underrepresented founders continue to face accessing capital. He says the ecosystem’s growth underscores a founding belief of Atomico: that great companies can spring up anywhere, and that no region has a monopoly on talent or ideas. Listen as Wehmeier talks with Orrick partner Chris Grew about how the war in Ukraine, inflation, supply-chain disruptions and the pandemic have affected European tech this year – and why he sees a bright future, despite some headwinds.

<description>&lt;p&gt;The European tech ecosystem has roared past an impressive milestone, surpassing the $3 trillion mark across public and private markets. In the first few months of 2022, investment in European tech surged 50 percent even as the number of IPOs declined, according to Tom Wehmeier, a partner in the venture capital firm Atomico. In this episode, he discusses the evolution of Europe’s tech ecosystem and looks around the corner to the next &lt;em&gt;State of European Tech&lt;/em&gt;, an annual report Atomico publishes with support from Orrick and others. Wehmeier also talks about the rise of remote work, a growing focus on mission and purpose, and the challenge underrepresented founders continue to face accessing capital. He says the ecosystem’s growth underscores a founding belief of Atomico: that great companies can spring up anywhere, and that no region has a monopoly on talent or ideas. Listen as Wehmeier talks with Orrick partner Chris Grew about how the war in Ukraine, inflation, supply-chain disruptions and the pandemic have affected European tech this year – and why he sees a bright future, despite some headwinds. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

The European tech ecosystem has roared past an impressive milestone, surpassing the $3 trillion mark across public and private markets. In the first few months of 2022, investment in European tech surged 50 percent even as the number of IPOs declined,...

Episode 12 - Building a Resilient European Tech Ecosystem in 2022 and Beyond

In this episode, Anik Guha, a partner in Orrick's Technology Companies Group, talks with Kelly Erhart about what Project Vesta sees as one of the cheapest permanent carbon-removal solutions today. They also discuss the broader carbon-capture and carbon-credit markets, why planting trees alone isn’t enough to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and why she’s optimistic about our ability to fight climate change.

<description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, Anik Guha, a partner in Orrick's Technology Companies Group, talks with Kelly Erhart about what Project Vesta sees as one of the cheapest permanent carbon-removal solutions today. They also discuss the broader carbon-capture and carbon-credit markets, why planting trees alone isn’t enough to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and why she’s optimistic about our ability to fight climate change.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

With Kelly Erhart, Co-Founder and VP of Business Development of Project Vesta

Episode 11 - Harnessing the Power of the Ocean to Combat Climate Change

With millions of job applications submitted to companies each year, vendors of AI software promise to democratize and speed up screening and hiring. But using machines is not without challenges. The potential damage from an algorithm that predicts the wrong outcome or excludes diverse candidates is significant. What can companies do to mitigate discrimination in AI hiring tools? In this episode, Orrick Employment Law Partner Lisa Lupion talks with Hilke Schellmann, an Emmy Award-winning reporter and journalism professor at New York University, about the promises and pitfalls of AI tools and how companies can mitigate risk in the workplace of the future.

<description>&lt;p&gt;With millions of job applications submitted to companies each year, vendors of AI software promise to democratize and speed up screening and hiring. But using machines is not without challenges. The potential damage from an algorithm that predicts the wrong outcome or excludes diverse candidates is significant. What can companies do to mitigate discrimination in AI hiring tools? In this episode, Orrick Employment Law Partner Lisa Lupion talks with Hilke Schellmann, an Emmy Award-winning reporter and journalism professor at New York University, about the promises and pitfalls of AI tools and how companies can mitigate risk in the workplace of the future.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

With millions of job applications submitted to companies each year, vendors of AI software promise to democratize and speed up screening and hiring. But using machines is not without challenges. The potential damage from an algorithm that predicts the...

Episode 10 - AI + Hiring: How to Help Ensure Your AI Makes Ethical and Unbiased Decisions with Hilke Schellmann, Emmy Award-winning reporter and journalism professor at New York University

Conversations with founders, investors and other key players in tech about creating a more inclusive tech ecosystem.

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