Knowing the importance of innovation and technology, impact investor Irina Meyer funds start-ups that build new groundbreaking technology impacting socio cultural shifts globally. She is an incredible impact investor hustling tirelessly to steer the world toward next-generation businesses by sponsoring innovative start-ups producing disruptive technology.
As a conscious investor, Irina ensures her money is used for beneficial purposes only. She shares, ‘I want to make sure we preserve our planetary health, eradicate diseases, focus on longevity, use technology for good and reduce pain and suffering.’ She typically invests in life-changing health and science technologies; her investments are not limited to these fields, though.
Any business with a promising idea is supported by Irina and her firm, Sils Capital. She also supports women’s empowerment and prioritizes investing in early-stage start-ups operated by female founders. Here are some of her most outstanding investments via her investment company, Sils Capital, in terms of technology:
XP Health
Health Insurance carriers dominate the US healthcare system often keeping the costs of medical care high, incomplete or outright unavailable. XP Health puts that system upside down and starts with the patient and their needs. Backed by top VC firms XP Health is positioned to be one of the biggest winners for Sils Capital.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems
CFS is also referred to as a “star power company”. It uses unique technology, a reverse nuclear fusion, to create an extremely powerful and cheap source of energy. A brainchild of Bill Gates, this company can alter the life on the planet for the better with its promise of no emissions and eradication of poverty.
Abilitech Medical
Woman-lead company that builds exo-skeletal robotic arms to support people with nerve damage. The CEO Angie Connely refers to it as a “wheelchair for the arms”, it gives people the ability to reach their head with their barely moving arms and live independently.
Ampaire
Being deeply invested in environmental issues and realizing her responsibility as a citizen of the planet, Irina sponsors Revolutionary Electric Commercial Aircraft as a project of Ampaire. The said aircraft reduces aviation costs and the environmental impact of the high fuel consumption of aircraft. Ampaire’s electrical commercial aircraft bring much-needed environmental variation, one of Irina’s prime objectives.
All the projects Irina has invested in leave a message. Irina is known as a conscious investor, as a person who funds with the intention, empathy, and compassion to help someone build their life and career. Investing, for Irina, is not just about putting some money in but about leaving a lasting impact that can positively determine the course of an individual’s or a business’ life.
One person’s effort toward broader and global change bears little fruit, but some of us find a way around it. Instead of working toward desired changes individually, Irina Meyer has chosen the wiser path – investing in innovative early-stage start-ups exhibiting her values and coinciding with the global good. Find out more about Irina’s groundbreaking technological investments here.
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