{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Venture Capital","title":"Scaling the Circular Economy: Inside a $200M Non-SaaS Fund w/ Costas Papaikonomou ","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c984d937\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2627,"description":"In this episode of The Venture Capital Podcast, Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris sit down with Costas Papaikonomou, co-founder of the $200M Una Terra Early Growth Fund, to unpack what it really takes to scale the circular economy.Costas shares how his background in engineering, innovation consulting, and a successful exit to Accenture shaped Una Terra’s thesis: backing “drop-in” solutions that plug into existing industrial infrastructure instead of trying to rebuild the world from scratch.They get into:\n • Why packaging, waste and food ingredients are massive, underrated VC markets\n • How regulation in Europe is reshaping single-use plastics and recycling\n • Why Una Terra focuses on real-world unit economics first, impact second (but still runs as an Article 9 impact fund)\n• Case studies: pulp-based bottle packaging, Greyparrot’s AI for waste sorting, and circular fashion brand Another Tomorrow\n• Power law vs “normal distribution” returns, and why most exits will be strategic acquisitions, not unicorn IPOsIf you care about climate, industrial innovation, and non-SaaS venture opportunities, this one’s loaded.\nFollow the Unaterra \nHQ: www.Unaterra.vc Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/una-terra-vs Costas Book (Disruption Fallacy): www.re8el.com \nFollow the Podcast\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/venturecapitalfm/\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/vcpodcastfm\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venturecapitalfm/\nSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7BQimY8NJ6cr617lqtRr7N?si=ftylo2qHQiCgmT9dfloD_g&nd=1&dlsi=7b868f1b72094351\nApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/venture-capital/id1575351789\nWebsite: https://www.venturecapital.fm/\n\nFollow Jon BradshawLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrbradshaw/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrjonbradshaw/\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/mrjonbradshaw\nFollow Peter Harris\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterharris1Twitter: https://twitter.com/thevcstudentInstagram: https://instagram.com/shodanpeteYoutube:...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/A6czsrj7uapO0Z5_8oLdh8JuwAwXXtzLihPVCuUybp8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82NWUz/OWMwYjUxZGRjNTc2/MjJhM2JkNGVmMDA1/ZjlmNi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}