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Unseen Upside: Investments Beyond Their Returns

Cambridge Associates

How we invest today drives tomorrow’s innovations. Through conversations with investors and entrepreneurs, explore how investment decisions have the potential to improve our lives in unexpected ways. Powered by the network of Cambridge Associates, host Hillary Ribaudo explores the investments being made that will redefine our future. Join us to uncover the Unseen Upside.

2023 Unseen Upside

How we invest today drives tomorrow’s innovations. Through conversations with investors and entrepreneurs, explore how investment decisions have the potential to improve our lives in unexpected ways. Powered by the network of Cambridge Associates, host Hillary Ribaudo explores the investments being made that will redefine our future. Join us to uncover the Unseen Upside.

2023 Unseen Upside
16hr 55min
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A podcast about investments beyond their returns
Thumbnail for "S5:E4 Digital Health: Transforming Care, Improving Access".
A podcast about investments beyond their returns
Thumbnail for "S5:E3 From Barriers to Bridges: Rural Health Access".
A podcast about investments beyond their returns
Thumbnail for "S5:E2 Drug Affordability: The High Cost of Healing".
A podcast about investments beyond their returns
Thumbnail for "S5:E1 Investing in Affordable Homes for Healthier Communities".
A podcast about investments beyond their returns
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A podcast about investments beyond their returns - coming October 8
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Thumbnail for "S4:E6 AI & Healthcare: The Next Frontier".
Thumbnail for "S4:E5 Unlocking the Dark Genome for Lupus and other Autoimmune Diseases ".
Decoding the once mysterious "dark genome" could bring new therapies for those suffering from Lupus.
Thumbnail for "S4:EP4 Appetite for Change: The Obesity Epidemic Meets Biotech ".
Discover more about the investment landscape and future of obesity therapeutics, focusing on GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic that curb appetite.
Thumbnail for "S4:EP3 Precision Oncology & Advancing Personalized Cancer Care".
Join us as we investigate the promise of precision medicine to make cancer treatment more effective and more equitable
Thumbnail for "S4:EP2 Living Longer But Losing Our Minds: The Alzheimer's Emergency".
This episode explores emerging therapeutics offering hope against neurodegenerative diseases.
Thumbnail for "S4:EP1 Mind Matters: Making Sense of the Mental Health Crisis".
The mental health crisis is growing, especially among Gen Z (91% report anxiety or depression). Find out what industry leaders and investors are doing about it.
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A show about investments beyond their returns - coming February 6
Thumbnail for "S3:EP5 Can Deep Tech Combat Fast Fashion?".
The fashion industry accounts for up to 10% of global carbon dioxide output—and fast fashion is making things worse. But what if deep tech could help?
Thumbnail for "S3:EP4 Battery Storage, Renewable Energy & Building a Sustainable Grid".
One company has developed an iron-air battery capable of storing energy for multiple days, which may be the missing link needed to decarbonize our grid.
Thumbnail for "S3:EP3 eVTOLs & Flying Cars".
Humans have fantasized about flying cars for decades, but they’ve yet to leave the pages of our sci-fi books...or have they?
Thumbnail for "S3:EP2 CRISPR, Dodo Birds, Woolly Mammoths & Gene Editing".
Dodo birds, woolly mammoths, and gene editing—oh my! Hear from Colossal Biosciences about their efforts to de-extinct the woolly mammoth and dodo bird to aid conservation and fight climate change.
Thumbnail for "S3:EP1 Will Fusion Power (or "Stars in a Jar") Replace Fossil Fuels?".
Described as a star in a bottle, fusion is what powers our sun and stars but here on earth, it has always presented innumerable engineering challenges —until now.
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A show about investments beyond their returns - coming March 28!
Thumbnail for "S2:EP5 Space: Zero Gravity Space Factories".
For those of us without a seat on the next rocket, how will space innovation improve our lives here on Earth?
Thumbnail for "S2:EP4 Water: Carbon Sinking Kelp Farms".
Investors are putting capital to work in ocean-based businesses to mitigate climate change and enhance the Blue Economy—but how?
Thumbnail for "S2:EP3 Fire: Net-Zero Plasma Diamonds".
Fire is often a marker associated with the worst effects of climate change. But what if fire could actually be harnessed to help reverse it?
Thumbnail for "S2:EP2 Air: Planting 20M Trees by 2030".
Carbon credit markets and the race to plant more trees
Thumbnail for "S2:EP1 Earth: Mushrooms and the Future of Meat".
Alternative proteins and the future of nutritional ecosystems
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A show about investments beyond their returns - coming April 19!
Thumbnail for "S1:EP5 Consumer Brands: Why Do We Buy?".
Learn how technology and evolving consumer preferences are impacting how brands market themselves
Thumbnail for "S1:EP4 Digital Health: How Is Tech Revolutionizing Healthcare?".
We've spent more time over the last 18+ months thinking about our health than ever before, but what will our healthcare system look like in the future?
Thumbnail for "S1:EP3 Crypto: How Are Artists Leveraging NFTs?".
Learn about NFTs and the economic freedom they're providing artists
Thumbnail for "S1:EP2 Digital Infrastructure: Where Does the Internet Come From?".
Explore digital infrastructure, the investments being made in fiber optic cables, and what that means for our daily lives.
Thumbnail for "S1:EP1 Impact Investing: How Is Tech Making Food Systems More Sustainable?".
Explore impact investing through the lens of precision agriculture and sustainable farming
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A show about investments beyond their returns - coming September 14!

S5:E5 The Maternal Health Crisis: Investing for Change

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December 3, 202445min 45sec

There’s a maternal health crisis in the United States, with high rates of maternal mortality, especially among marginalized communities. But what is being done to improve it? 

Through conversations with those on the front lines, we uncover the stark health inequities that exist in maternal healthcare and the developments created to tackle them. We also hear from mothers who have firsthand experience with Preeclampsia—a serious pregnancy complication and one of the many causes of maternal mortality— and one company on a quest to cure it.  

Guests include:

  • Scott Gottlieb, MD, Partner at New Enterprise Associates and Former FDA Commissioner
  • Scott Johnson, MD, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Comanche Biopharma
  • Jennell Lynch, Chief Executive Officer and Founder at Executive Doula Agency 
  • Theresa Hajer, Head of US Venture Capital Research at Cambridge Associates

Unseen Upside: Investments Beyond Their Returns is developed in partnership with PRX, an award-winning podcast media company.

Cambridge Associates is a global investment firm that works with endowments, foundations, healthcare systems, pension plans, and private clients to implement and manage custom investment portfolios that aim to generate outperformance and maximize their impact on the world. Cambridge Associates delivers a range of portfolio management services, including outsourced CIO, non-discretionary portfolio management, staff extension, and asset class mandates.

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