Wallet Max Planet Positive Podcast

Wallet Max Planet Positive Podcast

Join Bhuva Shakti, Founder & CEO at Wallet Max, as she speaks with female investors looking to leverage inclusion and impact without compromising growth of investments. About Wallet Max: Wallet Max expands fundraising for growth-stage startups in sustainability and climate fintech sectors, and connects them with an inclusive community. About Bhuva Shakti: Bhuva Shakti (she/her) is the visionary founder and CEO driving sustainable innovation at Wallet Max, a global community of executive women and venture capital investors with a mission to expand fundraising access for high-growth sustainable startups. With an MBA from Columbia University in New York and as a senior executive director on Wall Street for three decades, Bhuva has managed diverse financial portfolios and launched several digital transformation products for investment banks, capital markets, and payment networks. Bhuva’s leadership and risk governance oversight, during the global financial crisis and the pandemic, was pivotal for the success of regulatory compliance and mergers acquisitions at the world's top banks and credit rating institutions. Bhuva is a board director and fractional C-Suite advisor for social impact businesses, and a keynote speaker advancing economic inclusion and climate-fintech partnerships. Bhuva is the USA country director for World Business Angels Investment Forum and the Chief Ethics & Culture Officer for Women in AI worldwide. She leads the fundraising strategy and product operations for market expansion and manages investor relations throughout the diligence and investment. Bhuva is the founder of Bhuva’s Impact Global that provides board advisory services and enterprise risk management for public and private corporations.

Episodes

September 30, 2025 45 mins

​​Join Bhuva Shakti, Founder & CEO at Wallet Max, as she speaks with investors looking to leverage inclusion and impact without compromising growth of investments.

​​This month, Bhuva's guests are Puja Balachander and Sarah Jones of Carbon13, where they support pre-seed/seed stage climate tech startups to accelerate their progress. Both are focused on establishing Carbon13's place as a leading investor in climate tech ...

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Join Bhuva Shakti, Founder & CEO at Wallet Max, as she speaks with female investors looking to leverage inclusion and impact without compromising growth of investments.

​This month, Bhuva's guest is Emily Zhen, Principal on the investment team at Zeal Capital Partners investing in early-stage companies across Healthcare, Financial Technology, and the Future of Learning & Work.


About Emily Zhen:

Emily Zhen is a Prin...

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Join Bhuva Shakti, Founder & CEO at Wallet Max, as she speaks with investors looking to leverage inclusion and impact without compromising growth of investments.

​​This month, Bhuva's guest is Maddi Holman, Co-Founder and General Partner at Daring Ventures in New York City. Having successfully navigated traditionally male-dominated environments, Maddi uses her resilient background to identify diamonds-in-the-rough and overl...

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Join Bhuva Shakti, Founder & CEO at Wallet Max, as she speaks with investors looking to leverage inclusion and impact without compromising growth of investments.

​This month, Bhuva's guest is Emma Mee, Head of Membership at Green Angel Ventures. Focusing on community building and strengthening the membership base of private investors, the syndicate of angel investors is the largest in the UK to focus on green investments, w...

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Join Bhuva Shakti, Founder & CEO at Wallet Max, as she speaks with investors looking to leverage inclusion and impact without compromising growth of investments.

​This month her guest is Gillian Fleming, a Co-Founder, Director and MD of Mint Ventures, a women-led angel group focused on investing in women-led and diverse teams with an environmental, ethical or social purpose.

About Gillian Fleming
Gillian is a Strategic Advis...

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Join Bhuva Shakti, Founder & CEO at Wallet Max, as she speaks with investors looking to leverage inclusion and impact without compromising growth of investments.

​​​This month her guest is Ashley Ryder, a Partner at VamosVentures, a venture capital fund investing in diverse teams across Health & Wellness, FinTech, Future of Work, and Sustainability.

​About Ashley Ryder:
​​​Ashley Ryder is a Partner at VamosVentures. She ...

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Join Bhuva Shakti, Founder & CEO at Wallet Max, as she speaks with investors looking to leverage inclusion and impact without compromising growth of investments.

​This month her guest is Denise McQuaid, a Co-Founder and Director of Investor Relations at AwakenAngels, the first and only women-led angel investment syndicate in the island of Ireland.

​About Denise McQuaid:
​​​Denise McQuaid is a Co-Founder and Director of Inves...

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​Join Bhuva Shakti, Founder & CEO at Wallet Max, as she speaks with investors looking to leverage inclusion and impact without compromising growth of investments.

​​This month her guest is Randi Plevy, a Partner and General Counsel at Angel Hive, a New York syndicate investing in women led startups that improve the lives of women and girls.

​About Randi Plevy:

​Randi F. Plevy is Partner and General Counsel at Angel Hive, a New Yor...

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​Join Bhuva Shakti, Founder & CEO at Wallet Max, as she speaks with investors looking to leverage inclusion and impact without compromising growth of investments.

​This month her guest is Susan Schofer, a Partner at SOSV and Chief Science Officer at HAX, the world’s premier venture program accelerating early stage hard tech startups.

​About Wallet Max:
Wallet Max is an inclusive global community of corporate executives and ven...

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