Team
Pip Lawrence, CAIA
Pip is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst and an alumnus of the NEW INC tech incubator. He serves as a mentor to startups at NEW INC, Cleantech Open, and Creative Destruction Lab. Previously, Pip was a Partner at Wolfram Ventures, an initiative of Wolfram Research. A specialist in alternative investments and conscious investing, Pip co-authored McGraw-Hill’s All About Hedge Funds, 2nd Ed. and co-founded the 900-member Impact Investing NYC Meetup group. He studied cognitive neuroscience at Bard College at Simon’s Rock and Anthropology at Hunter College. He is a 3rd generation mushroom forager and amateur mycologist.
Kalika Farmer
Kalika is an expert on wellness, holistic health, and communications strategy. Formerly in training to be a midwife and a skilled herbalist, Kalika advises global organizations like Condé Nast and the world’s leading real estate and hospitality developers on trends and sustainability. Kalika is founder of NEW/AGE, a critically-acclaimed arts & music festival. Previously, Kalika was Contributing Editor at Dossier Journal and a Partner at Wolfram Ventures. She is a graduate of Pratt Institute where she was a Presidential Merit Scholar.
““Kalika deeply understands the intersection of health, nutrition, and tech, and her unique combination of intellect, prescience, and network is incredibly valuable to founders across the startup spectrum.””
