Our Mission
EcoShift Collective contributes flexible, impact-first capital to preserve our environment and protect it for all living beings. Our mission targets three critical areas for creating a lasting impact:
Transitioning from Fossil Fuels:
We’re committed to shifting towards a clean energy economy, moving away from traditional fossil fuel dependencies.
Optimizing Food, Agriculture, and Land Use:
Our investments support a shift towards practices that are both sustainable and fair, ensuring a balanced ecosystem.
Promoting Equitable Access to Climate Solutions:
We believe in the power of inclusion to shift towards effective and collective climate action.
EcoShift Collective is comfortable with both ongoing support for critical work and with serving as an impetus for transformative innovation, new initiatives and technologies.
Our Strategies for Impact
EcoShift Collective employs a multi-faceted approach to investment, focusing on:
Innovation
We back pioneers — including researchers, technologists, entrepreneurs, and organizations—developing essential tools and systems for climate action.
Implementation
Our investments support the practical application of climate solutions by governments and communities, aiming for widespread adoption.
Influence
We invest in shaping climate policies and narratives to foster a culture that embraces collective climate action.
EcoShift Collective chooses a human-centered approach to ground and direct how they contribute to the fight against climate change.
Investment Tools for Impact
To achieve our goals, we leverage a variety of investment instruments, including:
Direct Debt/Equity Investments
Fund-to-fund Investments
Charitable Contributions
EcoShift Collective believes in making investments that can scale. This will require innovation. Technological advancements are an important piece of this innovation, but so are entrepreneurs, financial strategies, community-based initiatives, and new types of cross-sector partnerships that prioritize results.
Meet the Founders
Brian Tepper, Randi Tepper, Casey Tepper
EcoShift Collective was founded by a group of next-generation family investors responding to the moral imperative of the climate crisis. The Founders of EcoShift Collective, Brian, Randi, and Casey Tepper, are fundamentally curious in nature. They want to understand how systems, processes and technologies work together to create human-centered solutions that address the climate crisis while also creating more just outcomes for individuals and communities.
Meet the Team
Rupal brings 15 years of executive experience in private equity and impact investing, combined with her early career in public policy, climate, and labor organizing, she guides EcoShift Collective towards a north star of impact-first investing, and is responsible for defining the organization’s impact investing strategy.
Kylie is passionate about advancing equitable climate solutions, with a background supporting technological innovation, market research, projects, and partnerships across climate issues. Drawing on her incubator experience working closely with climate tech startups, investors, and other key stakeholders, she manages EcoShift’s due diligence process evaluating prospective impact investments.
Karlo is a passionate advocate for human and societal development, focusing on sustainable practices and inclusive growth. Leveraging his two decades in politics, philanthropy, and private equity, he supports ESC’s impact-first investing in sourcing, diligence, and organizational strategy.