Selected Clients

Health

Kresge Foundation: strategic advisor to health IT venture program. launched by two leading health foundations; supported deal selection, due diligence and negotiations to create portfolio of early/growth stage companies with targeted health impacts on underserved communities

White House Social Innovation Fund (SIF): awardee and lead financial advisor under SIF’s Pay for Success initiative focused on youth health, human services and justice interventions in which investors are repaid based on the project’s social impact

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: advised on fund structuring and startup strategy for new health-focused investment fund; provided due diligence and transaction support to $10 million investment in innovative integrated care system serving the most vulnerable dual Medicare/Medicaid patients

Education

Living Cities: conducted due diligence on impact venture funds focused on education and other services for urban populations. Target funds have track record of superior, top quartile market returns

Lumina Foundation: strategic advisor to create and launch education-focused accelerator and venture investing program. Supported initial stage of implementation, including recruitment of team and deal review

Finance / Small Business

Major New York-based bank: assisted strategy development on small business lending and financial technology; conducted market analysis on small business investment funds across 12 U.S. target metro areas and executed due diligence on 18 investments over 4 years

Greenline Ventures: advisor to creation of innovative small business fund targeting low-income communities and minority entrepreneurs levering New Markets Tax Credits

NIAC: entry strategy, policies and procedures for creation of a small business loan fund focused on California

Developing world

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: advisor to global health initiative to incentivize private financing of solutions to neglected tropical diseases through multi-fund strategy

LAFCO: founding board member and credit committee member of Mauritius-based investment company focused on African agribusiness

Extensive prior international experience: includes co-founding an emerging markets technology venture fund and managing a global innovation fund, as described here

family office client examples

Silicon Valley Family Office:

  • Leading Silicon Valley family with > $5 billion in net worth

  • Developed impact investing policy statement and supported management in planning discussions with board

  • Conducted due diligence on direct and fund investments, including education technology venture fund investments, California’s first pay-for- success initiative, and a direct investment in a healthcare company

New York / France-based Family Office:

  • Widely recognized transatlantic family

  • Conducted scan of venture and private equity funds investing in the U.S. and emerging markets, seeking superior risk adjusted returns across selected impact themes

  • Provided prioritized list of leading U.S. and emerging markets fund investment opportunities

New York Area Family Office:

  • Family office of prominent hedge fund founder

  • Advised on investment policy and process for early stage venture investing, with specific geographic and thematic targets

  • Resulted in reduced risk profile for existing direct investing practice; engaged family members in educational and strategy development sessions that allowed greater prioritization across targeted themes and geographies