Andy Lower Email & Phone Number

Founder: ADAP - A Different Approach to Poverty - (www.adapcapital.com) ADAP invests in and supports innovative early-stage entrepreneurs who are eradicating extreme poverty. We address the “pioneer gap” with both monetary capital (ADAP Capital LLC), and ongoing advisory support (ADAP Advisory LLC). ADAP focuses on the needs of entrepreneurs and their business models and supports them to create the foundations necessary to have companies capable of generating financial returns as well as achieving massive social impact. We are driven by empathy, understanding the challenges of early-stage business and the complexity and messiness of extreme poverty. ADAP invests with an inclusive approach with 56% of the portfolio having women founders and 78% of the Founders being entrepreneurs of color. Utilizing its proven "4 Hour Due Diligence Process", the focus is on building strong authentic trust relationships between investors and entrepreneurs. Our current portfolio has a monthly impact on 100s of thousands of lives in various SDGs across emerging markets.ADAP Fund 1 - 11 closed investments including - Sevamob (India); Teysha (Guatemala); Vega Coffee (Nicargua); Voz (Chile); EKK (Kenya); Naadam (Mongolia); YLH (Thailand); ADAP Fund 2 - NAV 1.25X - 16 closed investments including - Drinkwell (Bangladesh); Neopenda (Uganda) Good Nature Africa (Zambia); M-Shule (Kenya); Shyft (Nigeria); Agunity (Ethiopia); Grasslands (Cameroon); 8B (Global); Zafree (Ethiopia); TPN (Kenya); FarmMoja (Kenya); Cowtribe (Ghana); Brighter Investments (Ghana); Janitri (India); Sisu (Global).

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Investing in the Brightest by providing Income Share Agreements for students. Providing support to the company and staff team as they transition from a white, male, founder led company to a black, female, CEO.

Nanyuki, Laikipia, Ke

EcoFix Kenya (EFK) develops organic products centred around the Croton megalacarpus nut. Providing support as the company transitions through leadership transitions and pivots to the business model.

Co-Founder of a zero-waste, fair-trade sustainable, ethical manufacturing clothing company. We shared our journey with our book "I Gave Away All My Clothes: Living Out Values Through Social Entrepreneurship"

Reviewing business models and advising start-ups in the regenerative Agriculture sector.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Supporting the development of a new and emerging community of impact investors.

Africa's first fair-trade certified apparel manufacturing company.

Served the board as Executive Director and lead the transformation of Eleos from a traditional grant-making foundation, to emerging pioneers in the impact investing sector. Re-allocated 100% of our assets to generate financial returns while simultaneously having a social impact. Eleos LLC catalyzed millions of dollars investing through Eleos' special-purpose investment vehicles. Andy lead and structured rounds of financing, investing in pioneering business such as Sanergy, Liberty & Justice, Penda Heath, Copia Global, DDD, ZanaAfrica, Uncommon Cacao, eHealthpoint & Sudiksha. Eleos established and nurtured a growing community of co-investors. Collaborating with others in the sector, we hosted multiple events and conferences: “Blueprint of Impact Investing”, “Frontier of Impact Investing”. Partnering with UCSB, Andy met with and publicly interviewed multiple thought leaders and Noble Prize winners - including Dambisa Moya, Nicholas Kristoff, Leymah Gbowee, Amartya Sen. Andy led Eleos to collaborate with both investors as well as social entrepreneurs and served on the Board of Toniic as well Board Chair of Liberty & Justice.

Paoli, Pennsylvania, Us

North American Advisory Manager for the international philanthropic advisory firm Geneva Global Inc, provided social investment advice to the firm’s key U.S. and Middle East-based HNWI clients. Worked with team on a number of multi-million dollar international partnership initiatives.

The Bar (Bvc) - Qualified Barrister, Law

Ma, International Development

Bachelor Of Laws (Llb)