Jim Davidson

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Social Venture Investor, Tech Executive & Leadership Mentor @ PeakChange
Jim Davidson's Location
Denver, Colorado, United States, United States
About Jim Davidson

Jim Davidson has over 14-years experience as an impact investor and advisor to multiple social ventures. He is a General Partner with Dev Equity, a venture fund which invests in sustainable agriculture, affordable housing, and urban redevelopment in Latin America. Jim is also a partner with Urban Green Development, a B-certified sustainable real estate development company in Denver, Colorado, and a guarantor, board member, and loan committee member of MCE Social Capital which invests in micro-credit and small businesses in over 30 countries worldwide. Jim has served on several for-profit and non-profit boards over the years including Social Venture Circle, Investors' Circle, Impact Hub Boulder, CauseLabs, ThinkImpact, and Girls for a Change and he currently serves as board chair of Change Finance.Prior to his social venture work, Jim spent 20 years in internet technology development. He was a senior executive at Aol where he led teams responsible for some of the most innovative, high-scale web sites including Aol.com, Netscape.com, MapQuest and Moviefone. Jim also held leadership positions at internet startups including CTO of ShareThis.com, President of Examiner.com, and co-founder and CEO of Laborfair.com, an online marketplace for service providers. Jim lives in Denver, Colorado and is a 3-time Ironman finisher.

Jim Davidson's Current Company Details
PeakChange

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Social Venture Investor, Tech Executive & Leadership Mentor
Jim Davidson Work Experience Details
  • Dev Equity
    General Partner
    Dev Equity Jan 2014 - Present
    Dev Equity aims to help improve the lives of people living in low-income countries by investing in private companies that can make a positive social and environmental impact. By providing long-term capital and direct support, Dev Equity helps innovative companies in select Latin American countries expand their growth, profitability and impact.Jim invested as a Limited Partner of DevEquity in 2013 and joined the General Partnership in 2014. Jim provides mentoring and coaching for portfolio companies, leveraging his experience leading teams both large and small.To learn more about DevEquity, visit http://devequity.com/
  • Peakchange
    Co-Founder & President
    Peakchange Feb 2015 - Present
    PeakChange invests in promising startups and venture funds which demonstrate the potential for business to operate in a sustainable, resilient, and inclusive manner. Investments include the SJF, SustainVC, and Village Capital impact funds as well as a diverse portfolio of early stage companies including Jibu in East Africa (water purification), Copia in Kenya (base-of-the-pyramid consumer products distribution), Praava Health in Bangladesh (health clinics), and Leg Works in Buffalo, NY (low-cost prosthetics).
  • Mce Social Capital
    Board Member
    Mce Social Capital Mar 2015 - Present
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    Powered by its innovative Guarantor model, and with a special commitment to empowering women, MCE Social Capital (MCE) issues loans to organizations which help people living in poverty access effective capital. Jim became a MCE guarantor in 2008, enabling over $2m of debt-financing for predominately women-focused micro-finance institutions around the world. In 2012, Jim joined the MCE loan committee, which reviews and approves all staff recommendations for loans, and in 2015 joined the full board. In 2016, Jim was chair of the Small and Growing Business working group which drove the creation of MCE's "SGB Fund" dedicated to direct financing of social venture businesses in emerging markets.Learn more about MCE by visiting http://www.mcesocap.org/
  • Change Finance, Pbc
    Chair Of The Board Of Directors
    Change Finance, Pbc Sep 2020 - Present
    Denver, Co, Us
    Change Finance builds performance-oriented investment products for the sustainability-minded investor. We believe investing for good can profit people, planet, and investors. Through a conscious, rigorous, rules-based approach, we’ve created an Enhanced ESG methodology that underpins our investment products. At Change Finance we believe that it is imperative to transform capital markets if we are to create the world in which we want to live. Our impact-driven, performance-focused strategies are designed to do just that.Our flagship ETF is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the CHGX ticker.Jim is an early investor in Change Finance and joined the board in September, 2020.
  • Unleesh
    Board Member
    Unleesh Oct 2014 - Present
    Los Angeles, Us
    Unleesh is the world’s easiest workforce development app and platform, designed with experiential education principles in its DNA.Jim is an early investor in Unleesh and a founding board member since 2014.
  • Girls For A Change
    Board Member
    Girls For A Change Jan 2015 - Nov 2021
    Richmond, Virginia, Us
    Girls For A Change (GFaC) is a Richmond, VA-based organization that empowers girls to create social change. We invite young women to design, lead, fund and implement social change projects that tackle issues girls face in their own neighborhoods.Jim joined the board in 2015 and served as chair from 2015 through 2019. Jim also serves as a mentor to Angela Patton, the inspiring CEO of GFaC. Learn more about Angela and the signature Dinner with Dad program of GFaC here:https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_patton_a_father_daughter_dance_in_prison
  • Social Venture Circle
    Board Co-Chair
    Social Venture Circle Jan 2018 - Jul 2020
    Washington, District Of Columbia, Us
    The mission of Social Venture Circle (SVC) is to foster the "Next Economy", an economy which is sustainable, resilient, inclusive, and just for all. SVC was formed as the merger of Social Venture Network (SVN), the original association for purpose-driven business leaders founded in 1987, and Investors' Circle (IC), the first and largest impact investing angel group created by SVN members in 1992.Jim, as board chair of IC, was instrumental in driving the SVC merger and served as co-chair of the combined organization until July of 2020.
  • Medclimate
    Board Member
    Medclimate Jan 2012 - Nov 2019
    MedClimate CareConnect allows corporate wellness companies and healthcare providers to streamline the caregiving process through communication and patient management mechanisms.Jim was an early investor in MedClimate and a founding board member, serving from 2012 through 2019.
  • Thinkimpact
    Board Member
    Thinkimpact Aug 2012 - May 2018
    ThinkImpact is the leader in meaningful, low-cost educational travel focused on social entrepreneurship in Latin America and Africa.Jim was an investor in ThinkImpact and a board member from 2012 until the merger of ThinkImpact with Impact Global Education in 2018.
  • Investors' Circle
    Board Chair
    Investors' Circle Nov 2012 - Jan 2018
    Investors' Circle (IC) was the original, largest and most active early-stage, social-venture impact investing network.Jim joined IC in 2008 and is a Lifetime member. He has invested in over a dozen companies which have successfully raised funds through IC. More detail on many of these innovative companies can be found at http://peakchange.co.In 2012, Jim joined the board of IC and became Board Chair in 2016, serving until the 2018 merger of IC with Social Venture Network (SVN) which formed Social Venture Circle (SVC).
  • Causelabs
    Board Member
    Causelabs May 2012 - Jan 2017
    Grandview, Tx, Us
    For over ten years CauseLabs has empowered great causes to move successfully from idea to execution through workshops, fundraising strategy, and full digital product development engagements. CauseLabs clients include several faith based, international development, and education technology leaders.Jim served on the board of CauseLabs from 2012 to 2017, providing strategic advice and guidance on means toward continuous improvement in governance, planning, and management systems.
  • Impact Hub Boulder
    Board Member
    Impact Hub Boulder Oct 2012 - Dec 2016
    Boulder, Co, Us
    Impact HUB Boulder was a physical home for entrepreneurs, professionals, and investors to collectively create positive impact. Located in downtown Boulder, HUB Boulder welcomed members of Boulder’s distinct communities to a unique space optimized for collaboration, learning, and making change happen.Jim was an early investor in Hub Boulder and joined the board of as an elected investor representative just before the doors were open to serve the Boulder community.
  • Examiner.Com
    President
    Examiner.Com Mar 2010 - Jul 2011
    Launched in 2008, Examiner.com is a dynamic entertainment, news and lifestyle network that serves more than 20 million monthly readers across the U.S. and around the world.As President, Jim was responsible for all editorial operations, technology development, and new Examiner recruiting.
  • Examiner.Com
    Senior Technical Consultant
    Examiner.Com Jul 2009 - Mar 2010
    Jim provided technology strategy and leadership consulting, including support for the acquisition of NowPublic.com.
  • Epals
    Svp Community Development
    Epals Apr 2008 - Jan 2009
    Mclean, Virginia, Us
    ePals is an innovator in internet education technology, providing the first school-safe online social networking and email.As SVP Community Development, Jim worked to expand ePal's community of schools and partners, integrating leading learning management platforms with ePal's unique online services.
  • Laborfair
    Co-Founder And Ceo
    Laborfair Jun 2007 - Jan 2008
    Us
    Laborfair was an innovative social-venture using the Internet to provide quality job leads for hundreds of skilled and unskilled workers throughout California.Jim was the first investor in Laborfair before joining the team as a co-founder and CEO.
  • Sharethis / Nextumi
    Chief Technology Officer
    Sharethis / Nextumi Oct 2006 - Jun 2007
    ShareThis is the company for those wanting to make the world more connected, trusted and valuable through sharing. As CTO, Jim led a distributed team in Ohio, Virginia, and the Ukraine which built and operated the innovative social-sharing ShareThis service. Jim drove early adoption of emerging cloud-based computing, building the service on a highly-scalable and reliable network of Amazon compute instances.
  • America Online - Aol
    Vice President Web Services And Publishing
    America Online - Aol Jan 2001 - Sep 2006
    New York, Ny, Us
    America Online was the early leader in consumer internet, offering millions of Americans their first opportunity to send email, instant message, buy tickets, share photos, and join communities with others around the world.From 2001, Jim was responsible for the Web Services & Publishing technology team. With up to 10 offices across the country, Web Services & Publishing was made up of nearly 200 highly talented internet engineers and supporting professionals. WSP-powered web sites encompassed some of the most highly trafficked sites at the time including Aol.com, Netscape.com, MapQuest.com and Moviefone.com as well dozens of specialized services integrated into the core Aol service. Jim designed and wrote much of the core underlying architecture of our highest performing, most scalable systems while provide core leadership for team working in 10 offices across the US and India.
  • America Online - Aol
    Vp Local Technology
    America Online - Aol 1999 - 2001
    New York, Ny, Us
    America Online was the early leader in consumer internet, offering millions of Americans their first opportunity to send email, instant message, buy tickets, share photos, and join communities with others around the world.Jim formed and led the AOL Local Technology team as the merger of AOL's Digital City, Moviefone, and MapQuest technology teams working in locations in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York. All three of these services were highly innovative leaders, providing online consumers their first opportunity to buy movie tickets online, draw maps and driving directions, and join their local community.
  • Digital City
    Chief Technology Officer
    Digital City Oct 1996 - Oct 1998
    Digital City was one of first local-online services available for US consumers. Offered in dozens of markets across the US, Digital City provided a web portal of local online services including directories, classifieds, news, events, movies, and more. Jim was the founding CTO of Digital City, building the team from two engineers to over 30 engineers, designers, and support professionals. Jim designed much of the core underlying architecture of Digital City, providing one of the first web-based services for AOL members along with distribution with various partners utilizing an innovative co-branding framework.
  • Navisoft
    Tech Manager
    Navisoft Oct 1994 - Oct 1996
    Navisoft was an early innovator in web publishing, creating the first integrated client-server framework for WYSIWYG browsing/editing /publishing to a scriptable, database-driven web backend. The Navisoft toolkit was winner of "Best in Show" when first launched at the Sybold Editors and Publishers trade show in 1995. Navisoft was acquired by America Online, pre-revenue, in the fall of 1994.Jim joined Navisoft as a database engineer and later led the server development team.

Jim Davidson Skills

Leadership Start Ups Entrepreneurship Strategic Partnerships Strategy Product Management Fundraising Saas Strategic Planning Venture Capital Business Strategy Business Development Technical Leadership Mobile Devices Mobile Applications Architecture Consulting It Strategy Management Agile Project Management Mentoring Mergers And Acquisitions E Commerce Digital Media Architectures Marketing Strategy Enterprise Software Seo New Business Development Search Engine Optimization Analytics Software Development

Jim Davidson Education Details

  • University Of Denver
    University Of Denver
    International/Global Studies
  • Uc Santa Barbara
    Uc Santa Barbara
    Physics

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