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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 (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.

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.

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.

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.

Jim provided technology strategy and leadership consulting, including support for the acquisition of NowPublic.com.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Master Of Arts - Ma, International/Global Studies

B.S., Physics