Nathan Byrd - NextBillion

Nathan Byrd
Upaya Social Ventures, board member

Nathan Byrd is an expert in social impact finance and a senior leader within several INGOs over the past decade. He is currently a senior advisor with Opportunity International, a board member at Upaya Social Ventures, and an independent consultant focused on the proliferation of venture philanthropy and social investment strategies with NGOs, financial institutions, and investors.

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Monday
March 19
2018

Sachi Shenoy / Nathan Byrd

On Pioneering Capital, Mentorship and Accelerators: It Turns Out You Can Do (A Lot) More With Less

Less than 3 percent of impact investment funds made their way to early-stage ventures in 2017. Sachi Shenoy and Nathan Byrd of Upaya Social Ventures believe the impact investing sector must do better. After several years of investing pioneer capital in social enterprises, they offer several solutions that take advantage of a "less is more" philosophy.

Categories
Impact Assessment, Investing, Social Enterprise

Tags
Base of the Pyramid, business development, impact investing, impact measurement, poverty alleviation, social enterprise

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Nathan Byrd
Upaya Social Ventures, board member

Articles by Nathan Byrd

On Pioneering Capital, Mentorship and Accelerators: It Turns Out You Can Do (A Lot) More With Less

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Nathan ByrdUpaya Social Ventures, board member

Articles by Nathan Byrd

On Pioneering Capital, Mentorship and Accelerators: It Turns Out You Can Do (A Lot) More With Less

Nathan Byrd
Upaya Social Ventures, board member