DBL Partners

Inclusive Investing™ is a market-backed discipline that allows us to cast a targeted, yet wide net when sourcing companies, while keeping outsized returns and impact front and center in our investment decisions. There’s a lot of talk about demographics and a lack of diversity in venture capital. Inclusive investing is a strategy that proactively addresses this problem. While we’re pioneering this strategy, the data supporting our thesis is on our side: diverse fund managers earn better returns, and companies with diverse leadership outperform their peers. Inclusive Investing™ goes beyond diversity - it’s a new investment discipline that can transform the way we source, invest in, and scale businesses, and in doing so, create new pathways to prosperity for individuals, businesses, and communities at scale. Inclusive Investing™ levels the playing field so the best businesses and most talented teams succeed. A Five-Pronged ApproachImplemented cohesively, these five areas of practice yield an Inclusive Investing™ discipline Zeal is spearheading in the venture world across private markets.Diverse Fund Managers: Fund managers and the broader team are diverse with complementary backgrounds and skill sets. Diverse Management Teams: Companies proactively source diverse management teams with complementary skill sets and backgrounds that help portfolio companies outperform. Geographic Inclusivity: Funds source from a wide range of geographies across the U.S., not just traditional geographic VC “hotbeds”. Investment Focus: Investment allocation is directed to sectors where fund managers expect continued innovation and opportunity for disruption. Impact Lens: Investments seek to achieve top tier financial and social returns that impact low-wealth communities and small businesses.

We are an open-ended fund offering flexibility, liquidity, and opportunities that investors and entrepreneurs need now. It’s how respect is earned, honesty is appreciated, trust is gained, and loyalty is returned. Loyal VC is a global venture fund with 220+ investments across 50+ countries. The fund is designed to minimize systemic bias inherent in the investment process, unlocking greater returns. The Loyal Startup Index Fund has delivered strong returns since its launch in 2018, thanks to its collaborative, staged investment process, its network of over 500 global advisors, and its partnerships with the Founder Institute, the world's largest pre-seed accelerator, and INSEAD, rated the #1 non-US business school for unicorn founders by Pitchbook. Loyal's global start-up index fund is inclusive of a diverse, often mission-driven, group of entrepreneurs. To date, over 30% of the portfolio have a woman CEO, almost 30% are from emerging markets, and around 80% address one or more of the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs).

We are an international venture capital firm based in Japan that identifies fundamental social issues in Africa through research into the African market and deep involvement in the startup ecosystem. We currently provide services to support African markets and startup ecosystems through special projects such as Acceleration Programs, Accelerator Support Programs, & our Africa Innovation Fund. Mission DFP’s mission is to help solve complex socioeconomic issues in emerging markets by providing risk capital and management consulting services to impactful projects and ventures. VisionMaximize economic impact while solving fundamental issues via social impact. Be a trustworthy change-maker in emerging markets. Connect resources and stakeholders globally to collectively address fundamental issues in Africa with maximum socioeconomic impact. Keep Africa on the agenda of our network to keep directing interest and capital towards transformative projects and ventures. Maintain a professionally and individually diverse team to foster more perspectives and interconnectedness in problem-solving and innovation.

Created in 2021 by the Government of BC, InBC Investment Corporation (“InBC”) was established as an independent Crown Corporation with a $500 million strategic investment fund to provide a source of local and long‑term capital for small and medium‑sized businesses. InBC’s vision is to catalyze a more prosperous, sustainable and inclusive future for British Columbians with a unique investment approach - focusing on opportunities that align with its investment themes and provide measurable financial outcomes as well as social or environmental impact. InBC began operations three years ago, with a focus on establishing the initial strategy, policies, framework, and infrastructure needed for the ‘start‑up’ organization. With this foundation now in place, the organization has arrived at an exciting stage in its evolution and is now seeking a new Chief Investment Officer (CIO) who will renew the vision and execute InBC’s investment strategy, delivering on its economic objectives and triple bottom line mandate. Working in strategic collaboration with the CEO, the CIO will lead the development of the investment strategy and have autonomy in all investment decisions, operating within the guardrails of the Investment Policy Statement (IPS) which is reviewed annually, and as defined by the Ministry and InBC’s Board of Directors. The CIO will be responsible for all investment decisions –overseeing a small team responsible for sourcing, assessing and structuring all investment opportunities. They will be tasked with building and overseeing a complex and substantial investment fund portfolio encompassing multiple sectors and companies of varying sizes and growth stages within BC. Success will be measured by the achievement of financial targets as well as non‑financial impact objectives. Ultimately, InBC is looking for a highly strategic and experienced CIO who can ultimately advance the investment strategy, manage the existing portfolio - including providing counsel and advice to current investees - and identify new sectors and investment opportunities where InBC can serve as a lead or co‑lead. In this key leadership position, the CIO will also work closely with the CEO and other members of the leadership team including the CFO and General Counsel on the overall organizational strategy. The ideal candidate is an experienced investment and people leader with leadership and portfolio management experience in both direct and fund investments. Specific venture capital expertise and experience managing a portfolio of early‑stage companies to achieve optimal returns while managing risk is essential. The new CIO must bring exceptional communication and influencing skills - able to engage with a variety of stakeholders and position InBC as a leader in the ecosystem. Highly strategic and visionary, the CIO must possess the credibility, leadership, and conviction that can focus InBC’s efforts and inspire confidence in its shareholders, the public, potential investees and capital partners. This is an incredible opportunity to shape the future of an organization that will make a significant and lasting impact on the province of BC. For an investment professional who is truly passionate about British Columbia, Canada, and the importance of making positive social, environmental and economic differences in the province, this is a unique and impactful opportunity. To explore this opportunity further, please click Apply. In accordance with BC’s Pay Transparency Act, the expected base salary range for this role is $230,000-280,000 plus incentive compensation and benefits but may vary based on the successful candidate. We thank all applicants for their interest in this position. Please note that we will only be in contact with those individuals moving forward with our client.

At Positive Ventures, each investment must create economic, social and environmental value. We invest in entrepreneurs who take on the mission of solving great social and environmental challenges, driven by technology, performance and impact. We identify courageous innovators that dare reimagine the folds of the social (and ambiental) fabric, seeking to build enterprises which are in service of society. The sense of purpose is the driving edge that unites us, and we support those entrepreneurs in their mission to transform society and the planet through disruptive solutions. We want to change the course of this great river in which the world’s capital flows. To us, each investment must create an economic, social, and environmental value. To achieve this, we only make what we call decisive investments, that are supported by evidence and key to achieve a more sustainable and inclusive economic model. We value entrepreneurs and businesses that practice values based on ethics, that have as part of their culture incorporating the best practices for all its stakeholders, measuring and evolving at each step of the way, at the same pace with the transformation they promote into the world. We are a part of the movement that transforms capital into positive impact. Together, we weave tomorrow.

R3i Capital and its Accelerators R3i Ventures and the House of X are a global community of responsible investors, serial entrepreneurs and founders, pioneers, thinkers and doers, logical pragmatists and intuitive visionaries, experts and generalists, and bright lights that together, thrive on transformation rather than incremental change. Our global team combines seasoned track records and lessons learned with passion, creativity, and dedication to helping founders accelerate the impact and progress of the Sustainable Development Goals. Together we live the seven values of integrity, excellence, inclusion, purpose-driven, empathy, teamwork, and camaraderie. Our world is faced with crises. If we deliver the capital that empowers our founders to solve the world's biggest problems and transform our planet, and in so doing, provide extraordinary value to our stakeholders, then that is an excellent purpose for venture capital.