Illumen Capital

Potential to solve society's most pressing problems

Overview

Illumen Capital is the world's first private equity firm focused on reducing implicit bias. We apply pioneering research through our partnership with Stanford University to unlock latent returns and impact. We target investments spanning a range of impact sectors including education technology health and wellness renewable energy sustainability financial inclusion and opportunity communities. Illumen Capital is led by Daryn Dodson Founder and Managing Director. Previously Daryn led impact private equity investing at the Calvert Funds as a consultant to the Board. Calvert is a $12 billion family of mutual funds that pioneered the socially responsible investing field which has a private equity portfolio of over forty impact funds and forty direct impact investments. Daryn also serves on the Board of Ben & Jerry s and chairs its Social Audit Committee which measures the company s social impact in 35 countries globally. Daryn has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he is a member of the Dean s Management Board and an AB in Public Policy from Duke University.