Dan Viederman

Partner at Working Capital Fund

Washington, District of Columbia

Overview

Dan Viederman is a Partner at Working Capital Fund, with a background in Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability. He has held leadership roles at organizations like Verite and World Wildlife Fund, and has invested in companies focusing on areas like Human Capital and AI. Viederman's career highlights include serving as CEO of Verite and Chief Representative of World Wildlife Fund in China, demonstrating his expertise in sustainable development and stakeholder engagement. His current role as a Partner at Working Capital Fund showcases his commitment to investing in companies that are innovating in areas like the gig economy and the future of work.

Work Experience

Working Capital Fund

Partner
2016 - Current
Dan Viederman is a Managing Director of Working Capital Fund, focused on efforts to engage entrepreneurs and tech innovators in pursuit of new tools to scale improvements for vulnerable workers in global supply chains. Working Capital Fund was incubated within Humanity United (HU) where Dan served as Managing Director. Prior to HU Dan was CEO of Verité, a leading non-profit organization working against global forced and child labor through in-depth research and corporate engagement. In recognition of Verité’s impact, Dan was winner of a 2007 Skoll Foundation Award for Social Entrepreneurship and was named Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011. He has also managed China offices for World Wildlife Fund and Catholic Relief Services. Dan is a graduate of Yale University, the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs and the Chinese language program at Nanjing Teacher’s University.

Verite

CEO
2003 - 2016
Verité's mission is to ensure that people worldwide work under safe, fair and legal conditions. www.verite.org (2001-2003 served as Managing Director/Director of Research and Training)

Verité’s groundbreaking two-year study into labor conditions in Malaysian electronics offers concrete evidence of widespread forced labor.

verite.org