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Luni Libes

Founder of Africa Trees

Bainbridge Island, Washington

Overview

Work Experience

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2020 - Current

    Africa Eats is an investment company lowering hunger and poverty across Africa by investing in profitable, for-profit SMEs building the food/ag supply chain. A spin-off of Fledge, the portfolio has been growing at at a 50%+ CAGR over the last decade, pulling millions of subsistence farmers out of poverty while simultaneously growing value for investors faster than a VC or PE fund. africaeats.com

  • Co-Founder

    2023

    Africa Trees invests in for-profit agroforestry companies restoring land in Africa. An investment holding company similar to Africa Eats, with a portfolio of dozens of profitable, growing, mission-driven SMEs. africatrees.ltd

  • Founder & Managing Director

    2012

    Fledge is a business accelerator network for mission-driven, impactful, for-profit companies. fledge.co

  • Managing Director

    2013

    Realize Impact turns philanthropy into impact investments for donor advised funds (DAFs), family foundations, or for new philanthropic gifts. Details at realizeimpact.org.

  • Facilititator & Teaching others to replicate

    2019

    The Angel Accelerator is a hands-on, online program teaching individuals (and families) how to invest in early stage and growing impactful companies. theAngelAccelerator.com

  • Family Office

    2014

    Managing my family's single family office

  • Co-Founder

    2016 - 2022

    investorflow.org provides the world’s first online service that connects investors to like-minded investors. Both those they already know and those they’ve yet to meet. To start with, we’re bringing this service to impact investors, who today are scattered around the world and are already investing globally, which makes the process of finding like-minded investors even more challenging. http://investorflow.org

  • Advisor

    2012 - 2020

    Impact Hub Seattle is part of the international co-op of co-working spaces focused on social entrepreneurs. http://impacthubseattle.com

  • Entrepreneur In Residence & Faculty

    2011 - 2019

    As an EIR at Presidio Graduate School, I mentor/advise the MBA students as they learn Entrepreneurship, plus I act as a liaison between the school and the business community to foster internships and other "real world" interactions for the students. As faculty, I teach "Social Entrepreneurship" at the "Hybrid" program on Bainbridge Island, WA. It's never too early to "give back", http://www.geekwire.com/2011/giving-paying. http://presidio.edu (formerly pinchot.edu, formerly bgi.edu)

  • Member

    2015 - 2017

    Member of the Seattle chapter of Toniic, a global organization of impact investors

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