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Dan Viederman

Partner at Working Capital Fund

Washington, District of Columbia

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $3,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,800,000.00

Skills

Corporate Social Responsibility
Sustainability
Sustainable Development
NGOs
International Development
Stakeholder Engagement
Social Entrepreneurship
Non-profits
Fundraising
Human Rights
Research
Capacity Building

Education

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2016

    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.

2003 - 2016

  • 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)

  • Chief Representative, China

    1994 - 1998

  • China Representative

    1992 - 1994

1987 - 1989

  • Trainer/Associate and Fellow in Public Affairs

    1987 - 1989

Chongqing Institute of Architecture and Engineering

1985 - 1987

  • English Teacher

    1985 - 1987

    Taught English to undergraduate and graduate students.