Invests in
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Education
- Uo
Lists including Pascal
Work Experience
2018
Founder & CEO
2018
We help you, your people and your organization discover today what matters tomorrow and then transform your company into a future that is unfolding before you.
2020
Chair of the EY wavespace™ Advisory Board
2020
EY wavespace teams bring the right people together and give them the tools and mindset to think differently, deconstruct challenges and develop solutions – faster.
2017
Digital Advisory Board
2017
Pearson Education is a British-owned education publishing and assessment service to schools and corporations, as well as directly to students.
Co-Founder
2013
The Women’s Impact Alliance is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that provides leadership development and pro-bono executive coaching to the world’s most extraordinary young emerging women leaders who are positively impacting the world. We are a community of 180+ highly trained and experienced executive coaches from 30+ countries that dedicate our time each month to advancing women’s leadership. We hold a Fellowship Program 2 times per year serving 250 of the world’s most impact young women leaders. We believe through the combination of coaching and fellowship; young women leaders will at a crucial point in their career manifest the change they want to be, and see in the world – faster and at an exponentially greater scale. Our alumni numbers 1,500+ women across 60+ countries, they include: - Sasha Laundy, founder of Women Who Code - Shiza Shahid, Co-founder of the Malala Fund - Gwen Hopkins, Chief of Staff at Global Health Corps - Corinne Warnshuis, Executive Director, Girl Develop It - Tracy Chou, exPinterest, women-in-tech activist Together, we are bringing forward a new generation of women leaders building the world of tomorrow today. Learn more at https://thewia.org
2012
Founder & Chief Heretic
2012
The Heretic is Pascal Finette’s insights into leadership in exponential times. For entrepreneurs, corporate irritants and change makers. Raw, unfiltered and opinionated — delivered straight to your inbox. You will like it. ⇢ https://theheretic.org
2012
Founder & GYSHIDO-San
2012
GyShiDo is all about razor sharp focus and the art & craft of simply getting things done.
2019 - 2022
Venture Partner
2019 - 2022
Early stage venture capital firm investing in exponential transformation. We back entrepreneurs and companies utilizing exponential technologies, focused on disrupting existing industries and trying to solve the world's biggest problems. In partnership with Peter Diamandis, Singularity University and a world class team of fund managers.
2014 - 2020
Chair for Entrepreneurship & Open Innovation
2016 - 2020
Leading Singularity University's faculty track chair for Entrepreneurship & Open Innovation; speaking, advising and consulting F500 clients globally.
Vice President Startup Solutions & Entrepreneurship Chair
2016 - 2017
Heading up all business units focussed on entrepreneurs and startups including all educational programs, including Global Impact Challenges (GIC), Global Solutions Program (GSP), LaunchPad, Accelerator, Startup Network and Venture Fund.
Vice President SU Labs, Entrepreneurship Chair and Global Evangelist
2016 - 2016
Build, grow and support startups solving the world’s most intractable problems by leveraging exponential technologies to affect 1BN+ people. Reporting to the EVP Innovation & Learning.
Managing Director SU Labs & Entrepreneurship Track Chair
2014 - 2016
Build, grow and support startups solving the world’s most intractable problems by leveraging exponential technologies to affect 1BN+ people. Reporting to the EVP Innovation & Learning. • Built and run Singularity University’s Accelerator and Startup Network program • Raised and manage $2.5M Venture Capital Seed Fund • Built a portfolio of 40+ companies with a combined market cap of $250M+ • Head up the Entrepreneurship Track / Faculty
Interim VP Global & Community
2015 - 2015
Managed Singularity University's Community and Global Expansion team through a complex leadership transition; created new org structure, hired key employees and new leadership team. Reported to the CEO. • Established new organizational structure which combined three formerly distinct groups into a single unit, supporting Singularity University's global expansion and community strategy • Created team cohesion, built leadership capacity and doubled team headcount by hiring key talent • Established best working practices for a predominantly remote team
2018 - 2018
Interim CEO
2018 - 2018
Fastrack Institute is a non-profit organization that accelerates technology into society. Together with our member cities, we find cutting edge, scalable solutions to Urban problems. Our focus is entirely on solving urban problems for cities of one million or more citizens. Our framework, based on the methodology from the book, Exponential Organizations, teaches cities and their citizens how to create solutions to critical problems 10 times faster and 10 times cheaper than previously considered possible.
2013 - 2014
Portfolio Manager, Google.org
2013 - 2014
Managed a $10M+ grant portfolio. Developed and built cross-functional teams consisting both of internal and external experts to provide investment due diligence and ongoing support for grantees. Reported to the VP Google.org. • Developed Google’s first $5M+ grant portfolio in the “Internet of Things” sector • Built scalable software infrastructure for Google’s Global Impact Challenges • Drove highly-successful global Open Innovation initiative to further Google’s philantrophic efforts