Ethic: About Us

We believe in a future where all investing is sustainable investing.

About us

We are a team of institutional investing, technology, data and design experts. We are inspiring action to address the defining issues of our time with a mission to accelerate the global transition to sustainable investing. Read our story in an interview with our founders.

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Our world-class team of advisors

Justin Rockefeller

Global Director

Addepar

Mona Williams

President

Progress Investment Management

Dr. Ashby Monk

Executive Director

Stanford Global Projects Center

Peter Knight

Founding Partner

Generation Investment Management

Jennifer Grancio

Fmr. Head of Business Development & CMO

BlackRock iShares

Dan Macklin

Co-founder

SoFi

John-Austin Saviano

Fmr. Chief Investment Officer

UC Berkeley Endowment

Valerie Mosley

Fmr. SVP and Investment Strategist

Wellington Management

Ross Hikida

Fmr. Chief Executive Officer

Barclays Global Investors (Japan)

Will Britten

Fmr. Chief Executive Officer

Barclays Global Investors (Australia)

Francis Enderle

Fmr. Chief Investment Officer

Barclays Global Investors (GIMG)

Don Putnam

Fmr. Chief Executive Officer

Putnam Lovell Securities

Backed by top-tier investors

Venture capital firm exclusively focused on applying innovation in financial services into the global financial system

Fidelity Investments

A leading diversified financial services company with $7.7 trillion in client assets

Venture capital firm founded by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary, typically investing in early stage technology companies

Third Stream Partners

Strategic investor founded by senior members of the former Barclays Global Investors executive team

Urban Innovation Fund

Silicon Valley based venture capital firm focused on supporting scalable solutions to the world's sustainability challenges

An Oakland-based social impact venture capital firm focused on transforming industries and addressing urgent social needs

Blackhorn Ventures

Venture capital firm focused on visionary companies that are reshaping how industries operate through resource productivity

Access Ventures

Venture capital and strategic investor focused on building more inclusive economies through mission-aligned investments

Our founders

Founded in late 2015 by Johny Mair, Doug Scott and Jay Lipman, Ethic seeks to accelerate the transition to a sustainable investing future by bringing together two traditionally separate communities: sustainability and institutional quantitative finance.

Ethic founders

Jay Lipman, left, Doug Scott, center, Johny Mair, right

Ethic founders, Jay Lipman, left, Doug Scott, center, Johny Mair, right

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