Duke Impact Investing Group
Duke Impact Investing Group
How We Can Help You
Students
A Rare Opportunity
At DIIG, students will be educated by our team on social impact investing. These students will also have opportunities to gain hands-on experience with consulting for and investing in a business through our state-of-the-art education system, which is fully supported by Duke University's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Department.
Businesses
Grow Your Business
DIIG will provide capital, mentorship, and access to a plethora of resources for any business that needs or desires it. Businesses that are a part of our portfolio will have access to capital, top-notch consultants, and mentors at their disposal for help with anything ranging from getting a website up to scaling their business.
What We Do
Providing Capital
Empowering Impact
We seek to make impact investing opportunities more accessible and available to startups and small businesses across the Research Triangle Park area. By harnessing the enthusiasm of Duke undergraduates, we aim to allow for the efficient and socially beneficial distribution of capital, mentorship, and support to startups and business who need/desire it to grow their social impact.
Pro-Bono Consulting
A Helping Hand
We seek to provide 100% free business strategy and solutions consulting services for socially-minded businesses in the local community as well as for businesses that we have invested capital in. We aspire to set up businesses with capable and trained undergraduate consulting teams to help businesses grow and scale, with a major goal of generating significant positive social impact.
Spreading Awareness
Creating a New Generation of Impact Investors
We spread awareness about the power of social entrepreneurship and impact investing. We make it easy for undergraduates to learn about these fields and get hands-on engagement. With a curated curriculum, speaker series, and more, we give students the tools they need to learn about and contribute to the growing impact investing movement.
Executive Board
Alex Zhou
Partner
Class of 2024
Clare Abboud
Partner
Class of 2024
Daniel Wolf
Partner
Class of 2024
Peggy Moore
Co-Director of Investment
Class of 2025
Stanley Sunata
Co-Director of Investment
Class of 2024
Naveen Siva
Co-Director of Consulting
Class of 2025
Jenny Yan
Co-Director of Consulting
Class of 2025
Riya Kabra
Co-Director of Data
Class of 2025
Evan Ma
Co-Director of Data
Class of 2024
Aamer Husain
Co-Director of Education
Class of 2026
Miran Bhima
Co-Director of Education
Class of 2026
Charlotte Lim
Co-Director of Business Development
Class of 2024
DIIG Alumni
Advisors
Eric Savage
Advisor
Eric Savage serves as the President and Co-Founder at Unitus Capital. A founding team member of Unitus Capital, Mr. Savage transitioned from the Capital Markets team at Unitus, which he joined in 2007 and has led the company in raising well over US$1 billion for various social businesses.
Isaac Fraynd
Advisor
Isaac Fraynd (Trinity '15) serves as the DealFlow Manager at Aqua-Spark, a globally focused, mission-driven investment fund based in Utrecht, the Netherlands focused on the sustainable aquaculture ecosystem.
Cary Krosinsky
Advisor
Cary Krosinsky is a lecturer at Yale University and the co-founder of and a Director at Real Impact Tracker. He helped develop the Value Driver Model body of work in late 2013 for the UN Global Compact including a paper, case studies and toolkit, and is co-author in 2014 of A New Vision of Value for KPMG.
Partners
Class of 2024
Alex is a Senior from Beijing, China studying Public Policy and Computer Science. Alex was previously the director of the data division. Alex is really interested in the intersection of emerging technologies and society. In his free time, Alex enjoys running, playing trumpet, hiking, and cooking.
Class of 2024
Clare is a Senior from Cleveland, Ohio studying Computer Science and Economics. Previously, Clare was director of the Education Division, where she led the DIIG Impact Fellowship. In her free time, she enjoys soccer, pickleball, and cycling
Class of 2024
Daniel is a Senior from New York City. He is studying Economics and Psychology, and joined DIIG as an analyst in the fall of his Freshman year.
Investment Team
The Investment division manages Duke’s first and only impact VC fund. We manage $100K, the largest sum ever entrusted to a student group by Duke University. We source social impact startups to invest in and conduct due diligence on deals that fit our investment criteria in the sectors of education and health, fintech, consumer products, energy and environment.
Co-Director of Investment
Peggy is a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio studying history and economics (and Durham coffee shops). She joined DIIG because she was excited about the prospect of having a positive impact in the real world throughout her undergrad experience. When Peggy is not studying or working for DIIG, she enjoys rallying for basketball games, exploring Durham restaurants and annoying her friends.
Co-Director of Investment
Stanley is a Senior from Jakarta, Indonesia studying Economics. In his two years with the investment team, he has been able to explore his passion in the intersection between business and social impact, while engaging critically with some of the most innovative minds in the high-impact startup space. Outside of DIIG, Stanley enjoys following sports such as soccer and Formula 1.
Project Managers
Adya Rajpal
Ishan Shah
Mick Tobin
Investment Analysts
Aditya Raj
Analyst
Class of 2025 | Financial Engineering
Ellen Liu
Analyst
Class of 2025 | Econ
Ruhan Desai
Analyst
Class of 2025 | Econ + PoliSci
Dylan Cawley
Analyst
Class of 2026 | PubPol
Cynthia Wang
Analyst
Class of 2025 | Econ
Ava Ondik
Analyst
Class of 2025 | Econ
Angie Xie
Analyst
Class of 2024 | Neuroscience
Zach Beischer
Analyst
Class of 2025 | PoliSci
Consulting Team
We provide consulting services for socially-minded businesses of all sizes. Our teams have worked on cases ranging from market research to competitive analyses to customer discovery. We equip our clients with capable and trained undergraduate consulting teams to help businesses grow and scale. We hope to drive social impact and value for our clients and our investments. We aspire to set up businesses with capable and trained undergraduate consulting teams to help businesses grow and scale, with a major goal of generating significant positive social impact.
Past Clients
Solar Unsoiled
Solar Unsoiled is an interactive, data-driven platform to optimize global solar energy production.
What We Did
- Conducted market research on commercial scale solar companies
- Identified opportunities (number of sites, and size of sites/total capacity) for these companies.
Fillaree
Fillaree is a zero waste sustainable soap company.
What We Did
- Market outreach to best engage audience
- Defined digital marketing strategy
Engage Globally
Engage Globally supports community-led sustainable development in rural Northern Ghana
What We Did
- Identified potential small/medium business partners for Engage to contact about potential financial support.
- Researched the process and regulations for nonprofits to import small numbers of products and then sell them legally in the U.S.
- Assisted in formatting of our strategic plan content - shifting text into an attractive and easy to understand process map/flow chart/business model.
East Coast Greenway Alliance
The nonprofit East Coast Greenway Alliance leads the development of the trail
Network.
What We Did
- Completed an assessment focused on the growth of the East Coast Greenway Alliance (ECGA) utilizing form 990s and annual reports of ECGA.
- Provided insights on compliance issues to take into consideration.
Our Team
Co-Director of Consulting
Jenny is a Junior majoring in Statistics and Computer Science. She is excited to lead an amazing team of consulting PMs and analysts to accelerate the growth of socially impactful organizations and the community through human centered design. Outside of DIIG, Jenny enjoys cooking and figure skating.
Project Managers
Aidan Gallagher
Project Manager
Class of 2025 | Econ
Parinay Gupta
Project Manager
Class of 2024 | Econ + Math
Aryan Agarwal
Project Manager
Class of 2026 | Econ + ECE
Fareed Mohideen
Project Manager
Class of 2024 | PubPol + Econ
Erik Robertsson
Project Manager
Class of 2024 | Stats + Econ
Kasey Park
Project Manager
Class of 2025 | Econ + PubPol
Jasmine Wen
Project Manager
Class of 2023 | Econ
Sydney Chen
Project Manager
Class of 2025 | Stats
Consulting Analysts
Alex Hong
Analyst
Class of 2024 | CS + Bio
Gabriela Nicolaievsky
Analyst
Class o f 2026 | Econ + Psych
Harrison Pak
Analyst
Class of 2025 | CS + MEng
Laura Han
Analyst
Class of 2016 | Stats
Matthew Xu
Analyst
Class of 2026 } Econ + Hist
Priyanshi Ahuja
Analyst
Class of 2025 | CS
Ximena Gonzalez Revilla
Analyst
Class of 2025 | Enviro Sci + PoliSci
Andre Barajas
Analyst
Class of 2026 | CS + Psych
Kathy Yu
Analyst
Class of 2024 | Econ
Luke Rubin
Analyst
Class of 2026 | Bio + Econ
Maya Khodabakchian
Analyst
Class of 2025 | ECS + Econ
Stephen Xiong
Analyst
Class of 2025 | MEng
Terry Lee
Analyst
Class of 2026 | Econ + PubPol
Umang Dhingra
Analyst
Class of 2026 | Econ + Psych
Diya Patel
Analyst
Class of 2025 | PubPol + CS
Kristina Wong
Analyst
Class of 2025 | PubPol
Mahmoud Zaki
Analyst
Class of 2026 | Econ
Owen Platt
Analyst
Class of 2026 | PubPol
Talya Newman
Analyst
Class of 2024 | Enviro Sci
Tyler Ratcliffe
Analyst
Class of 2026 | Econ + Enviro Sci
Xincong Lee
Analyst
Class of 2026 | Stats
Data Team
The Data team empowers clients to achieve their maximum potential by providing data-driven solutions to their business questions. Our team comprises of data analysts from diverse backgrounds who are equipped to tackle real-life data challenges and drive results.
Past Clients
Durham Green-To-Go
2019 - 2020 Team: Jane Zhang, Larry Chen, Aneesh Gupta, Phillip Harmadi, Matthew Wang
2020 - 2021 Team: Larry Chen, Phillip Harmadi, Sean Li, Aaditya Warrier
The Produce Box
2019 - 2020 Team: Jane Zhang, Jie Cai, Aneesh Gupta, Frank Hu, Jayesh Gupta, Jason Lee
The Produce Box is a subscription service that connects consumers to local farmers and artisans across North Carolina.
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Junior Achievement
2020 - 2021 Team: Jayesh Gupta, Ryan Hu, Isaac Fan, Kansi Udochukwu
Junior Achievement is a nonprofit youth organization that works with local businesses, schools, and organizations to deliver experiential learning programs on work readiness, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship to young students.
Ginger
2020 - 2021 Teams: (1) Jason Lee, Ryan Hu, Matthew Wang, Danny Luo (2) Aneesh Gupta, Divya Nataraj, Lily Li, Matthew Cui
(3) Raymond Chen, Anna Xu, Kehan Zhang, Grace Gao
Ginger is a behavioral health monitoring platform that combines human care with data science and augmented intelligence to deliver on-demand mental healthcare.
Our Team
Co-Director of Data
Evan is a Junior from Shenzhen, China studying Computer Science and Economics. He is passionate about applying data science to business problems and hopes to empower socially impactful businesses through the unique capabilities of DIIG Data. Outside of DIIG, Evan enjoys hiking and playing soccer.
Project Managers
Data Analysts
Amrit Bhutani
Analyst
Class of 2026 | ECE
Eric Han
Analyst
Class of 2026 | CS + Neuroscience
Helen Liu
Analyst
Class of 2025 | Econ + PubPol
Isabella Tang
Analyst
Class of 2026 | CS + Stat
Jasper Hu
Analyst
Class of 2026 | ECE + CS
Madison Nguyen
Analyst
Class of 2026 | CS + Stats
Education Team
The education division aims to promote knowledge of and interest in impact investing within the Duke community. Each semester, we teach a half-credit course designed as an introduction to the impact investing industry as well as organize DIIG's Impact Fellowship program for new analysts. We instruct students on best methods of quantifying financial and social impact, guide them through case studies, and invite guest speakers from the industry.
What We Do
DIIG Impact Fellowship
All new analysts at DIIG are required to participate in the DIIG Impact Fellowship, a 5-week series intended to equip new analysts with the skills and information necessary to contribute towards DIIG's impact investing mission. The fellowship helps our analysts to develop an understanding of the impact investing industry, such as current and future investment evaluation, impact analysis, and impact quantification.
DIIG Impact Investing House Course
Our impact investing house course is open to all Duke undergraduates and can be taken for credit.
A sample syllabus can be accessed by clicking on the image to the right.
Co-Director of Education
Aamer is a Sophomore from Chapel Hill, NC and studying Economics and Public Policy. Though his work with DIIG, he hopes to educate more people on the potential of impact investing and to spread the message that finance and capital markets CAN be forces for positive social change. Outside of DIIG, Aamer enjoys working out, making coffee, and trying new restaurants around Durham.
Co-Director of Education
Miran is a Sophomore from Charlotte, NC studying Program II. Through his experiences in DIIG, policy, and the healthcare sector, he is passionate about social impact and emerging technology. Outside of DIIG, Miran enjoys playing golf, traveling, and hanging out with friends and family.
Project Managers
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Education Analysts
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Business Development Team
The Business Development (BD) Team is responsible for both the external branding of DIIG and the internal synergy within the organization. In addition to managing client-outreach and planning the annual DIIG Spring Case Competition, the division focuses on online engagement strategies including social media and research blog posts to promote DIIG’s services. Beyond external-facing functions, BD is also responsible for organizational events, such as General Body Meetings (GBMs) and professional initiatives.
Co-Director of Business Development
Charlotte is a Senior from Singapore studying Public Policy and Philosophy. Through her previous internships in government strategy and venture philanthropy, she is passionate about connecting businesses with public-sector interests to create social impact. Outside of DIIG, Charlotte enjoys drinking tea and reading.
Project Managers
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Analysts
Anika Mandavilli
Analyst
Class of 2025
Joshua Abbas
Analyst
Class of 2026
Nash Boykin
Analyst
Class of 2026
Connor Cunningham
Analyst
Class of 2025
Rosie Wang
Analyst
Class of 2026 | Econ
Suresh Kannoth
Analyst
Class of 2025 | Econ + PubPol
Research Team
One of the greatest problems in impact investing is the vague and qualitative characterization of “impact.” Investors at the highest level still struggle to determine what impact means in the context of different organizations and how to measure this impact. The Duke Impact Investing Group research division attempts to answer these questions by creating standardized, comparable metrics for impact assessment across a variety of different company sectors.
Director of Research
Luke Qin is a sophomore at Duke University, looking to major in computer science. Though he is a firm believer in the ability of startups and companies to do social good, he believes that there is a lack of information about the meaning of impact creation and wants to create tools for the next generation of impact investors. Outside of DIIG, Luke enjoys playing tennis, going to the gym, and watching horror movies.
Analysts
- Andrew Rasetti
- Craig Chen
- Grace Gao
- Hadrian Gonzales
- Juliana Arbelaez
- Luke Bender
- Riya Gilja
- Rohit Raguram
- Yasmin Maktal
