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India Rose Matharu-Daley, MA (Cantab), MBA

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india@funvironmentalist.com
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+1 (310) 919-6589
India collaborates with startups, corporates, venture funds, and philanthropic organizations across multiple industries to drive capital into regenerative, market-based solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises.

Core Work Experience

EcoAdvisors

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Project Lead
2022 - Current
  • Directed international expert team in investment landscape analysis of small-scale fisheries in Mexico for Walton Family Foundation
  • Proposed new strategy to align philanthropic dollars with for-profit incentives to increase positive environmental and social impact

Funvironmentalist

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Founder (Sustainability Consultancy)
2020 - Current
  • Venture capital: pipeline development and thought leadership for GEDI VC and Global Ventures; design, ideation, and expert community curation for Gaian Ventures and The Rainforest DAO
  • Startups: branding, strategy, and communications for Bloom Labs and ATMOS Financial
  • Corporate: net zero roadmapping for Grosvenor; regenerative agriculture supply chain analysis for Grove Collaborative
  • Nature conservation and restoration: soil and blue carbon analysis for Silvestrum Climate Associates

Hello Genius

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Founding Team Product Manager
2017 - 2019
  • Drove product ideation, strategy, and international fundraising as member of edtech startup’s founding team
  • Collaborated with IDEO on industrial and product design and with Persistent Systems on software platform development

Education

Presidio Graduate School

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MBA in Sustainable Solutions
2019 - 2021
  • Eva Auchincloss Award for Academic Excellence, Scholarship, Leadership, and Creative Thinking
  • Focused on green finance, systems thinking, environmental regeneration, and organizational leadership
  • Teaching assistant mentoring student startups for Sustainable Innovation class

University of Cambridge

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Master of Arts
2012 - 2016
  • Double first-class degree (summa cum laude equivalent) in art history with multiple academic prizes and scholarships
  • Environmental volunteer experience including Blue Ventures coral reef conservation expedition to Bacalar Chico National Park, Belize

Languages

  • Conversational Chinese, French, German, and Russian
  • Learning Spanish