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Impact Investor and Social Entrepreneur
About Lauren Simpson
In 2017, Lauren Simpson co-designed the first municipal impact bond in Appalachia, targeting opioid recovery infrastructure, not with venture capital metrics, but with longitudinal community health data co-collected by formerly incarcerated peer navigators. She doesn’t speak of 'scaling solutions' but of 'slowing down capital to match community time': her fund’s term sheets include mandatory 90-day listening residencies for portfolio founders in the neighborhoods they serve. Her 2022 white paper on 'non-extractive due diligence' challenged standard ESG scoring by replacing third-party audits with participatory budget reviews led by local mutual aid councils. She’s turned down three unicorn deals because their governance structures excluded resident equity stakes, even when those stakes were symbolic. Her office has no KPI dashboard; instead, a rotating wall of handwritten letters from housing co-ops, rural broadband collectives, and youth-led climate action hubs tracking how capital decisions landed on the ground, not the spreadsheet.
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- “How did the Appalachian impact bond change how you define 'risk' in community investing?”
- “What does 'slowing down capital to match community time' look like in practice?”
- “Can you walk me through a non-extractive due diligence session?”
- “Why did you reject those three unicorn deals—and what replaced them?”