Hunting for Silver Linings w/ Ross Mason, Founder of HINRI

Dec 30, 2020, 9:00 – 10:00 PM

Grand Rapids

Join Startup Grind Chapter Director Corey Hart and Beneventure Partners Managing Director Yorgo Katsanos as we host an event series featuring check-ins with ecosystem builders, investors, and business leaders from around the world. Joining us for this event: Ross Mason, Founder of HINRI.

Virtual event

About this event

HUNTING FOR SILVER LININGS

Through our Startup Grind event series Hunting for Silver Linings, we check in with ecosystem builders, investors, and business leaders from around the world.

We dig for deeper context around challenges and opportunities found in markets around the world, as well as mine for insight that can better inform biases about regions, their talent, and potential for investment.

Then, we connect the dots.

OUR HOSTS

Corey Hart
Chapter Director, Startup Grind

Yorgo (George) Katsanos
Managing Director, Beneventure Partners

OUR SPECIAL GUEST

Wednesday, December 30, we are pleased to host Ross Mason, Founder of HINRI

Ross is the Founder of HINRI, which stands for The High Impact Network of Responsible Innovators.

FROM THEIR WEBSITE

HINRI's mission is "To connect social entrepreneurs and innovative organizations to sources of capital, strategic partners, technology solutions and servant leaders so they are more effective at saving lives, saving money and having a sustainable impact."

What they do:

"We are an accelerator for nonprofits with big ideas. Our venture philanthropy approach mirrors how angel investors help entrepreneurs build companies that can scale effectively and reduce risk for investors and donors.

In the United States, HINRI partners with leading healthcare innovators to serve the indigent and uninsured, wounded warriors and their families, address food insecurity, create educational programs for autistic children, change the standard of care for spinal cord injuries, and combat human trafficking. Outside the U.S., HINRI is working on human rights, providing clean water, food for malnourished children, the distribution of pharmaceuticals and the creation of schools, housing, and health clinics in communities with extreme poverty."

Check out what happened

Speaker

  • Ross Mason

    HINRI

    Founder

When

When

Wednesday, December 30, 2020
9:00 PM – 10:00 PM UTC

Agenda

9:00 PMPodcast Interview

Hosts

  • Corey Hart

    Startup Grind Grand Rapids

    Chapter Director

  • Yorgo Katsanos

    Beneventure Partners

    Associate

Organizers

  • Corey Hart, Startup Grind

    Startup Grind

    Chapter Director

  • Renee De Haan

    Principal Financial Group

    Chapter Co-director

  • Vanessa Mahoney

    Chapter Co-Director

  • Whitney Allred

    WhitMarie Media

    Social Media Manager

  • Sophie Gu

    "Hello My Name Is..." Producer

  • Alexandra Renée Poelstra

    ALL MAVEN

    CEO

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