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John: together at Accion
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About
John Fischer is Chief Investment Officer at Accion. He has more than 20 years of experience investing in equity positions within financial inclusion businesses, including both financial institutions and fintech companies at various stages from early-stage through scaling phases.
Experience
- AccionChief Investment Officercurrent2012 — presentWashington D.C. Metro Area
- AccionVice President2000 — 2012Boston
- BancoSol S.A.Alternate Directorcurrent2013 — presentLa Paz, Bolivia
- Early Dawn Microfinance Company Ltd.Directorcurrent2019 — present
- Accion Microfinance Bank LimitedDirector2012 — 2022Lagos, Nigeria
- Northern Arc CapitalDirector2018 — 2020Chennai, India
Skills & more
Strategic PlanningFinancial AnalysisBankingEmerging MarketsPrivate EquityFinTechBusiness StrategyCapital MarketsCorporate FinanceCredit RiskFinancial ModelingInvestments
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Colleagues at Accion
Abhishek Agrawal
General Partner at Accion
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Alvaro Rodriguez
Co-founder and Managing Partner at IGNIA
Amee Parbhoo
Managing Partner at Accion
Cedric Char
Vice President at Fifth Wall
Chris Coxon
Chief Communications Officer at Accion
Erika Eurkus
Vice President, Resource Development at Accion
Esteban Altschul
President, Accion Impact Management at Accion
Karthik Venkataraman
Chief Operating Officer at Accion
Frequently asked questions
- Who is John Fischer?
- John Fischer is Chief Investment Officer at Accion. He has more than 20 years of experience investing in equity positions within financial inclusion businesses, including both financial institutions and fintech companies at various stages from early-stage through scaling phases.
- Where does John Fischer work?
- John Fischer is Chief Investment Officer at Accion.
- Where did John Fischer go to school?
- John Fischer studied at Questrom School of Business, Boston University (MBA); Boston University (MA, International Relations); Haverford College (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics).
Same school
Also attended Questrom School of Business, Boston University141
Sujata BhatiaInvestor at Index VenturesTroy PhoaAssociate at Marlin Equity PartnersGlen BressnerCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Activate Venture PartnersRony Patishi-ChillimInvestor at Israel Cleantech VenturesJason RobartCo-founder and General Partner at Seae VenturesLisa DutotFinance Administration Manager at Red Cell Incubation
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Also attended Boston University417
Aydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisVinnie LauriaFounding Partner at Golden Gate VenturesJeff GrammerPartner at Rho VenturesGil GorenPartner at 83NorthJames LindenbaumCo-founder at HeavybitDave BiscegliaVenture Partner at Founder Collective
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Also attended Haverford College47
Laura BoydPrincipal, Head of M&A & Capital Markets at Norwest Venture PartnersJonas ClarkPartner at Elm Street VenturesPhin BarnesFrom the AND1 mixtape to First Round, Phin deeply understands the value of creative confidence.Angad SinghPartner at Long Ridge Equity PartnersPedro ArntRetail Champion at 30N VenturesMatthew StoreygardSenior Managing Director, Investments and Bio Team Director at Connecticut Innovations
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Shared employers
Also worked at Accion45
Madeleine GoldbergInvestor at Lerer HippeauVikas RajCo-Founder & Managing Partner at ResilienceVCTahira DosaniCo-Founder & Managing Partner at ResilienceVCTarun GuptaPartner at Jump CapitalNathan KrishnamurthyPartner, Investments at Capital One VenturesMonica Brand EngelManaging Partner at Quona Capital
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