About Us
Our team brings together dedicated and diverse life experience and a passion for excellence. We believe early-stage funding provides crucial capital for social and environmental entrepreneurs to launch and scale their ventures, turning innovative ideas into reality.
Addison M. Fischer
Co-Founder and President
Addison Fischer’s career began as a computer entrepreneur when he created his first high-tech startup company in 1973. He ultimately went on to become majority owner of RSA Data Security, which founded VeriSign.
Cindy Mercer
Co-Founder Planet Heritage Foundation and Vice President
Cindy Mercer is an impact investor, philanthropist and collaboration enthusiast. Cindy’s passion is connecting leaders to communicate, synergize and build solutions together. Cindy began her early career as an intern to former President Jimmy Carter, supporting the establishment of the Carter Center.
Olivia Fischer
Director and Vice President
She has studied a variety of religio-political and economic systems, on both the experiential and abstract levels, using her knowledge of Romanian, Italian, Spanish, French, Turkish, Arabic, Russian and Greek languages…
