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Andrew Cousins

Principal (Durham, NC)

Prior to joining SustainVC, Andrew was the Investment Manager at Investors' Circle, where he managed deal flow, facilitated due diligence, and syndicated investments across a network of 200+ angel investors, family offices, foundations, and venture funds.  In his time at Investors’ Circle, he was involved in over 100 early-stage impact deals representing over $30 million in impact investments.  Andrew began his career in the insurance industry, working with offshore teams in India to help facilitate a BPO.  He later went to Latin America, where he worked as a field consultant with an Ashoka fellow, incubating social innovations and testing last mile distribution models for energy and healthcare products.  Andrew completed the Frontier Market Scout training program and received a graduate certificate in Impact Investing & Social Enterprise Management from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, after completing his studies in Resource Economics and International Development at the University of Connecticut. 

 

Andrew enjoys traveling with his wife and son, hiking with his golden retreiver, and seeing how many different types of tomatoes and peppers he can grow in his backyard vegetable garden.