Karim Harji

Co-Founder @ SocialFinance.ca | Partner @ Venture Deli

Website: http://www.socialfinance.ca
Twitter: socialfinance
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Karim Harji is an entrepreneur, consultant, and academic. He is the co-founder and a Partner at Venture Deli, a firm that builds and capitalizes ventures that matter to the world. Most recently, he was the Senior Manager for Partnerships & Social Impact at Social Capital Partners (SCP), a social finance organization which provides growth financing and advisory services to businesses that integrate a social mission into their operations.

Karim is also a Senior Research Associate at the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation at Carleton University, and teaches social entrepreneurship courses at York University, the University of Toronto, and the University of Waterloo (in the business, engineering, and international development faculties, respectively). He is a regular blogger at socialfinance.ca, the leading blog on social finance and impact investing in Canada, which he co-founded in 2008.

Karim was previously a management consultant at Aperio, where he advised social sector organizations on strategy, business planning, and social enterprise. Karim also worked as a researcher and consultant in the areas of corporate social responsibility, community economic development, program evaluation, and social impact assessment. His international work experience includes human rights at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), microfinance in Pakistan, and community health in Kenya.

Karim holds a Masters degree in Public Administration with a focus on International Development from Carleton University, and an undergraduate degree in Economics from McMaster University. He is on the Board of the Small Change Fund.