Designing evergreen capital models that support bold, sustainable change.
Who we are.
Willohsen Capital is a non-profit investment manager helping Foundations, Family Offices, Donor-Advised Funds, and High Net Worth Individuals put their capital to work in ways that diversify portfolios and expand impact.
We are guided by a core set of values:
Now is the moment to reassess how philanthropy and impact investing can meet urgent challenges.
Investment builds our world. Every community deserves a voice in shaping the future.
Evergreen, patient, and catalytic capital unlocks generational wealth and resilience.
Entrepreneurs are our greatest problem solvers. Backing innovation is our best tool to address existential crises.
What we do.
We put capital to work in ways that are flexible, catalytic, and founder-friendly—backing innovation while reducing extraction and harm. Our integrated approach blends grants, flexible debt, profit-sharing, and venture equity, so each partner and entrepreneur gets the right tool at the right time.
Our investment focus areas include:
Sustainable Environment – climate solutions, renewable energy, and resilience infrastructure
Healthcare & Health Equity – access, innovation, and novel therapies
Invention & IP Commercialization – breakthrough technologies, patents, and scalable infrastructure
Entrepreneurship & Capital – inclusive finance, emerging managers, and innovative capital pathways
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Our flagship program, the InvestFive Evergreen Fund of Funds, houses four mission-aligned pools of capital.
Partners commit alongside us every year for five years. Investments may be structured as Program-Related Investments (PRI), Mission-Related Investments (MRI), or traditional vehicles—tailored to our partners’ requirements while maximizing impact.
Rolling closes and evergreen reinvestment create flexibility, while our near-term focus on the Americas ensures capital reaches where resilience is most needed.
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We partner with established funds, bringing global impact capital expertise and values-aligned stewardship to partners, communities, and collaboratives.
Together, we ensure governance that is equitable, deployment that is non-extractive, and liquidity strategies that recycle capital sustainably—so resources keep moving where they’re needed most.
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We provide non-dilutive capital and targeted support to help entrepreneurs and communities strengthen their foundations and grow on their own terms.
We co-design grantmaking and capacity-building strategies that expand access, improve resilience, and position innovators to scale sustainably—without compromising ownership or mission.
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Our immersion program for emerging managers will launch as our Fund of Funds reaches scale.
Participants will step into paid, check-writing GP roles inside our funds—building real track records, gaining governance experience, and graduating ready to launch their own funds.
Collectively, we’ll expand who manages capital—ensuring the field reflects the diversity and ingenuity of the communities it serves.
Meet the Founders.
Our founding team has decades of global experience in social entrepreneurship, fund management and impact investing. As the co-founders of Equilibrium Impact Ventures, we have seen first-hand the positive and lasting impact philanthropic investment has created in communities across the world. We aim to magnify these practices to co-create new, more sustainable and just economies. Together, we bring the vision and expertise behind Willohsen Capital.
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Founding Partner & Chief Investment Officer
Dr. Shanté Williams is a capital activist, impact fund manager, and intellectual property strategist who transforms bold ideas into scalable enterprises.
As CEO of Black Pearl Global Investments, she has led over $25 million of venture investments to advance health equity and address disparities in healthcare outcomes across the globe, with focus on Africa and the Carribbean.
Her expertise spans venture investment, M&A, technology acquisition, and IP strategy, alongside her nationally recognized research in neuro oncology and leadership as Director of Opera Carolina. This combination of science, business, art and strategy grounds her unique approach to capital deployment.
As an entrepreneur, Dr. Shanté has guided ventures from early-stage through growth and exit, with a consistent focus on leveraging innovation to close systemic gaps. She brings a rare blend of scientific rigor, entrepreneurial drive, and investment expertise, channeling resources into solutions that expand access, resilience, and equity in global markets.
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Founding Partner & Chief Visionary
Kasem Rodriguez Mohsen is a social entrepreneur and impact investment strategist reshaping how philanthropy powers change. He helps foundations and mission-driven institutions expand the reach of their capital through non-extractive financial systems that center innovators driving generational transformation.
As CEO of LION Strategies, Kasem has partnered with organizations including the Lemelson Foundation, Aspen Institute, and Food for the Hungry, helping to deploy more than $500 million in values-aligned capital across the Americas, the Caribbean, Middle East and Africa.
A serial founder with three successful exits, Kasem co-built Equilibrium Impact Ventures, where he pioneered new fund structures designed to unlock inclusive and regenerative growth. His expertise spans fund design, catalytic capital deployment, and social innovation ecosystems.
At the heart of his work is a commitment to the entrepreneurs too often overlooked by traditional finance—the builders of community wealth, resilience, and long-term equity.