EMPOWERING
TRANSFORMATIVE
CHANGE

Leading-edge strategic business and capital approaches that deliver equitable prosperity with purpose

EXPERTISE IN STRATEGY, GOVERNANCE, CAPITAL & TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS

Shining Rock Ventures seeks to catalyze sustainable economies that enrich the quality of life at a local and inter-connected global scale.

Our work enables the success of place-based, equitable, and values-based ventures that provide sustainable livelihoods for local communities in a viable relationship with the planet. We achieve this by providing bespoke practitioner-led expertise to institutional partners navigating periods of transformative change, internally and externally.

Who

we are

Shining Rock Ventures founder is Principal and CEO Jesse Fripp, a globally-recognized executive leader in delivery of successful business outcomes in the most dynamic market environments. Our team of Consulting Practitioners blend out-of-the box solutions thinking with over two centuries of collective leadership expertise across the private and public sectors, with a focus on purpose-driven, sustainable business model delivery.

Most of our practitioner-advisors have years and even decades of collaborative experience working together, bringing a rare combination of highly complementary and effective delivery, with a supremely adaptive, trust-based and agile operating approach.

Serve

How we

Our emphasis is on enduring, bespoke relationships of trust and support focused on the needs of our key clients. This is reflected in our “VIP” capabilities that focus on the three core pillars of success in business model transformation

  • CEO Jess Fripp with President Bill Clinton

    VISION

    Emphasizing and enabling the critical role of boards and executive leadership in defining and delivering positive stakeholder outcomes through periods of dynamic transition and change for companies, organizations, networks and/or communities.

    • Strategic Roadmaps and Implementation
    • Strategic Governance and Leadership
    • Capital Solutions
    • Business Transformation/Change Mgmt

    VISION CASE STUDY →

  • Shining Rock Ventures partners

    INNOVATION

    Driven by data-driven solutions insights combined with customer-centered engagement and technology solutions co-creation, with a focus on financially inclusive outcomes across a range of enterprise sectors.

    • Data Analytics
    • Data Mining
    • Business Process Engineering & Evolution
    • Strategic Solutions Design and Deployment

    INNOVATION CASE STUDY →

  • Shining Rock Ventures principal team

    PRINCIPAL

    Founded on a holistic understanding of structured finance, and creative approaches to building capital stacks that respond to the needs of business ventures at each stage of their development.

    • Investment Readiness
    • Investor Landscape Mapping
    • Capital Structuring
    • Financial Modeling and Forecasts
    • Implementation/Support

    PRINCIPAL CASE STUDY →

Are you a transformative venture leader seeking the kind of VIP partnership that is our specialization?

Let’s start the conversation.

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In Our Client’s Words

  • “Jesse’s very practical and highly contextualized advice and guidance on various aspects of the company’s growth strategy and governance helped me navigate the tremendous challenges faced by all of us in 2020. His deep expertise in strategy and operations is grounded in practical experience, and that is what makes him a very effective advisor.”

    Santosh Thiruthi, Co-Founder and Former CEO of Lokyata AI Analytics

  • “We engaged Jesse to help us finalize our plans for a new climate facility. He crystallized our ambition at the ecosystem level and to boot, he triggered a number of conversations with funding partners!”

    David del Ser, Chair and Chief Innovation Officer, BFA Global

  • “I engaged with Jesse during the fall of 2020, receiving his guidance as the partners at Equilibrium Impact Ventures developed our unique social impact fund. He also supported the Flywheel Foundation’s work in putting together New Ventures Demo Days…Jesse always contributes well thought out advice and it is a joy to work together. He is an expert at what he does and a shining example of class and humility.”

    Adrian Smith, Co-Founder, Equilibrium Impact Ventures