About Us

RIL was founded by industry leaders who have seen first hand how startups innovating responsibly expedite growth and build foundations for the long term.
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We accelerate founders in their leadership journey to enduring scale.  

Learn more about our approach and people.

What We See | What We Do | Our Coalition | Our People

Market trends, sociotechnical pressures, and shifting geopolitics require reinvention of startup leadership

TALENT

Gen Z has new expectations

  • 65% would not apply to a job if the employer's values didn't align
  • 70%+ want employers committed to positive impact on society

ADOPTION

Trust in tech is down

  • 50% of the global population thinks innovation is not well-managed
  • 62% expect CEOs to address changes occurring in society (not just in their business)

POLICY

The regulatory environment is uncertain

  • Policy discourse about tech and AI is high and often concentrated on large incumbents
  • Regulatory capture concentrates power among large incumbents

Responsible innovation can help startups respond to these new demands. We view it as a process where operators:

Part 1

Identify champions, critics + people impacted

Part 2

Understand use case impacts on those circles (+ and -)

Part 3

Evaluate tradeoffs

Part 4

Make a product, business, and/or governance plan

Part 5

Shape your story

Part 6

Monitor + learn

Part 7

Iterate + improve + endure

We help founders and their startups arrive at smart decisions, faster.

We help you make meaning of external pressures and responsible innovation challenges.

RIL serves exceptional startup leaders who:
→ Tackle foundational problems
→ Build products impacting how we live, work, and thrive
→ Operate with curiosity and humility
→ Translate integrity, responsibility, and resilience values to their startups
Check out our resources for founders + operators →

Our early work has attracted a broad coalition of founders, investors, and others.

Our partners represent a wide cross-section of early stage tech:

STARTUPS

VENTURE CAPITAL

LIMITED PARTNERS

Meet the People Behind our Work

Founders
Team
Advisory Board
Founders
Jon Zieger
Founding Executive Director and Co-Founder; former General Counsel, Stripe
Diede van Lamoen
Co-Founder; Co-Founder, Commure
Hemant Taneja
Co-Founder and Chairman; CEO and Managing Partner, General Catalyst
Team
Gaurab Bansal
Executive Director
Luisa Reyes
Program Manager
Gabby Ollig
Special Projects Lead
Advisory Board
Toyin Ajayi
Co-Founder and President, Cityblock Health
Neil Blumenthal
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Warby Parker
Jim Breyer
Founder and CEO,
Breyer Capital
Ken Chenault
Chairman and Managing Director, General Catalyst
Ken Frazier
Chairman, Health Assurance Initiatives, General Catalyst; Executive Chairman, Merck
Jon Iwata
Executive Fellow, Yale School of Management
Maurice Jones
CEO, OneTen
Rick Klausner
Chief Scientist and Founder, Altos Labs
Marie-Josée Kravis
Economist; Vice Chair, Hudson Institute Board
Youngme Moon
Professor of Business, HBS
Sam Palmisano
Chairman, Center for Global Enterprise; former Chairman and CEO, IBM
Lila Preston
Partner and Head of Growth Equity Strategy, Generation Investment Management
Josh Reeves
Co-Founder and CEO, Gusto
Rachel Romer
Co-Founder and CEO, Guild Education
Glen Tullman
CEO, Transcarent
Darren Walker
President, Ford Foundation; Co-Founder, US Impact Investing Alliance
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