Richmond Global Ventures, L.P.

In the 1960s, Kellner’s grandfather sold the tie factory and purchased a working farm in the Hudson Valley region Part of the property included Richmond Hill, a U S landmark home and farm built by the Livingston family, signatories of the Declaration of Independence Richmond Hill’s legacy is also one of our nation’s Founding Fathers’ commitment to liberty and prosperity

While at Princeton in the 1990s, Peter was introduced to Bill Drayton, the founder of Ashoka Bill would inspire the rest of Peter’s career and remains one of his closest friends to this day Catalyzed by Drayton’s pioneering efforts in social entrepreneurship, Kellner cofounded with Linda Rottenberg, an employee of Ashoka at the time, what he views as the Ashoka of private sector entrepreneurship: Endeavor Global, the largest global network supporting high-impact entrepreneurs around the world An avid student of philosophy, Kellner was influenced by the work of Peter Drucker, Hannah Arendt, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Hayek, St Augustine, Joseph Schumpeter, and Gary Becker

His own family’s transformative entrepreneurial story drove Kellner to found Richmond Global in 2000 Intending to use the power of investment to further the American ideals of democracy, freedom, hard work, and productivity, Kellner named the firm after the Richmond Hill property, a representation of his own family’s journey that he could replicate by working with and helping to develop the potential of others

Peter Kellner is Founder & Managing Partner of Richmond Global Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in early stage technology companies across the US and the world He co-founded Endeavor Global in 1997 to identify and cultivate the highest-impacting entrepreneurs in the world He spearheaded Endeavor’s launch—building offices and identifying entrepreneurs—initially in Latin America, the Middle East, and North America Endeavor is currently operating in 40 countries After university, as a Fulbright Scholar to Hungary, he founded the Environmental Management & Law Association (EMLA), one of Central Europe’s most influential NGOs in environmental policy and originally backed by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Mr Kellner is a co-founder and Director of Richmond Global Sciences RGS is a technology company creating a suite of tools for managers and designed to make decisions regarding the allocation of capital inside organizations or markets RGS provides a systematic assessment of product impact for every industry of the economy filling a significant gap in the current ESG data landscape Kellner is Chairman & CEO of Richmond Global Compass, an investment firm that integrates sustainability practices into traditional research