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Astrid Scholz

Serial Entrepreneur in Social Innovation & Systems Change

Astrid Scholz
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DEI, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Future of Work, Futurism, Innovation, LGBTQ, Technology, Venture Capital
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Astrid Scholz Biography

Dr. Astrid J. Scholz is co-founder and CFO/COO of Armillaria, a tech-for-good company that creates digital infrastructure for more effectively and equitably mobilizing data, people, and capital towards addressing the most urgent challenges of our time. Integrating contemporary innovations in technology, finance, and law, Armillaria is focused on the development of incentives and mechanisms for achieving coordination at universal scale.

Dr. Scholz is also a co-founder and board member of Zebras Unite, a global movement for and by founders and investors who are building the businesses that are better for the world. Dr. Scholz was previously President of Ecotrust, a conservation-based development organization with more than $300M in assets under management. She holds degrees from the Universities of St. Andrews, Bristol, and California at Berkeley, and serves on the boards of Living Oceans Society, Habitat Media, and the nonprofit arm of Zebras Unite.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 09/20/2024.

Astrid Scholz Speaking Topics

  • Zebras vs Unicorns: Money, Power and Responsible Technology

    Capitalism is a hell of a drug. When used responsibly, it can create freedom, innovation and efficiency. But unchecked, hoarding, exploitation, and toxic side effects can run rampant. Silicon Valley’s way of doing business has set the tone for the last few decades, with venture capital and “unicorns” creating the dominant narrative about startups. It’s not greed and growth at all costs… it’s just business. Right? Wrong. We’re entering a new age, one where entrepreneurs want to create solutions to improve the human experience and quality of life without playing a zero-sum game. The age of the zebra. In this talk, Astrid will explain why and how purpose and profit are not mutually exclusive, why creating alternatives to venture capital financing for the businesses we need is a moral and economic imperative, and how innovation in business governance and practices can help us solve the world’s big challenges.

  • Beyond DEI: Building the Anti-Oppressive Businesses of the Future Or: How I learned to be an ally in practice.

    End stage capitalism is bad for the health and wealth of most people working in it, and recent events in the US and elsewhere have prompted a reckoning and examination of “business as usual” and its various -isms that perpetuate systemic injustice and harm on anyone who is not a white, cis-gendered male. But so many DEI efforts just amount to tokenism and unfunded mandates. In her 20+ year leadership experience in a variety of corporate settings Astrid has learned to wield her relative privilege and point of view of a first generation immigrant to the United States to actively decolonize a large nonprofit organization; help invent the distributed, democratic, multicultural governance system of Zebras Unite; and formulate trauma-informed principles for creating new financial products and practices of the Inclusive Capital Collective. In this talk, we’ll get practical and tactical about using your positional influence and white privilege to transform your institution from the inside out.

  • We Can’t Build the Future We Want with the Systems We Have

    Markets and governments are failing at providing solutions to the urgent social, economic, and environmental problems of our time. Drawing on the 10 principles for the principled design of new networks and infrastructure for mobilizing people, knowledge and capital at a scale that matters, Astrid uses case studies from global movements for inclusive entrepreneurship; ocean conservation; and inclusive entrepreneurship to illustrate how we can use contemporary digital, legal and financial innovation to illustrate how to create the change that’s needed at the scale that’s urgently required.

    This topic is particularly pertinent for influencers, philanthropy, large corporate entities, and financial institutions.

  • Alternatives to Venture Capital

    Globally, there is about $100 Trillion in capital, of which roughly 1T is invested for impact, and another 1T sits on the balance sheets of US foundations. We need 50T to solve all the world’s ills, from poverty to sanitation to climate change, as characterized by the Sustainable Development Goals. Only about 200B is currently deployed in the form of venture capital into startups, too few of which are actually solving real-world problems, and too few are run by women, people of color, and generally people who are not white, cis-gendered males. So how do we activate more capital for purpose? In this talk, Astrid examines strategies for creating new financial assets and products that are legible to mainstream financial markets but have purpose hardwired into them. They include product innovations that leverage existing financial mechanisms–including loan loss reserves, government programs, pension and sovereign wealth funds, and development finance institutions (DFIs)--, as well as new catalytic products that bridge key capital gaps in sectoral, regional and / or demographic ecosystems.

Astrid Scholz Videos

  • TalkX Explorer | Astrid Scholz
    TalkX Explorer | Astrid Scholz
  • Off the Sidelines: New Wealth in Startup Investing
    Off the Sidelines: New Wealth in Startup Investing
    David Hall, partner at Revolution Tracy Chadwell, founder of 1843 Capital Angela Lee, founder of 37 Angels Astrid Scholz, CEO of...
  • Technology for Surviving the 21st Century | Astrid Scholz | TEDxMtHoodSalon
    Technology for Surviving the 21st Century | Astrid Scholz | TEDxMtHoodSalon
    In this talk, Astrid Scholz talks about global collaboration models made possible by rethinking the Internet and how we use technology to solve some...
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Astrid Scholz is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Zebras vs Unicorns: Money, Power and Responsible Technology, Beyond DEI: Building the Anti-Oppressive Businesses of the Future Or: How I learned to be an ally in practice. , We Can’t Build the Future We Want with the Systems We Have and Alternatives to Venture Capital. The estimated speaking fee range to book Astrid Scholz for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Astrid Scholz generally travels from Portland, OR, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Candice Matthews Brackeen, Nidhi Chadda, Zach Piester, Mitch Brooks and Tonya M. Evans. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Astrid Scholz for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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