As an impact-first fund committed to building community ownership, shared wealth, and economic power, we’re excited to share important updates to our team structure that will elevate impact management across all our work.
Aliana Piñeiro: Chief Impact Officer
We’re thrilled to announce Aliana Piñeiro’s promotion to Chief Impact Officer. In this expanded role, Aliana will lead impact strategy across our investment portfolio, field-building initiatives, and organizational operations, while advancing our mission through thought leadership and external representation.
Over the past seven years, Aliana has been instrumental in advancing BII’s impact measurement and management capabilities and championing best practices for emerging fund managers. She has also been a culture bearer at BII, promoting team cohesion and alignment with our values. As Chief Impact Officer, Aliana will continue to champion impact throughout our work while leading efforts to create an inclusive team that models the equity and sustainability BII seeks to create in the world.
Keyur Patel: Director of Portfolio Management & Programs
We’re equally excited to announce Keyur Patel’s promotion to Director of Portfolio Management & Programs. In this role, Keyur will lead BII’s portfolio management and portfolio-facing technical assistance strategy, ensuring our portfolio companies receive the structured support, social and knowledge capital, and community they need to achieve long-term financial and impact sustainability.
Drawing on his background in growth equity and strategic advisory, Keyur has been a creative force in strengthening how BII supports entrepreneurs beyond capital. He has helped design and scale responsive portfolio supports—including the Portfolio Advisory Board for peer learning, the Business Resiliency Fund as a rapid-response mechanism for founders facing acute financial and operational stress, and founder-led learning supported by targeted education. In his expanded role, Keyur will continue innovating portfolio-level and technical assistance strategies that help BII-supported companies and fund managers build resilient, mission-driven enterprises.
Why This Matters
These promotions reflect BII’s commitment to operating as a truly impact-first fund. As we scale—having closed Fund II at $22 million and launched the $5 million First Mover Fund—we’re organizing our investment team to center impact at every level. This structure enables us to:
- Integrate rigorous impact assessment into every investment decision
- Support portfolio companies in achieving both their financial and impact goals
- Measure and manage our progress toward building shared wealth, worker power, climate resilience, and community ownership
- Share our learning with the field through the ARC Fellowship and our partnerships
- Serve our stakeholders—founders, investors, partners, communities, and staff—with the care and excellence they deserve
With Aliana leading impact strategy and Keyur leading portfolio support, and working in close partnership with Henry and Paulina on investing and Samalid and Walther on technical assistance, we’re positioned to deepen both the rigor of our impact measurement and the quality of support we provide to the enterprises building community wealth.
We’re grateful for Aliana’s and Keyur’s leadership and excited about what this structure will enable us to achieve together.