Maria Lynne Dayton

Maria Lynne Dayton is a successful social entrepreneur, systems architect, and creative finance expert who has developed, funded, and managed over 20 major development and IT projects on 4 continents ($140m w/ $10 b in hybrid/blended capital deals). Her current passion is the creative financing of the UN SDGS; blending different approaches such as blockchain, impact investment, and crowd finance. She currently sits on the Board of the World Expo Fund and is a public-private partnerships advisor to the White House, US State Dept., NATO, African U, & UN. Currently she is the Sen. Dir. of Capital Partnerships at LG NOVA - the innovation arm of LG Electronics. While at LG she led their global Grand Challenges (3500+ startups) team and founded the LG Capital Alliance (40+ funds / $500 m in investments / 5 acquisitions) including NOVA Prime Ventures $150m and NOVA Wave Ventures $350m. She is also a GP at Aurion Capital Management which has a collective portfolio of Funds totalling $140m AUM.