Investing That Makes the World Rejoice

On this episode of the On The Rise Podcast's Faith Driven Leaders series, host Nick Stromwall talks with Wes Lyons of Eagle Venture Fund, who leads the firm's counter-trafficking vertical. A missionary kid turned Naval Academy rower and naval aviator, Wes shares the 2018 mission in the Philippines that convinced him evil is structural and worth fighting. He explains what impact investing actually is, why he separates the "root" of investing from its "fruit," and how portfolio companies get paid to deliver the change they want to see — including one funded by money seized from traffickers. (Note: discusses human trafficking.)