Liberation Ventures
Aria Florant, Co-Founder and CEO
Deocracy
Liberation Ventures is building a multiracial democracy that works for all of us — by making racial repair a reality in the United States.
Year Founded: 2020
Liberation Ventures is building a multiracial democracy that works for all of us – by making racial repair a reality in the United States. Founded in April 2020, Liberation Ventures’ ultimate aim is to build public will for a comprehensive, federal, financial, and non-financial reparations policy portfolio in the United States. As an intermediary, Liberation Ventures is a field catalyst for the movement, resourcing and supporting the ecosystem of organizations working for reparations and repair for Black Americans. Liberation Ventures serves as the connective tissue between activists and organizations within the movement, adjacent to the movement, and outside the movement. The organization leverages three strategic pillars to advance its work: mobilizing resources, building narrative power, and providing capacity-building support and connective tissue across the ecosystem.
An alumnus of New Profit’s 2021 Catalyze Civic Lab Cohort, Liberation Ventures is led by Co-founder and CEO Aria Florant. Aria has been working in partnership with Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation (TJR) movement leaders, including current New Profit Build portfolio organization Beloved Community Center, to forge connections and accelerate progress in this field. She is a visionary, a bridge-builder, and an adaptive systems leader. Under her leadership, Liberation Ventures has attracted support from a wide range of sector leaders across philanthropy, academia, and think tanks including from The Bridgespan Group, Brookings Institution, PolicyLink, and now New Profit.
Aria Florant
Co-founder and CEO