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Tao Zhang is founder and managing director of Dao Ventures, a U.S.-China impact investment, advisory and accelerator group with co-headquartered offices in both China and the United States. Tao is also a co-founder of Dao Foods International, Inc., a cross-border impact investing firm established to invest in sustainable alternative proteins ventures in China. Tao was also a co-founder of Ecofroggy International, a social enterprise in China that provides environmental education services and products to China’s primary school students aged 6 to 12. Having entered the curriculum of about 130 primary schools covering over 300,000 students, Ecofroggy received a Green Entrepreneur award from China’s SEE Foundation in 2017.
Prior to this, Tao served as Global COO of New Ventures, a center of environmental entrepreneurship housed at the World Resources Institute. In this role, Tao led New Ventures' Global Hub in Washington, DC and its six Local Centers in Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia and Mexico in doubling investments into New Ventures portfolio companies to nearly $400 million. Tao received a BA from Beijing Foreign Studies University, an MBA from Wake Forest University, and an MPA from Harvard University as a Mason Fellow.
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