Trevor joined Elevar Equity in 2009 as Vice President of Finance and Operations with responsibility for the firm's financial management and reporting. He also leads the firm's administrative and operational efforts, including human resources and information technology. Having spent a considerable amount of time living in developing countries, Trevor is passionate about economic development and bridging the accessibility gap between the poor and fundamental services. "Working as part of the Elevar team allows me to combine my financial knowledge with my passion for economic development in a meaningful and productive way. At Elevar we believe that we can have significant impact by connecting socially driven entrepreneurs with the capital that is needed in order to reach the underserved population."

Prior to joining Elevar, he served as Vice President of Finance for the Unitus Investment Group, an investment management company which provided back office services to socially focused venture capital firms and boutique investment banks. He began his career in public accounting, serving financial services and biotech companies in the Seattle office of Ernst & Young, LLP.

Trevor is a Certified Public Accountant and earned his BS and Masters Degrees in accounting from the University of Utah.

Vipul Rawal

Vipul joined the India office of Elevar as an Associate in 2011. He is extremely passionate about the impact investing space and believes strongly in entrepreneurial solutions as scalable and sustainable approaches to socio-economic development. He is passionate about the education and agriculture domains in particular. Vipul has provided pro-bono help to social entrepreneurs on fund raising and business model validation. He has committed some of his time over the weekends with a group of friends to foster some social enterprise startups in Bangalore.

Prior to Elevar, Vipul worked with Tholons Capital where he was managing a small fund put together by the founders that had a diversified investment strategy focused on startups in the IT/BPO space. He also assisted some of the private equity clients of Tholons with their investments. Prior to that, he worked with Goldman Sachs in the Investment Banking Division where his transactions included a $45bn LBO of a utilities giant in the US.

Vipul has an MBA in Finance & Marketing from IMI (International Management Institute), Europe and a Post Graduation Diploma in Planning & Entrepreneurship from IIPM (The Indian Institute of Planning and Management), Bangalore. He also holds a B.Sc. from Bangalore University. Vipul is also a Black Belt and a Karate Coach. He has a strong interest in teaching and mentoring. He serves as guest faculty at a few B-Schools and is a mentor with NEN (National Entrepreneurship Network).

Manuel Garibay

Manuel joined Elevar as a Senior Analyst in 2011. He is involved in the sourcing and analysis of investment opportunities as well as working with many of Elevar's portfolio companies. Having grown up in Mexico, Manuel has had the opportunity to experience first-hand how the lack of basic products and services available to communities at the bottom of the pyramid affects their livelihoods and opportunities going forward. Manuel is passionate about utilizing social entrepreneurship combined with commercial capital in order to bring scalable and sustainable market-based solutions to the bottom of the pyramid.

Prior to joining Elevar, Manuel worked for ING Real Estate, one of the world's largest real estate investment managers. He was part of the Acquisition and Portfolio Management team within ING's Private Equity Real Estate platform where he was responsible for evaluating new investment opportunities and supporting the portfolio management team.

Manuel is a graduate of University of Washington where he focused his studies on Finance and Economics.