Neil St. Clair is a Co-Founder & COO at U-Pledge Inc based in New York, New York, United States, North America. Neil St. Clair is a respected social entrepreneur, journalist, and philanthropist. Today, Neil is the Co-Founder & COO of B Generous, a new venture-backed finTech company, which is revolutionizing how people donate to nonprofits through the advent of the first ever philanthropic credit product. Powered by $120M+ in lending capital, B Generous is backed by some of the top VCs, banks, & institutional investors in the U.S. Previously, Neil served as CEO of NES Impact, a management consultancy he founded. Here, Neil worked with select single-family offices and founder-led businesses to develop, launch, and scale social impact ventures. Neil is the former President of Karma Impact, a media network, backed by the Hinduja Family, for the next generation of impact investors. He also hosted several docuseries and podcasts, including 1Number. Neil held a concurrent role with Karma’s parent, Timeless, and oversaw several marketing and tech entities while providing strategic counsel to Timeless Capital, a related impact investment office. A serial founder, Neil created and led several successful tech startups. He pioneered coverage of Silicon Alley as CEO of award-winning digital news outlet AlleyWire. He also co-founded insurtech company Thrice, a data platform for commercial insurance. Neil is now an advisor and investor in several startups. In his earlier career, Neil was the first-ever CGO for Vestorly, a venture-backed, AI marketing platform, and the first-ever Director of Marketing for $11bn AUM investment advisor, Shepherd Kaplan. Neil was also an on-camera television journalist for NY1 and a contributing columnist for Forbes. Neil is an accomplished public speaker, presenting at UPenn's Wharton School, MIT's Sloan School, Singularity University, Columbia Business School, and Bloomberg News, to name a few. A strong advocate for combating child sexual abuse, Neil served as President & COO of the Child Safety Pledge. Neil is currently Chairman of the education-focused St. Clair Family Foundation. Neil’s volunteer board work includes trusteeship of the Academy of St. Joseph (NY), and Advisory Board roles with Birthright Israel and BUILD NYC. He is also Past President of Phi Beta Kappa (New York). At the request of Governor Charlie Baker, Neil ran for State Committee in Massachusetts, and later served as a member of the Massachusetts Real Estate Board. Neil graduated from Boston University Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude. He later attended graduate school at Yale University. He lives in Manhattan and Miami.
Current Position: Co-Founder & COO
Company: U-Pledge Inc
Location: New York, New York, United States, North America
Social: Professional profiles available
Network: Extensive professional connections
