Jeff Cyr

For nearly 25 years, Jeff has provided strategic leadership for Indigenous, not-for-profit, and government organizations and now works in Indigenous social finance and the social innovation space.  Métis from the White Horse Plains area of the Red River Valley of Manitoba, Jeff is a proud husband and father of five. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of Raven Indigenous Outcomes Funds, CEO of the Raven Indigenous Impact Foundation and a Founder and previous Managing Partner of Raven Indigenous Capital Partners; where he helped create the Raven Indigenous Impact Funds I & II ($25M & $110M).

Alongside his work at Raven, he was the Chair of the Indigenous Innovation Council at the Indigenous Innovation Initiative, and past Vice-President at Grand Challenges Canada. He has pioneered the community-driven outcomes contract (a unique pay-for-success social finance model for Indigenous communities) and the Indigenous Solutions Lab process, which earned him an Ashoka Fellowship in 2019.

Jeff has recently launched the Raven Indigenous Outcomes Fund ($50M) a first-of-its-kind outcomes finance fund. Jeff’s work focuses on enabling Indigenous social innovation and social finance in Canada, empowering Indigenous communities and innovators.