Doug Galen

Biography

Doug Galen is the co-founder and CEO of Rippleworks, a nonprofit foundation that delivers the practical support social ventures need to scale faster and improve lives. Through Rippleworks’ customized high-impact projects, expert-led learning programs, and access to capital, social ventures gain the knowledge, training, and funding necessary for them to tackle operational challenges and meet the needs of the communities they serve. Since launching in 2015, Rippleworks has managed 250+ projects with 200 social ventures across 59 countries, partnered with experts to train 300+ ventures, and dispenses scaling capital loans and grants worldwide.

Prior to Rippleworks, Doug was part of founding or early-stage leadership teams for venture-backed, consumer-tech ventures -- including Shutterfly, Shopkick, eBay, and E-LOAN. Doug has been teaching Startup Garage at the Stanford Graduate School of Business for ten years.