# Rodney Schwartz

> Rodney Schwartz is a startup investor at ClearlySo (London). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ClearlySo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clearlyso-ltd)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneyschwartz/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/rodneyschwartz
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rodney.schwartz.1

Rodney Schwartz is a startup investor at ClearlySo in London. Rodney Schwartz is CEO and Founder of ClearlySo, with a background in equity research, management, investment banking and venture capital. Joining Wall Street in 1980, he rose to become the number one ranked financial services analyst at PaineWebber and then held senior management posts at Lehman Brothers and Paribas, before leaving the sector in1997 to found the fintech-oriented VC firm Catalyst. A pioneer in the impact investment marketplace, he transformed Catalyst into a social business consultancy, which in 2008 morphed into ClearlySo, a business designed, “to help create 100 Justgivings”. This seemed an exciting new style of company, which achieves significant impact as well as great financial returns. Rodney also teaches Impact investing at the Said Business School (Oxford) and the ESMT (Berlin), and is Former Chair of Shelter, The Green Thing, Spacehive and Justgiving, in addition to having served on many fintech. He holds an MBA and BA from the University of Rochester and has four adult children.

## About ClearlySo

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

ClearlySo is Europe’s leading impact investment bank, working exclusively with businesses and funds delivering positive social, ethical and/or environmental impact along with financial return. It supports capital raising activity through financial advisory work.Originally founded in 2008, ClearlySo has helped capital raise more than £450million in impact investment from its extensive network of institutional and individual investors for its enterprise and impact funds clients.ClearlySo is headquartered in London and backed by Octopus Investments, Big Society Capital and more than 40 high-net-worth individuals.ClearlySo's mission is to bring impact to investment. Our vision is of a world where the financial system is a powerful force for good and the impacts of businesses are considered in all investment decisions.

2 contacts available at ClearlySo.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rodney Schwartz | Founder and Chief Executive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rodney-schwartz |
| Carl Bergholtz | Impact Investment Banker | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carl-bergholtz |

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