About | Halcyon

Our Mission

To accelerate the impact-driven future of business.

Halcyon empowers entrepreneurs driving transformative impact in Climate, Health, and EquityTech. Since 2014, we’ve supported nearly 600 entrepreneurs from 50+ countries scale their sustainable, world-changing solutions through our bold, founder-first accelerator model.

Our Ecosystem

Our Founders

Impact-driven entrepreneurs are the heart of Halcyon’s mission, from their fellowship programs to a lifetime as our alumni.

Our Expert Network

Halcyon’s collective of advisors, leadership coaches, and skill series presenters are crucial to the success of our programs.

Our Investors

Through the Halcyon Angels, Halcyon Fund II, and more, Halcyon and its ecosystem partners educate and invest in impact-driven founders in Climate, Health, and EquityTech.

Our Board & Advisory Board

Halcyon’s Board of Directors and Advisory Board steward our organization with unparalleled guidance and expertise.

Our Team

At the core of Halcyon’s work is a passionate, global team.

Our Partners & Donors

Halcyon’s far-reaching impact would not be possible without the generous support of our donors, supporters, and partners.

Our Story

Halcyon was co-founded in 2014 by Dr. Sachiko Kuno and Kate Goodall, who served as CEO until December 2023. The organization takes its name from our original headquarters, Halcyon House in Georgetown, Washington, DC, reflecting our founding mission to provide a haven where bold founders tackling the world’s most pressing problems can find support, optimism, and belief.

In our earliest phase, Halcyon operated as an incubator, while also running arts-based programming such as the By The People festival, which attracted tens of thousands of visitors and generated millions in local economic impact. By 2021, we shifted our focus fully toward supporting impact-driven businesses, and launched several financing vehicles to back Halcyon founders and other aligned ventures. This evolution set the stage for our accelerator model, advancing ventures in Climate, Health, and EquityTech beyond the idea stage with strong potential for scalable growth.

Halcyon’s 10th anniversary marked a new chapter, as former Managing Director Dan Barker stepped into the role of President and CEO. We celebrated our decade of impact through Halcyon Homecoming and The Halcyon Innovation Summit, reuniting our global ecosystem of alumni and community members to build toward the next decade and beyond.

Our Commitment

We commit to creating a culture of belonging where authentic selves are welcome in all Halcyon spaces. We value the richness of lived experience and pursue diversity, reflected in our leadership and throughout our ecosystem, and lean on inclusive practices, thoughtful training, and equitable policy to do so. We work hand-in-hand with the communities we serve to amplify underrepresented voices, support proximate leaders, and challenge and close equity gaps worldwide.