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Jonathan Tower

Founder and CEO of Arctaris Impact Investors

📍 Brookline, Massachusetts, United States🔄 Updated November 2026💼 2 investments📅 17 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2019
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Board Member, Beeck Center at Georgetown University
Jun 2019
We are an experiential hub that has two key mandates. The Beeck Center provides a training ground for students, equipping future global leaders with the tools to flip prevailing orthodoxies about how and what the world should be. We also serve as an incubator for scalable, leading-edge ideas, shaping the very systems and structures that inhibit equity and transform them to align with what the world could be.
Board Member
Jan 2009
Capterra is the #1 destination for organizations to find the right software and services, with 100,000+ solutions across 900 software types. We offer access to over 2 million verified reviews, in-depth product comparisons, and data-backed annual software ranking reports for over 350 types of software— helping organizations save time, increase productivity and accelerate their growth. Cyber criminals may impersonate Capterra employees and/or our websites in an attempt to gain access to your personal or financial data. These individuals use fake job opportunities or other benefits to trick individuals into sharing sensitive information. Remember, Capterra will never request sensitive information such as passwords or bank account information through LinkedIn.
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2019
Board Member, Beeck Center at Georgetown University
Jun 2019
We are an experiential hub that has two key mandates. The Beeck Center provides a training ground for students, equipping future global leaders with the tools to flip prevailing orthodoxies about how and what the world should be. We also serve as an incubator for scalable, leading-edge ideas, shaping the very systems and structures that inhibit equity and transform them to align with what the world could be.
2009
Managing Partner
Sep 2009
Arctaris Impact Investors, LLC is a Boston-based impact investment firm with experience spanning more than 13 years and seven funds, with both debt and equity investments. Arctaris today is the largest impact-focused manager of Opportunity Zones nationally. The firm manages funds that invest in growth-oriented operating businesses and community infrastructure projects located in underserved communities. Founded in 2009, Arctaris has partnered with the Kresge Foundation, Richard King Mellon Foundation, Colorado Health Foundation, Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter’s Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, and multiple other foundation, federal and state government agencies to invest in Opportunity Zones, inner cities, and targeted rural communities throughout the U.S., with the aim of delivering above-market investment returns alongside positive social impact. Arctaris utilizes an innovative capital structure, blending public capital from federal and state government agencies with private capital from institutional investors, foundations, and CRA banks. As a result, each of Arctaris’ funds is designed to provide attractive returns along with the benefit of principal-protection, while also spurring economic development in underserved communities.
Board Member
Jan 2009
Capterra is the #1 destination for organizations to find the right software and services, with 100,000+ solutions across 900 software types. We offer access to over 2 million verified reviews, in-depth product comparisons, and data-backed annual software ranking reports for over 350 types of software— helping organizations save time, increase productivity and accelerate their growth. Cyber criminals may impersonate Capterra employees and/or our websites in an attempt to gain access to your personal or financial data. These individuals use fake job opportunities or other benefits to trick individuals into sharing sensitive information. Remember, Capterra will never request sensitive information such as passwords or bank account information through LinkedIn.
2007
Managing Director
Nov 2007
Dutchess Capital is the manager for several global investment funds that provide capital to start-up, pre-IPO, publicly-traded companies and companies in the legalized cannabis industry. Since 1996, Dutchess has made over 400 investments globally, with a total transaction value exceeding $2 billion. The size and scope of our investments have ranged from initial seed capital for start-ups to $25 million dollars for more established emerging growth companies. With offices located in Boston, New York, London, Beijing and São Paulo, our senior management teams have extensive business and global capital markets experience. Through our investments, we aim to build strategic partnerships that foster growth, drive profitability and create shareholder value.
2004
Venture Capital and Growth Equity
Dec 2004
Fidelity’s mission is to strengthen the financial well-being of our customers and deliver better outcomes for the clients and businesses we serve. Fidelity’s strength comes from the scale of our diversified, market-leading financial services businesses that serve individuals, families, employers, wealth management firms, and institutions. With assets under administration of $15.0 trillion, including discretionary assets of $5.9 trillion as of March 31, 2025, we focus on meeting the unique needs of a broad and growing customer base. Privately held for 78 years, Fidelity employs more than 77,000 associates across the United States, Ireland, and India. For our Terms and Conditions, please visit http://go.fidelity.com/LIterms
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