Meet Our Team
Greensquare Ventures is led by experienced investment professionals with a proven track record in designing and structuring blended finance and sustainable investment products, and developing partnerships with investors, local operators, governments and multilateral banks.
Valeria Ramundo Orlando
Valeria Ramundo Orlando is a partner and co-founder at Greensquare Ventures. With more than 20 years of experience working at the nexus of finance, government and development, Valeria has been recognized as an authority in blended finance and conservation finance. Before founding Greensquare Ventures, Valeria led a non-profit’s Blended Finance Team where she signed pioneering agreements with multiple emerging economies to design blended finance vehicles. Prior to this role, Valeria was the treasurer of a multinational organization where she created and managed a USD$1 billion portfolio investing in environmental, social and governance (ESG) structured projects. Valeria has worked on municipal and state bond issuances for the State of California and the City of New York, and was a director of a private equity firm with a range of investments in energy markets and community-level economic development. Valeria earned her AB from Bryn Mawr College and a Master in Public Policy and Finance from the University of Southern California.
Vita Moltedo
Vita Moltedo is the Director of Social Impact at Greensquare Ventures. A community activist with a commitment to assessing and advancing positive social impact, Vita is a Co-Founder of Maternity Voices Matter with the mission to amplify the voices of marginalized groups in maternity and healthcare and empower women and their families to share their experiences and thus make an impact in the healthcare system. Vita is a staunch advocate for enhanced Patient and Public Involvement – she is as a speaker and panel member of the Maternity and Perinatal Mental Health Advisory Group and the COVID-19 Panel for the Public for ARC London, in collaboration with several British Universities. Becoming a mother has refined her understanding of the challenges women and families face and made her all the more determined to develop better access in healthcare and education. Vita spent her childhood in Italy, the Balkans and West Africa. She earned an MA from the University of Aberdeen and an MA from King’s College London and RADA. Vita is a prize-winning photographer with a keen interest in portraiture of positive role-models for girls and women.
Manuel Bueno
Manuel Bueno is an advisor and co-founder at Greensquare Ventures. With more than 10 years of impact investment and conservation finance experience in emerging markets, Manuel’s investment career spans Latin America, Africa and Asia, and a broad range of sectors, including agribusiness, fisheries, manufacturing and financial institutions. Before founding Greensquare Ventures, Manuel co-founded a pioneering fisheries Blended Finance Vehicle in the Philippines and Indonesia. . Manuel has also coauthored the “Principles for Investment in Sustainable Wild-Caught Fisheries”, launched in the World Ocean Summit in 2018 and adopted by a wide range of investors and stakeholders. Manuel earned his BSc at the London School of Economics and a Master of Research in Business at Tilburg University, the Netherlands.
Our Partners
The Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance is a multi-sector collaboration designed to drive investment into coastal natural capital by pioneering ground-breaking finance products that incentivise blended finance and private investment into the regions and communities that need it most.
We are delighted to be Members of the @UNEP_FI Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Initiative, a pioneering UN-backed group of financial institutions, scientists, researchers and civil society focused on the economic transition to sustainable use of the ocean. #BlueFinance