Mike Belinsky

Mike Belinsky is a Director of Talent Ventures at Schmidt Futures, where he helps develop the Talent Ventures portfolio, supports current programs on strategy and execution, and helps design and launch new programs.

Prior to Schmidt Futures, Mike was a principal at The Bridgespan Group, where he led teams that addressed complex strategy and execution challenges for foundations, impact investors, and nonprofits. At Bridgespan, Mike also helped build the impact investing practice.

Mike also co-founded Instiglio, a social enterprise that develops impact bonds and results-based financing programs in low- and middle-income countries. At Instiglio, Mike led the team that designed the first impact bond in India — the Educate Girls Development Impact Bond — which improved primary education outcomes and served as a model for impact bonds in India and beyond. For this work, Mike received the Echoing Green fellowship and the Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurship award.

Mike holds a BA in economics and government from Dartmouth College and an MPP from Harvard Kennedy School, where he was managing editor of the Harvard Kennedy Review.