Adrian Rodrigues

Adrian is a Co-Founder and a Managing Director of Provenance Capital Group where he helps develop blended capital structures that catalyze resilient biological systems and businesses. Before Provenance, Adrian co-founded the boutique consulting firm Hyphae Partners where he helped companies finance and build regenerative business models. Additionally, he worked at Patagonia within its Venture Capital arm Tin Shed Ventures, helping author a standard for Regenerative Organic Agriculture and exploring Regenerative Organic Land Funds. He is an experienced asset allocator, fundraiser, and business model innovator.

Adrian spent six years at Morgan Stanley helping long time horizon investors manage their asset allocations and diligence investment opportunities across asset classes and sectors. He has also lectured on food innovation at the University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business and designed and taught an entrepreneurship intensive for farmers at the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture.

Adrian is a graduate of Berkeley Haas’ full-time MBA program. At Haas, Adrian was a Portfolio Manager of the Haas Socially Responsible Investment Fund and a Member of the Center for Responsible Business’ Student Advisory Board. He also serves as an inaugural advisor for the Investor Resource Council of J.E.D.I. Collaborative, which aims to frame the business case for embedding equity, justice, diversity and inclusion into our entire food ecosystem. He received a B.A. in English from Williams College, studied English literature at Exeter College, Oxford University, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He’s an avid chef, backyard farmer, and budding yogi.

Companies

• Co-Founder & Managing Director at Provenance Capital Group Provenance Capital Group (2020)
• Board Member & Co-Chair - The Regional Fiber Manufacturing Initiative Fibershed (2020)
• Co-Founder and Managing Partner Hyphae Partners (2018 — 2020)
• Lecturer - Food Innovation Studio University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (2018 — 2019)
• Curriculum Designer & Instructor - Entrepreneurship Intensive for Farmers Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture (2018 — 2019)
• MBA Summer Intern Tin Shed Ventures (2017 — 2017)
• MBA Summer Intern - Regenerative Organic Agriculture Patagonia (2017 — 2017)
• Sales & Strategy Morgan Stanley (2010 — 2016)
• Investment Banking - Capital Structure and Advisory Solutions Summer Analyst J.P. Morgan (2009 — 2009)

Education

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (2016 — 2018)
• BA Williams College
• Oxford University