Sang Lee

CEO and Founder, Return on Change

New York City

Sang H. Lee is the CEO and founder of Return on Change, an online crowdinvestment platform. They connect startups and investors in critical industries such as Life Science, CleanTech, EdTech, Social Enterprise, and Tech. Just within the last 9 months, Return on Change has aggregated over $49 million of capital seeking investors and has secured over $5 million in commitments to date, with the largest single company successfully raising $1 million.

Sang is a recovering investment banker using his background in finance for good. His mission is to bring fundamental value creation into startup business to ensure sustainability while promoting the democratization of startup finance. He is also the Executive Director of CF50, a global crowdfunding think tank. He has been featured in both domestic and international publications including Forbes, Huffington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, CNBC, Fast Company, Crains, and L’Express and was also recognized as a Good 100 changemaker and an ‘Under30CEO Entrepreneur to Watch in New York City’. Sang is recognized as an industry thought leader and has been requested to speak at venues such as the United Nations, International CES, National Science Foundation, Brown/Columbia universities, and the Council on Foreign Relations, among many others.