Raj Date

Raj Date is an American venture capital investor and philanthropist based in Washington, DC and Colorado Springs, CO. He is the Managing Partner of Fenway Summer LLC, an advisory and venture investment firm focused on financial services, and the Trustee of the Fenway Summer Charitable Trust. Mr. Date is the chair of the investment committee at Fenway Summer's venture capital affiliate, Fenway Summer Ventures, which invests in early-stage financial services and fintech companies. He also co-founded Fenway Summer's advisory affiliate, FS Vector, which counsels financial services firms on regulatory, legislative, and compliance issues. Mr. Date serves on the Board of Directors for a number of innovative firms, including as the lead independent director of Circle, the global digital asset infrastructure pioneer. Until January 2013, Mr. Date served as the first-ever Deputy Director of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He helped guide the startup agency’s major strategic, operational, and policy initiatives. He played a number of leadership roles at the Bureau over time, including leading the organization as the Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Date entered public policy from the private sector. He was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank Securities, where he led the firm’s investment banking coverage for the largest American banks. Before that, Mr. Date was Senior Vice President for Corporate Strategy and Development at Capital One Financial. He began his business career in the financial institutions practice of the global consulting firm McKinsey & Company. He is a graduate of the College of Engineering at U.C. Berkeley (highest honors), and the Harvard Law School (magna cum laude).