Eleni Delimpaltadaki Janis

Founding MANAGING PARTNER | CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER

Eleni Delimpaltadaki Janis is a private credit investor who provides the underlying debt capital that modern, tech-enabled commercial lenders need to scale. As Founding Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Equivico, she leads a platform providing equity, mezzanine, and asset-backed finance to data-native specialty lenders. Equivico’s investment strategy centers on backing responsible, data-centric platforms whose rigorous underwriting offers a clear, ethical alternative to extractive merchant cash advances (MCAs). By equipping these lenders with scalable capital, she enables them to efficiently finance lower-middle market businesses—specifically those generating under $50 million in EBITDA—that remain underserved by traditional banking.

Eleni has dedicated her career to advancing the evolution of complex systems across public policy and global finance, holding senior leadership roles that built the foundation for her distinctive investment discipline. At American Express, she served as Head of Strategy and Operations (Chief of Staff) to the Chief Information Officer for U.S. data intelligence, marketing, and consumer technology, overseeing strategy and operations for a 4,500-person global organization spanning AI/ML, digital-experience engineering, marketing tech, and automation—the exact technology stack on which modern fintech platforms depend.

Earlier in her career, she was Vice President at the New York City Economic Development Corporation, where she launched the city’s first ESG investment platform, managed venture and credit programs targeting small and minority-owned businesses, and advised on more than $250 million in capital deployment. She also led the creation of the market research practice at The Opportunity Agenda, a national communications lab publishing more than 25 studies informing communications and targeting strategy on public policy issues.

She also serves on the boards of GreenLyne, an AI-driven lending-infrastructure company, and iQ4, a skills-intelligence technology powering the future of work. 

Eleni holds a Master’s in Political Science from New York University and a Bachelor’s in Communications and Media Studies from the National University of Athens, Greece. She completed executive studies in management and private equity at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania  and was an American Express Leadership Fellow. She also served on the Executive Council of the American Association for Public Opinion Research for five years.

Press and Public Speaking Engagement Highlights:

Private Credit, Fintech & Specialty Finance

Impact Investing, ESG & Access to Capital

Keynote Panels, Technology & Institutional Leadership

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