Bioneers 2025 Conference

Nikishka Iyengar

Founder and CEO | The Guild

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Nikishka Iyengar

Nikishka Iyengar, a social entrepreneur, community organizer and media-maker with over a decade of experience building economic democracy, is the founder and CEO of The Guild, where she develops community-owned models of land, housing, and real estate to foster self-determination for Black, working-class, and other marginalized communities. She also leads Groundcover, a $30M fund dedicated to investing in shared equity land models. A current Loeb Fellow at Harvard, Nikishka co-hosts theĀ Road to Repair podcast focused on moving beyond a “business-as-usual” economy toward solidarity and collective liberation.



Panel Presentations:

Community Wealth Building: A Conversation with Beloved Economies, Full Spectrum Capital Partners, and The GuildĀ 

March 29th | 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm