Stephen Nairne cofounded Raven Indigenous Capital Partners as a non-Indigenous partner within an Indigenous-led model, framing entrepreneurship as a path to Indigenous self-determination and pointing out that well over half of Raven-backed founders are women, a level he says he hasn't seen elsewhere in venture capital. He has described one of the most meaningful moments since starting Raven as hearing Chief Robert Joseph say he'd never met an Indigenous CEO before sitting in a room with ten of them, a story that reflects how closely Nairne ties his work to founder development rather than just funding deals.