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Ben Peterson MSM is a Canadian social entrepreneur and venture capitalist. In 2002 he co-founded Journalists for Human Rights (JHR), a leading Canadian non-governmental organization (NGO), where he served as Executive Director until November 2011. He now holds the position of Chair Emeritus at the charity.[1] In January 2012, he co-founded Newsana, an online news community. He served as Newsana's CEO until September 2015, when the business was sold to a Toronto-based creative agency.[2] As of 2016, he was Senior Partner at AHL Venture Partners, an impact-focused venture capital firm in Africa.[3]
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- ^ "Online News Aggregator Newsana Bought by Relish Interactive". LabTO. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
- ^ "AHL's Investment Team". AHL Venture Partners. Retrieved 2016-10-21.