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September 23, 2013
9 points that beg contemplation before deciding on impact investments
Impact investment still has several interpretations. This post looks at market based business models where impact investment is most likely succeed, and identifies a list of checklists too look for when evaluating impact investments. Read more here.
September 23, 2013
Exploring the social impact market in Australia
CSI or the Centre for Social Impact in Australia is priming up for a major conference that will evaluate the potential for impact investment market in Australia. This event will be called “The Social Marketplace”. Read more here.
September 23, 2013
US: What does impact investment mean in the Bay Area
As the fifth SOCAP (Social Capital Market) Conference comes to a close this week at San Francisco, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Director Rae Richman and Senior Philanthropic Advisor Joanne Greenstein talk about what impact investment stands for in the Bay Area, and the scope for this impact-investment movement. Read more here.
September 23, 2013
US: New platform to boost seed stage investment for social enterprises
Impact Assets, a nonprofit financial services company focusing on impact investment recently launched the Seed Ventures Platform to address the lack of seed capital available to social enterprises. This platform enables Impact Asset’s donor advised fund (DAF) Giving Fund to recommend capital investments of amounts as low as US$2500 for […]
September 23, 2013
US: Lower-net-worth individuals more interested in impact investment
A recent research by Spectrem Group found that nearly half of all investors have become more involved in socially responsible investing, and most of this “benevolence” comes from individuals with annual income less than US$100,000. Only 31% of millionaires (net worth between US$1-5 million) and 40% of mass affluent investors […]
September 23, 2013
How impact investment, has indeed made impact
This post is a summary of conclusions from the Duke’s Centre for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship where 13 impact investing funds and foundations were recently studied with the objective of proving that impact investing, has indeed made an impact. From these studies, 3 unique insights were gathered about what […]
September 23, 2013
Impact investment not able to find its financial-social balance?
This post is in response to a recent article in SSIR (Stanford Social Innovation Review) that writes about the difficulty of achieving real impact while being mindful of the financial aspect of impact investments. This SSIR post got heartfelt responses from more than 18 of the world’s leaders in the […]
September 23, 2013
US: How Kickstarter helps social enterprise
According to this post by Spencer Toyoma, the co-creator of a graphic novel that focuses on the issues of human trafficking in the third world countries, Kickstarter is a platform that should essentially be explored by all social enterprises which have product based offerings. Kickstarter forces enterprises to think lean, […]
September 23, 2013
Top tips on how to take your social enterprise to the global level
Divine Chocolate Limited is an internationally known social enterprise managed by Sophi Tranchell, who here, makes a list of to-do’s to take one’s social enterprise to the global level or “world domination”, as this post puts it. Read more here.
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