Social Investment Almanack

The Office of the Third Sector in the United Kingdom has just co-published with NESTA and Social Enterprise Magazine Good Deals 2009: A Social Investment Almanack (PDF).  Per the Third Sector Minister, Angela Smith, “This is an unprecedented collection of think pieces and case studies that aims to build knowledge and inspiration among those operating in the social investment space as well as those looking in with curiosity from the outside.”

In the chapter on Emerging Business Models, there’s a segment called Philanthrocapitalism.  There, Skoll Foundation CEO Sally Osberg  talks about how the new philanthrocapitalists are “taking a market-based approach and looking for feedback loops to determine that social value is being created.“  Root Capital, run by 2005 Skoll social entrepreneur William Foote, is identified as the type of organization philanthrocapitalists are attracted to and its ambitious $63 million 5-year capital fund offering is described.

The Almanack has a lot of interesting content, so please check it out.

http://www.skollonline.com/blog/?p=251

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