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my buzz & my blog"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." George Washington CarverWhat is Social Entrepreneurship?Statement of Faith You can find other "Market with Meaning" but you definitely want to see "Profit with Purpose". I personally "Believe in Kingdom Transformation" because I know there is only ONE "Life for Significant". my facebook & my twitter & my linkedin --- 2011年4月20日 星期三，Kevin Jones <info@socialcapitalmarkets.net> 寫道﹕
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| Emerging Sectors By: Kevin Jones Three technology sectors are showing the potential to deliver high social and environmental impact with no discount to return. Off-grid or microgrid power in India and Sub-Saharan Africa, some mobile applications, and medical technology in India have two key similarities.
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First, these technologies are, by their nature, in some settings, a public good. Sustainable, solar-powered microgrid, village electricity, for instance, removes kerosene lamps that kill more than a million people a year through indoor air pollution. The cost of lighting can go down 1/3 for the base of the pyramid customer, and there's light all night as needed, rather than, say, just 90 minutes a night with a kerosene lamp to let the smartest son study. >>>Read More
| A Big Gate Looms on the Horizon By: Kevin Jones With as much as $13 million in new investment, GATE Impact's marketplace platform is poised to move the social capital market to a new level. In addition to new equity, GATE Impact also starts with half a billion dollars from investors who want to mix meaning with their money. The third piece to the puzzle for GATE was linking up with Robert Rubenstein, of Triple Bottom Line Investing (TBLI) to help build its pipeline of companies and funds to match up with the pent-up investor demand.
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A deeply connected, American-born investment matchmaker based in Amsterdam, with experience in Asia, Rubenstein's TBLI conferences - focused on institutional and ultra-high net worth individuals - have been pioneers in the concept of mobilizing capital to produce a social and/or environmental benefit in addition to a profitable financial return. >>>Read More
| Private Capital & Early Impact in Europe By: Margaret McGovern The social capital market is scaling. Brussels, London and Washington are awakening to social innovation funds. Greece, Spain and Portugal are steering hopes of economic recovery towards social enterprise models. Banks and pension funds are setting up 'impact' departments. Family foundations are slowly and steadily moving from granting to risking. |
After 10 years of involvement with angel investors, I experience their profile as entrepreneurial and independent; words like 'government' and 'institutions' and 'slow and steady' are not what would excite an angel to invest. So, as the SOCAP market scales and becomes more structured, as Unltd in UK moves into the 'missing middle' and the European Investment Bank (EIB) creates an impact fund - is there still a need for private capital and early impact angels? >>>Read More
| History in the Making: A recap of Skoll and OxfordJam By: Amy Benziger |
Skoll is a whirlwind. Surrounded by familiar and new faces, rushing from meeting to meeting while squeezing in a lecture here and there, it's difficult to truly digest the sheer amount of incredible minds and catalytic organizations that are in the room at the Skoll World Forum.
I kicked off my time in Oxford with the SOCAP dinner hosted with Rianta Capital at OxfordJam. OxfordJam has grown from a small outgrowth of folks meeting outside the halls of Skoll to a full two days of speakers, dinners, and cabarets. I had the good fortune of sitting in the middle of the Cheng brothers: Paul Cheng of Venturesome and Mark Cheng of Chelwood Capital as well as Senior Advisor to Ashoka. Pretty impressive family gene pool! >>>Read More
| Introducing Naomi Smith Currently completing her Master's in Strategic Sustainability at the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden, Naomi joins the SOCAP/Europe blog to share her discoveries, questions and queries as she travels around Europe researching early-stage impact investing and sustainable social enterprise for her graduate thesis. Naomi is also part of MakeSense open project working with social entrepreneurs from around the world to overcome the challenges they encounter.
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Naomi grew up in rural England and Toronto, Canada. Her love of traveling and culture has led her to be an inquisitive nomad for the last few years, living, working and studying in Cuba, Mexico, Norway, France and now Sweden.
Naomi completed her bachelor's degree in International Development in 2008 and a year of Political Science at Science-Po in Toulouse, France last year. When not having admittedly nerdy conversations about investor due diligence or what that word 'sustainability' really means, Naomi enjoys any excuse to be creative and explore.
>>>Read Namoi's most recent post on OxfordJam
| In This Issue |
| Investor Mindset |
| Emerging Sectors |
| A Big Gate Looms on the Horizon |
| Private Capital & Early Impact in Europe |
| History in the Making |
| Introducing Naomi Smith |
| SOCAP/Europe Schedule Announced! In collaboration with over 100 leaders from the social capital space, the SOCAP/Europe team has announced the preliminary schedule for the inaugural European event in Amsterdam. >>> View Schedule >>> Register |
| Join 'Seed Funding' Tweetup! Date: Weds, April 27th Time: 10am EST Hashtag: #SOCAPeuropeAlong with Kevin Jones, join Ross Baird from GrayGhost Ventures, Stephen Rockman from Vivat Ventures and Wes Selke from Hub Ventures for a conversation about seed funding - why it works, what happens afterwards, what its future looks like and more! |
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| Social Capital Market News Briefs | |
| Social Start-Ups Are For Technology, Not Transformation - Elmira Bayrasli discusses the vast difference between capital flowing to "social start-ups" that address world issues vs "social start-ups" that enable people to network. >>>Read More
Raising 30k for Entrepreneur Commons Mutual Guarantee Funds - Marc Dangeard aims to democratize funding access for 80% of the entrepreneur population that is not being supported. >>>Read More
Grants Versus Investment for Social Enterprises - A look at how grants can play a fundamental role in getting social enterprises to the investment stage. >>>Read More
The Purpose Driven Economy - B Lab helps pave the way for corporations interested in scaling impact; Since 2007, 400 companies have been certified as B-Corps while GIIRS rating system will enable more transparency for investors interested in impact investing. >>>Read More
Social Impact Bonds Will Fail Without Solving the Evaluation Problem First - David Henderson discusses the fact that social impact bonds may be another ineffective funding model if they fail to address issues such as evaluation and measurement. >>>Read More
Why One Innovator is Leaving the Public Sector - Joel Rose faces regulation roadblocks as he aims to spin-out his successful educational solution from the NYC government to scale as a non-profit serving students nationwide. >>>Read More
Impact Market Failure - Kevin Starr suggests that the impact market is dysfunctional when capital doesn't flow to proven changemakers, high-impact doesn't mean high compensation and people aren't fired for not showing impact. >>>Read More
OPIC Call for Proposals for Impact Investing Funds - OPIC invites proposal from qualified fund managers for consideration of a $20 - $150 million loan in funds for social and environmental investments. >>>Read More
Goodwell Broadens Its Impact Investment Activities - Goodwell Investments commits $70 million to expand microfinance initiatives in partnership with local India and West African teams. >>>Read More
The Evergreen Lodge Operating a First Class Resort Based in Yosemite - The Evergreen Lodge, a Bay Area social enterprise, has launched their Mission Partner Program aimed at non-profits, foundations and B Corporations. The program offers deep discounts for organizations to host retreats and for individual employees to enjoy discounted gateways. >>>Read More
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