With new funds launching every year, the emerging manager landscape is evolving. What do these shifts in the venture capital industry mean for general partners, founders, and limited partners?
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Eva Yazhari shares more about Beyond Capital Ventures’ strategy and the wider impact fueled by equitable venture. Her approach is a way to bolster equity and ownership, level the power dynamic, and bring inclusivity to capitalism.
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Rajiv Daya has played an instrumental role building the investment team at Founders Factory Africa, which has given him a clear standpoint for understanding how early stage investing in Africa, and all its glories and challenges, works.
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As the former chief investment officer of sustainable investing at BlackRock, Tariq Fancy led a global push to incorporate environmental, social and governance into their investments, enforcing the messaging that “social good was also good for the bottom line.”
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Offering a keen look at the present and future of our “elevated” economy, entrepreneur and impact investor Richard Steel offers counsel on how to lead in an evolving conscious business world.
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The growth in e-commerce is driving a lot more packaging consumption, and a lot more plastic packaging consumption, says Brian Powers. “What’s key is not just getting rid of Styrofoam, but replacing it with materials that work really well.”
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Impact investor and venture capitalist Dimple Sahni talks about the landscape of boardroom diversity and what women need to do to claim more seats.
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“When I coined and trademarked the term eco fashion in 1995, people thought I was crazy,” says Marci Zaroff. “We now have a standard that focuses on renewable energy, social justice, water stewardship, as well as material health and material reuse.”
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The new report ‘Making the Case for Investing in Menstrual Health and Hygiene’ offers guidance on where to focus funding for strategic and effective programming for this critical female health issue.
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In this new collection of essays, Sir Ronald Cohen, Laura Callanan, and other creatives from around the globe illustrate the need and opportunity for impact investment to sustain and grow the creative economy.
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Successful impact investing in African art and culture requires an appreciation of the local context and the relative value of different types of cultural assets, write Judith Aidoo.
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We rounded up some of our greatest takeaways from the five-day virtual summit. Our thanks to the amazing SOCAP team for producing such a compelling global event.
“Kasha was built to ensure that all women have the health products they need so they can live their best lives,” says Joanna Bichsel, the founder and CEO of Kasha, an e-commerce company that provides women in both rural and urban areas the ability to order affordable self-care items.
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In 2015, the United Nations devised a set of objectives that speak to the most extreme issues facing humanity. This grand vision recognizes that ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies that build economic growth and address a range of social and environmental needs—all by the year 2030.
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Much like impact investing, being a more conscious consumer is about aligning our money with our values. There is no one shape or size, and there are endless ways to go about doing it.
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