Jenna Anita Nichols views every endeavor through an inclusive lens. “We have a focus of ensuring that at least 60 percent of our portfolio includes businesses run by women and/or people of color,” she says.
The beautiful thing about Carver Bank, says Michael Pugh, “is you can see the direct impact of your efforts in terms of how it changes lives and makes a difference.”
Jessica Droste Yagan, CEO and managing partner of Impact Engine, explains the innovative 5P framework and how it can offers people a new vocabulary to better understand the potential of impact investing—and any new purposeful venture.
Arlan Hamilton built every inch of her venture fund career by taking a road that no one has traveled. Today, she is the founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital, which invests in BIPOC, women, and LGBTQ+ founders.
As critical as due diligence is for traditional investing, Eva Yazhari believes that impact investors have an even higher duty to conduct a comprehensive investigation of a company.
A global community for impact investors, Toniic encourages connections and facilitates greater learning around creating deeper positive impact with capital. Its membership is diverse and expansive, with more than 400 people representing twenty-six countries. Yet, the group feels familial and intimate.
The ways to make a positive impact are evolving, says environmental activist Stephen Brenninkmeijer. This includes embracing new technologies, shifting our mindset, and knowing every action counts. As Brenninkmeijer says: “Everybody has their own responsibility.”
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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?
In her work as a private wealth manager, Myah Moor Irick is devoted to shedding light on the psychology of money. As she tells us, our financial journey is directly related to our upbringing, our beliefs, and the way we view wealth.
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.
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.
Elizabeth Funk’s career spans across multiple industries, sectors, and continents. She is the founder and CEO of multi-hyphenate fund Dignity Capital and the Senior General Partner at Dev Equity. And most recently, Funk has created DignityMoves, an innovative housing solution aimed at the homeless crisis.
Jenna Anita Nichols views every endeavor through an inclusive lens. “We have a focus of ensuring that at least 60 percent of our portfolio includes businesses run by women and/or people of color,” she says.
In her new book The Good Your Money Can Do, Eva Yazhari introduces her concept of impact investing and shares the story of her own mindset shift toward investing with awareness.
In her new book series A Smart Way Dr. Mara Catherine Harvey offers needed wisdom to help children learn to earn, save, and spend in mindful and empowered ways.
The beautiful thing about Carver Bank, says Michael Pugh, “is you can see the direct impact of your efforts in terms of how it changes lives and makes a difference.”
Jessica Droste Yagan, CEO and managing partner of Impact Engine, explains the innovative 5P framework and how it can offers people a new vocabulary to better understand the potential of impact investing—and any new purposeful venture.
Arlan Hamilton built every inch of her venture fund career by taking a road that no one has traveled. Today, she is the founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital, which invests in BIPOC, women, and LGBTQ+ founders.
As critical as due diligence is for traditional investing, Eva Yazhari believes that impact investors have an even higher duty to conduct a comprehensive investigation of a company.
A global community for impact investors, Toniic encourages connections and facilitates greater learning around creating deeper positive impact with capital. Its membership is diverse and expansive, with more than 400 people representing twenty-six countries. Yet, the group feels familial and intimate.
The ways to make a positive impact are evolving, says environmental activist Stephen Brenninkmeijer. This includes embracing new technologies, shifting our mindset, and knowing every action counts. As Brenninkmeijer says: “Everybody has their own responsibility.”
Certified Financial Planner Brent Kessel talks about money and our relationship to it in a way that has so much meaning beyond the numbers, it seems like it rips open a new gateway—one that includes values and true purpose.
Within the world of investing that gives credence to ESG factors, there are some terminologies and styles that are often used interchangeably. One common question we come across pertains to confusion between ESG and impact investing.
Astarte Capital occupies a unique position in the private equity space: It is a changemaker. The co-investment firm, which specializes in real assets making profound impacts on society, challenges hierarchal industry norms and creates equal alignment and improved transparency between managers and investors.
Having pivoted from the traditional sector, Jennifer Kenning offers a unique perspective to the impact investing world.
There’s a new paradigm taking shape that encompasses an increasing demand for transparency in how our clothing is made. One of the forces behind it is the venture capital fund Alante Capital.
Its goal is to help deliver resources and break down barriers for bold entrepreneurs, but Unreasonable Group is offering something one step further: a trusted community.
Elizabeth Funk’s career spans across multiple industries, sectors, and continents. She is the founder and CEO of multi-hyphenate fund Dignity Capital and the Senior General Partner at Dev Equity. And most recently, Funk has created DignityMoves, an innovative housing solution aimed at the homeless crisis.