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Accelerating the accelerators: SoCap pre-event focuses on accelerating impact
SoCap2013 brought together 1,600 of the world’s keenest and most inspirational social entrepreneurs, philanthropists and social investors for a week of ideas sharing and deal making. Founded in San Francisco, SoCap is an exploration …
SOCAP: a rendezvous in the social space
A gamut of young – but nonetheless experienced – innovative minds surrounded the recent SOCAP 13 conference, in the breathtaking waterfront setting of Fort Mason, San Francisco. A plethora of investor-investee jargons were used, ideas …
The SOCAP diary
A chance meeting on a panel with Kevin Jones, founder of SOCAP, meant not only that I got invited to attend SOCAP but also that I was asked to join Kevin at the plenary session …
Bigger, more fun and more serious than ever before: SOCAP12
SOCAP12 was bigger than ever before. Some 1,600 social entrepreneurs, impact investors, funders, advisers and other ‘social capital markets’ participants packed into Fort Mason Center on the San Francisco waterfront by day, and bounced from …
How can accelerators help? Reflections from SoCap2012
The opening ceremony at SoCap2012 came alive when five young entrepreneurs stood up and pitched their businesses, Dragons Den style, to over 1,500 conference attendees. The initiatives included the Kytabu Project, a low-cost computer tablet …
Message from SOCAP: philanthropy can help build impact investing marketplace
The convening power of SOCAP hit Malmo between 8 and 10 May, offering dozens of leading-edge keynotes, panels, workshops and co-created sessions. Billed as ‘Designing the Future’, the conference attracted delegates from as far afield …
SOCAP 11 – Where money meets meaning
Bringing together over 1,500 people from 75 countries, SOCAP 11 was a rendezvous for social impact investing, entrepreneurship and innovation. It lived up to its tag of ‘Where money meets meaning’, and saw a global …
Almost everything you ever wanted to know about Impact Investing
The best teachers are those who understand their subjects so thoroughly they can focus on the learners, not on the material. When it comes to the topics of impact investing and blended value, Antony Bugg-Levine …
SOCAP Europe gets down to business
On 30 May 2011, the inaugural conference of SOCAP Europe took place in Amsterdam, at the site of the world’s first stock market at Beurs van Berlage. Over 650 individuals from the social investment world, …
SoCap now must-attend event for people interested in social capital markets
Attendance at the 2nd annual Social Capital Markets Conference cleared 1,000 people, representing a 70 per cent increase over last year. Attendance at the 2009 Council on Foundations conference in May of this year was …
