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What kind of leadership is required for the venture philanthropy and social investment sector?
This question will be on everyone’s mind when the European venture philanthropy and social investment community gathers once more for the annual conference of the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) on 26 and 27 November. …
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 …
I’m an impact investor
Endeavouring to ‘do more’ with my money and my life, I’ve been an impact investor for 15 years. Back in the 80s at business school, I learned about the equation: value = benefits-price. And seven years ago, …
For now social investment is philanthropy, concludes London meeting
Let’s start with the obvious. If it is called social investment then it should be that – an investment. Well, yes, social investments are no doubt investments in their execution but actually they are much …
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 …
French foundations make social investment fact-finding visit to the UK
A delegation of 17 French foundations professionals – all members of the French Foundations Centre (Centre Français des Fonds et Fondations – CFF) – spent three days in London this summer to review the social …
Yearning for earnings: what´s behind the hunger for social businesses?
In the hip barn of the twenty something owners of a horse-powered winegrowers on the coast of Maine, the rafters echoed with the buzz of wealthy young people who got together because they were excited …
So is it best to invest?
Right now lots of people are talking about social investment. We are being flooded with reports about the size of the market, the government’s desire to stimulate it and funders are increasingly thinking ‘so what …
Participating in a global community helps you innovate locally
The Global Philanthropy Forum, a community of nearly 1,800 donors and social investors, has held its 2013 conference in the middle of April in San Francisco. The event focused on debating ongoing issues like hunger, …
The challenges and lessons learned when creating bridges between finance and social impact
The 49th Social Investor Breakfast Club, held in London on 25 April, featured presentations from two very different organizations which are working to make a social impact. Bertand Beghin and Dominic Llewellyn spoke about Numbers4Good, …
