President Obama signs the JOBS Act–Crowdfunding for Investment is Here!
Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press / April 6, 2012, credit: latimes.com On Thursday (4/5/12) President Obama signed into law groundbreaking crowdfunding legislation that would open up investment to...
View ArticleWhere are the Rules for Crowdfunding for Investment?
The short answer is: ask the SEC. The Recap As you may have read here or around the web, federal legislation has passed that creates a pathway for crowdfunding for equity—which enables individuals (not...
View ArticleWhat is a Social Impact Bond? [3 MIN VIDEO]
A social impact bond (SIB) is a unique form of impact investing that leverages impact innovation results with funding. It is an agreement between multiple stakeholders where investors fund a social...
View Article15+ Articles and Multimedia Posts on Social Impact Bonds
We posted earlier about what a social impact bond is. This innovative model is disrupting traditional modes of financing social change. It makes the societal issue the ‘common enemy’, while putting...
View ArticleBlendedProfit Lets You Hangout with Social Innovation Thought Leaders
BlendedProfit.com is a site focused on fostering the new economy, through posts on news and trends, and interviews with thought leaders in the field.In its series of live Google Hangout webinars, the...
View ArticleNotes from Pitching for Good: Understanding Your Funding Model, a Stanford...
Stanford Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS) hosted a thoughtful discussion last week on funding avenues social entrepreneurs can pursue to support and grow their ventures.A panel of five...
View ArticleInterview with Bright Funds, a New Way to Manage Charitable Giving
How do you manage your charitable giving? For many people donations are impulse investments—a friend is running a race to fund cancer research, you see a photo of animals being mistreated, a natural...
View ArticleIn Recap & Storify: Wharton Social Impact Conference (#WSIC2013)
On a sunny Thursday afternoon, over 150 people packed an auditorium at the scenic Wharton San Francisco campus to hear about relevant issues in the social innovation space. The event—The Wharton Social...
View ArticleInterview with Tim Freundlich, President of ImpactAssets and Impact...
Listen to the Interview with Tim Freundlich Meet Tim On Innov8social we get a number of questions about the intersection of investment and impact. And on this episode of The Innov8social Podcast we...
View ArticleMeet Will Poole, Microsoft VP Turned Impact Investor, Co-Founder of Unitus...
In this episode, we meet Will Poole–who pivoted from a successful career at Microsoft to exploring and engaging in impact investing. His work led him to launch Unitus Seed Fund in 2012, a fund...
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