Before joining CRC, John was Director of Development at
Social Venture Network, where he managed individual, corporate, and philanthropic giving to support emerging social entrepreneurs.
Social Venture Network is proud to support the Sustainable Business Leadership Forum, an ongoing program of Hanson Bridgett LLP.
Social Venture Network has helped thousands of entrepreneurs create more successful, responsible and sustainable enterprises.
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Social Venture Network helped to innovate that shift through its focus on values.»
Investors» Circle (IC) and
Social Venture Network (SVN) have both been pioneers in the impact investing and social entrepreneurship fields, and we are pleased to announce that our organizations will merge effective January 1, 2018.
In fact, in the»90s, when the young turks joined their elders in
the Social Venture Network (SVN), an organization for entrepreneurs and investors interested in promoting social responsibility in business, the tension between the business - school contingent and the veterans was palpable.
Right from the start, the founders of San Franciscobased nonprofit
Social Venture Network wanted a «safe harbor» where social - activist entrepreneurs could meet to commiserate, coinvest in deals, and share best practices.
Not exact matches
Accion
Venture Lab led the round and was joined by investors including Omidyar
Network, Mulago Foundation, Choiseul Africa Capital, Mercy Corps»
Social Venture Fund, and several angel investors.
Founded by CEO Amol Deshpande, a former
venture investor with Kleiner Perkins, FBN started as a kind of professional
social network for farmers.
Current
Venture: Imeem, a
social networking site in San Francisco that lets users listen to music and watch videos for free.
Everyone and their neighbor has seen The
Social Network or knows of a horror story about a startup idea being co-opted by a
venture capitalist or a big somebody with deeper pockets.
Investors included the Indian Angel
Network, which made its first
social venture investment, and Digital News Ventures, the seed - stage equity fund of the Media Development Investment Fund.
Farmers Business
Network has raised $ 110 million in new venture funding to support a business that may sound boring to some Silicon Valley technologists but which appears to have addressed a very real need: it's a social network for farmers
Network has raised $ 110 million in new
venture funding to support a business that may sound boring to some Silicon Valley technologists but which appears to have addressed a very real need: it's a
social network for farmers
network for farmers that...
Guggenheim Partners is now accepting applications for the
Network for
Social Innovation (NSI), the firm's
venture philanthropy program designed to identify and support the growth of visionary non-profit organizations.
«MaRS has long provided Saint Elizabeth with connections to Canadian
ventures as well as expanding capacity and a global
network to advance our
social mission of spreading hope and happiness,» said Lesley Larsen, Innovation Seeker at Saint Elizabeth.
I was asked to speak about the topic of «what is going on in the
venture capital world and what is the next big thing after
social networking?»
The billionaire
venture capitalist was the first outside investor in the $ 516 billion
social network.
The Creative Destruction Lab leverages the Rotman School's leading faculty and industry
network as well as its location in the heart of Canada's business capital to accelerate massively scalable, technology - based
ventures that have the potential to transform our
social, industrial, and economic landscape.
Venture capitalists are
social networkers.
Recently, Global X filed with the SEC (source) to launch a
Social Media ETF which will be based on the The Solactive Social Media Index which is representative of business ventures involved social networking, file sharing, and other online media applica
Social Media ETF which will be based on the The Solactive
Social Media Index which is representative of business ventures involved social networking, file sharing, and other online media applica
Social Media Index which is representative of business
ventures involved
social networking, file sharing, and other online media applica
social networking, file sharing, and other online media applications.
For now,
venture capitalist Peter Thiel has put his name and money behind Instapray, a
social network offering «a safe place that connects people around the world through prayers.»
Examples of this shift include the familiar
social media and
social networking sites, like Twitter and Facebook, many people use on a daily basis as well as the likes of Wikipedia and other collaborative
ventures, such as citizen science projects.
VENTURE BEAT — July 31 — Jumbuck, a mobile
social network, bought rival Plutolife at the beginning of this month for $ 3.7 m. I was interested to hear why.
IBM - Enabling Many Different
Social Perspectives and Uses Within and Beyond an Enterprise General Electric - How Fortune 100 Companies are Embracin
Social Networks Northwest
Venture Partners - Roundtable Discussion - Current Investor Market for Mobile and Business
Social Networking Sybase365 - Bringing Mobile Messaging into
Social Media Piczo - Case Study: Protecting Members, Protecting Brands: Best Practives for Alleviating the Risks of UGC in
Social Media Multiply - Mobile
Social Networking and the iPhone Visible Path - Business
Social Networking Panel Discussion PerfSport -
Social Networking Goes Mobile: Marketing Applications and Games Telligent - Software &
Social Platforms Delivering Web 2.0 Next Generation Portals to the Enterprise Perey Research & Consulting - Market Research Report on Mobile
Social Networking Jigsaw - Business
Social Networking Panel Discussion Mzinga - Building and Sustaining a Business
Social Networking Culture Gemini Mobile Technologies - The Mobile Advertising Problem: Successfully Targeting Consumers Neigborhood America - Building Online and Mobile Communities: Multi-Platform Marketing.
THE JEWISH EXPONENT — Aug 16 — A number of new online Jewish
ventures have expanded the dating and
social networking worlds.
VENTURE BEAT - Dec 9 - After announcing its concept for a
social network aimed at the sex positive community a few months ago, Blackbox Republic is now ready to show off its site and welcome new members.
Only experts in business management of Online Dating,
Social Networking, marketing and advertising experts (both traditional and online), new technology experts (ex software, mobile) as well as
venture capital experts will be considered.
Only experts in business management of Internet Dating,
Social Networking, marketing and advertising experts (both traditional and online), new technology experts (ex software, mobile) as well as
venture capital experts will be considered.
South East Asia's largest dating service provider raised the impressive round of Series A from Mixi, a Japanese online
social networking service and publisher of Monster Strike, and Fatfish Internet Group, a Southeast Asian and Australian - based internet
ventures investment and development firm.
Attending the event will be executives from the following industries: Online Dating,
Venture & Enterprise Capital,
Social Networking, Software, Mobile Telecommunications, Online Marketing, Matchmakers, Alternative Payment Processing, Background Screening, Affiliate Programs and others.
VENTURE BEAT - Sep 6 - Andrey Andreev is probably one of the most successful entrepreneurs, and Badoo is the «sleeper hit» of the
social networks.
Past conferences have been 65 %
social networking and internet dating executives, 9 % software providers, 5 %
venture capitalists, 3 % telecom.
Attending the event will be senior executives from the
social networking industry and online personals industry, wireless telecommunication, cell phone and PDA manufacturers, software companies,
venture capitalists, marketing firms and entrepreneurs.
VENTURE BEAT — Sep 10 — Fuego Nation launched as a
social network in January but now it's being relaunched as an online dating service called Fuego Connect.
Over 130 European
social networking executives, mobile technology exectives, internet... dating executives,
venture capital firms and mobile marketing / mobile advertising firms were in attendance.
Over 130 European
social networking executives, mobile technology exectives, online... dating executives,
venture capital firms and mobile marketing / mobile advertising firms were in attendance.
Only experts in European business management of Internet Dating, Mobile Dating,
Social Discovery, Affiliate Marketing,
Social Networking, new technology experts (ex software, mobile), European marketing / advertising experts (both traditional and internet), as well as
venture capital experts will be considered.
Internet dating and
social networking executives, marketing / advertising firms,
venture capitalists, affiliate managers, payment processors and dating affiliates were in attendance.
Only experts in Asia Pacific business management of Internet Dating, Mobile Dating,
Social Discovery, Affiliate Marketing,
Social Networking, new technology experts (ex software, mobile), Asia Pacific marketing / advertising experts, and
venture capital experts will be considered.
Close to 150 European internet dating and
social networking executives, marketing / advertising firms,
venture capitalists, affiliate managers, payment processors, background search companies, affiliates and portal webmasters were in attendance.
Only experts in business management of Internet Dating,
Social Networking, marketing and advertising experts (both traditional and internet), new technology experts (ex software, mobile) as well as
venture capital experts will be considered.
Only experts in Asia Pacific business management of Online Dating, Mobile Dating,
Social Discovery, Affiliate Marketing,
Social Networking, new technology experts (ex software, mobile), Asia Pacific marketing / advertising experts, and
venture capital experts will be considered.
Only experts in European business management of Online Dating, Mobile Dating,
Social Discovery, Affiliate Marketing,
Social Networking, new technology experts (ex software, mobile), European marketing / advertising experts (both traditional and online), as well as
venture capital experts will be considered.
Over 200
social networking executives, mobile technology exectives, internet... dating executives,
venture capital firms and mobile marketing / mobile advertising firms were in attendance.
VENTURE BEAT BLOG — Oct 16 — LinkedIn, the
social networking site for business professionals, has introduced a feature to let people find «recommended» service providers.
Only experts in business management of Mobile Dating,
Social Networking,
Social Discovery, Affiliate Marketing,
Social Media, marketing / advertising experts and
venture capital experts will be considered.
Close to 150 E.U. internet dating and
social networking executives, marketing / advertising firms,
venture capitalists, affiliate managers, payment processors, background search companies, affiliates and portal webmasters were in attendance.
Close to 150 EU internet dating and
social networking executives, marketing / advertising firms,
venture capitalists, affiliate managers, payment processors, background search companies, affiliates and portal webmasters were in attendance.
Only experts in business management of Online Dating,
Social Networking, marketing and advertising experts (both traditional and internet), new technology experts (ex software, mobile) as well as
venture capital experts will be considered.
Online dating and
social networking executives, marketing / advertising firms,
venture capitalists, affiliate managers, payment processors and dating affiliates were in attendance.