Sentences with phrase «changing social ventures»

The Kitchen's life - changing social ventures include providing culinary job training to at - risk adults, turning wasted food into balanced meals for shelters and nonprofits, and serving healthy, scratch - cooked meals in low - income schools.

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Showcase the successes of growth - oriented, venture capital — funded women entrepreneurs in order to change the social perception that only male entrepreneurs can be successful in venture capital funding

The sold - out conference featured an open pitch session showcasing five early - stage social ventures: Agri - Neo, Forward Vision Games, Local Buttons, Specialisterne Canada and Textbooks for Change.

MissionPoint empowers a select group of families, foundations and institutions to achieve social change at scale while preserving rigorous financial oversight, with an extensive history of investing in and launching new impact - driven ventures.

This foundation's website says it is an «exclusive membership organization and platform for successful individuals» that aims to bring about «social change» driven by venture capital funding.

«We believe we are on the threshold of a major change not unlike the early days of the modern venture capital industry...» - Sir Ronald Cohen and William A. Sahlman, Social Impact Investing Will Be the New Venture Capital on Harvard Businessventure capital industry...» - Sir Ronald Cohen and William A. Sahlman, Social Impact Investing Will Be the New Venture Capital on Harvard BusinessVenture Capital on Harvard Business Review

In August 2013, Alter Eco became one of a record 17 companies to register as Delaware's first benefit corporations, venture - backed companies that drive positive social change and now put social impact on par with financial returns.

We're a non-profit social venture that invests in people and ideas that are typically overlooked (and often taboo) as vehicles of social and economic change.

Learning Through Libraries, a nonprofit started by Harvard Graduate School of Education students, has been selected as semifinalists in the Pitch for Change contest, which awards individuals and teams for their new social enterprise venture.

They have changed their old stances regarding publicity and social media, and I would venture to say it's because of the fact it's so pervasive in our culture.

He has extensive experience managing and directing contemporary nonprofit arts, philanthropic and publishing ventures, with special expertise at the intersection of arts and social change.

«Nancy Pfund is a global leader in the growing field of impact investing and has been instrumental in helping to tap the power of venture capital to promote social and environmental change.

Lightspeed Venture Partners» Jeremy Liew explains Spiegel's game - changing insights into social media.

We're a non-profit social venture that invests in people and ideas that are typically overlooked (and often taboo) as vehicles of social and economic change.

As new parents and social entrepreneurs at heart, they wanted to create a joint venture that would impact social change and improve the lives of children.

We're a non-profit social venture that invests in people and ideas that are typically overlooked (and often taboo) as vehicles of social and economic change.