Currently active issuers include: The Active Impact Fund (AIF) supports early
stage social ventures with both funding and part - time, interim senior operational support to provide capacity building.
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.
Not exact matches
«Zynga is being punished in the public market,» says Jeff Clavier, a
venture capitalist and managing partner of SoftTech VC, an early -
stage venture firm that has invested in the
social gaming industry.
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.
Quick Ratio creator Hamid Mamoon, a
venture capitalist at
Social + Capital, gave some widely - circulated advice that a ratio of 4 (4 dollars made per 1 dollar lost) is a good goal for startups in their growth
stage.
He is co-founder of FireStarter Fund, an early
stage venture fund focused on web /
social / mobile investments.
MaRS Discovery District today announced that the RBC Generator, the impact investing arm of RBC's
Social Finance initiative, has invested $ 500,000 in the MaRS Cleantech Fund, Canada's most active dedicated early -
stage cleantech
venture fund.
Toronto, August 21, 2013 — MaRS Discovery District today announced that the RBC Generator, the impact investing arm of RBC's
Social Finance initiative, has invested $ 500,000 in the MaRS Cleantech Fund, Canada's most active dedicated early -
stage cleantech
venture fund.
Ashley Carroll is a Partner at
Social Capital where she is focuses on early
stage venture investments.
He is also an active
venture capitalist, and is an investor or advisor to 25 early
stage technology and
social media companies.
Social Capital kicked off a trial of Carroll's model last year with a referral program of sorts — the fund asked other
venture capital firms to direct promising early -
stage companies to apply through the system.
The impact
venture fund, managed by the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing, will invest in early -
stage for - profit companies with a core
social and / or environmental mission, measurable positive impact and the potential for strong financial returns.
Bringing Science To Early
Stage Investing
Social Starts is a $ 60M +
venture capital partnership with a uniquely data - driven approach to investing in moment - of - inception and Series A financing rounds.
The ATJ Tech Fellows program recently made it through the quarterfinals
stage of the Seattle
Social Venture Partners Fast Pitch Competition, where it hopes to gain a wealth of mentorship and organizational development.