The Blind Project is launching Biographe - a sustainable style brand that employs and empowers survivors of the commercial sex trades in Southeast Asia. We are currently seeking seed capital for Biographe. Learn m

REDF and Application Experts (APP-X) announce the start of their joint project to develop an integrated, cloud-based system for capturing and analyzing Social Return on Investment information. REDF will pilot the system within its portfolio in 2011, creating the groundwork for future development of a system that can be used widely throughout the social sector, integrates information from existing financial and performance data tracking systems, and ensures that data and results are reliable and replicable. SROI Act II Development Timetable - October 2010: SROI Act II Project launch, 2011: Pilot SROI Act II within REDF portfolio, 2012 and beyond: Develop SROI Act II for broad application. For the first time ever, organizations will be able to seamlessly use their own data systems to calculate SROI. REDF = Social Return on Investment pioneer, employment-focused social enterprise and venture philanthropy innovator, author of SROI Act II: A Call to Action for Next Generation SROI. APP-X = Pulse Manager & Salesforce.com partner, the exclusive technology partner for Pulse*, a software tool for managing a portfolio of impact investments, originally built by The Acumen Fund, Google and others now available on the Salesforce.com platform. *REDF believes the adoption and evolution of Pulse and IRIS Impact Reporting & Investment Standards will help to build the quality and visibility of social sector work.

The Global Impact Investing Rating System (GIIRS) is proud to announce the twelve North American Pioneer Funds at SOCAP 10, the largest interdisciplinary gathering of individuals and institutions at the intersection of money and meaning. GIIRS is a ratings agency that provides social and environmental impact ratings for companies and funds seeking to raise capital from impact investors. GIIRS stands for the Global Impact Investing Rating System. The twelve leading North American impact investing funds named as GIIRS Pioneer Funds at SOCAP 10 join thirteen leading emerging market funds named at the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in April. Collectively, the 25 GIIRS Pioneer fund managers represent $1.2b in assets under management and have investments in more than 200 high impact companies in over 30 countries. Learn more at www.giirs.org.

Hub Bay Area and First Light Ventures have announced the formation of a new partnership, Hub Village Capital -a seed capital fund for the members of Hub Bay Area that are launching promising social enterprises. The initiative is an innovative collaboration taking place at the Hub Bay Area that will provide critical financial and human capital, sourced from and allocated by the community, to accelerate the development of early-stage social enterprises. The application process for the first cohort of Hub Village Capital will officially open on Monday, October 4th during the Social Capital Markets (SOCAP) conference at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Applicants may sign up online or in person at the conference. Up to 18 applicants will be invited to join the first cohort. To learn more about Hub Village Capital, the application process, or how you can invest or donate, please visit www.vilcap.com/hub.php.

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