While impact investing is primarily associated with direct private equity and debt, integrating publicly traded companies into impact investor portfolios addresses two of the biggest challenges impact investing has faced in its nascent stage– creating impact at scale and providing new sources of attractive opportunities for impact …
An informative panel discussion on the current state of the impact private equity fund universe from three diverse perspectives: Taylor Jordan will share what funds are out there based on over 900 funds that Imprint tracks, their strengths and weaknesses, dispersion across various themes, what risk/reward characteristics …
Cleantech is dead. Investors have turned away and are instead funding vacuous social apps of all kinds. But the Internet was dead, too, back in the year 2000. The most interesting time to look at a particular sector of technology is the exact time when everyone else …
The development space is in an exciting time flush with effective BoP-focused product innovators. Yet, few viable models exist to get these useful, yet often complex products to cautious rural families efficiently in large scale. In this session, we’ll explore how to reach emerging economies like India …
Important 2015 Dates
- June 7th: Final day to submit an idea.
- June 8th – June 19th: Commenting and voting period. All sessions open for voting.
- June 20th – June 29th: Judging panel and final selection by SOCAP15 Content Team.
- June 30th: Winning sessions announced to session organizers.