Why Deep Impact Investing?
Changing the Financial System for Sustainable Good.
Can your passion drive your investment strategy or design your startup for real social impact?
Join us on June 29th 2021 at 5PM PDT to have the answer.
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SPECIAL KEYNOTE
Sir Ronald Cohen
Sir Ronald is a preeminent venture capitalist, private equity investor, philanthropist, social finance innovator and impact pioneer who is driving forward the global Impact Revolution. He serves as Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and The Portland Trust.
Previously, he co-founded Social Finance UK, USA and Israel; Bridges Fund Management and Big Society Capital. He chaired the G8 Social Impact Investment Taskforce (2013–2015), the UK Social Investment Task Force (2000–2010) and the UK’s Commission on Unclaimed Assets (2005-2007). In 2012 he received the Rockefeller Foundation’s Innovation Award for Social Finance.
He was the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Apax Partners Worldwide LLP (1972-2005), a global venture capital and private equity firm, and he was co-founder of the British and European Venture Capital Associations.
He is the author of “IMPACT: Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change” – a Sunday Times Bestseller. His previous book “The Second Bounce of the Ball” was described by the Financial Times as “One of the best books written on entrepreneurship in recent years.”
Oxford and Harvard educated, Sir Ronald was born in Egypt and left as a refugee at the age of 11, when his family moved to the UK.
Our Moderator
Laurie Lane-Zucker
Laurie is Founder and CEO of Impact Entrepreneur, LLC, an impact economy business that hosts the Impact Entrepreneur Network, a 28,500 member global network of entrepreneurs, investors and scholars. Impact Entrepreneur is a research and educational field-builder in the social impact space, and a consulting company that works with blended value companies, impact investors and academic institutions. For nearly 30 years, Laurie has been a pioneer and recognized leader in sustainability, social enterprise and impact investing.
Laurie is the bestselling and multiple award-winning publisher and editor of books and magazines on sustainability and social impact, and he is the author of numerous articles on entrepreneurship and impact investing.
He is also the creator and host for both of Impact Entrepreneur’s ongoing webinar series involving panel discussions and one-on-one conversations with the leading lights in impact investing and entrepreneurship. Later this summer, Impact Entrepreneur will be launching Impact Entrepreneur Magazine, an online magazine and collaborative platform supporting the global movement of mission-driven entrepreneurs and investors, and the ecosystem that supports them.
Our Panelists
Ann Winblad
Ann is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, the first venture firm focused exclusively on software, currently managing over $1 billion in cumulative capital. Since the firm’s inception in 1989, it has launched over 160 new software companies and led investments that pioneered successful companies across the enterprise software sector.
Ann has over 30 years of experience in the software industry as a successful software entrepreneur, strategy advisor, technical author and venture capitalist, and she has served as a Director of numerous start-up and public companies. Her background and experience have been chronicled in many international business and trade publications. Ann has a B.A. in Mathematics and in Business Administration from St. Catherine University and an M.A. in Education with a focus in International Economics from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN. She also has an honorary Doctorate of Law degree from the University of St. Thomas.
Ann currently serves as a Director of OptiMine. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of St. Thomas and a Board member of the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation.
Andrew Kassoy
Andrew is Co-Founder and CEO of B Lab Global, a network of organizations transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities and the planet. A leader in economic systems change, the network creates standards, policies and tools for business and certifies companies – known as B Corps – that are leading the way.
Before leaving the private sector to form B Lab with two college mates, Bart Houlahan and Jay Coen Gilbert, Andrew spent 16 years in the private equity industry – as a Partner at MSD Real Estate Capital, an investment vehicle for Michael Dell, as Managing Director in Credit Suisse First Boston’s Private Equity Department and as a founding partner of DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners. With his partners, Andrew received the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and was featured as a New York Times Visionary. He is a Board Member of Echoing Green, was a member of the U.S. working group of the G8 Social Impact Task Force and was on the Forbes Impact 30 list of leading social entrepreneurs. Andrew was raised in Boulder, Colorado and graduated with Distinction from Stanford University where he was a Truman Scholar and President’s Award winner. In 2001, he was named a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute.
Lisa Jones
Lisa is a Board member and Partner at Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2), where she is a leader in impact investing and strategic philanthropy and serves as lead partner for for-profit social enterprises. She is also helping to lead SV2’s journey toward practicing increased diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Lisa is also a Senior Fellow in the American Leadership Forum – Silicon Valley (ALFSV), serves as a mentor in the GSBI Accelerator at the Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship and maintains her lifelong affinity for the performing arts as a member of the Stanford Live Advisory Council.
She previously co-founded social enterprises, served in senior management roles in Silicon Valley and began her professional work at Bain & Company. Lisa has an MBA from Stanford, and an MS and BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT.
John Meissner
John is the Managing Director at MXV Ventures, a hybrid venture firm that seeks to raise funding from both public and private sources in helping innovators get their ideas out into the world. Their clients are entrepreneurs, scientists, startups, and research organizations — basically anyone focused on solving interesting and challenging problems in the renewable energy and sustainability space.
Prior to MXV, John was an entrepreneur, advisor, and commercialization partner, who has designed, launched, and managed $200M+ in climate tech initiatives for research organizations, government agencies, and non-profits. Most recently, John co-founded a new climate tech incubator called LabStart to match entrepreneurs with innovations being developed at the U.S. National Labs. John is also a consultant to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), where he develops industry partnerships and helps commercialize lab innovations.
“The business of business isn’t just about creating profits for shareholders – it’s also about improving the state of the world and driving stakeholder value.”
Marc Benioff
Q01.
The Ah-ha?
What is the major technical or market disruption? Why now?
Investors are increasingly expecting environmental and social impact, as well as market-level financial returns.
Q02.
Business Opportunity?
Major problem being solved, amt of $$
Estimated $715 billion in Impact Assets Under Management. 88% of surveyed firms reported meeting or exceeding financial expectations using Impact funds.
Q03.
Controversy?
Who is being disrupted? What are the challenges for a startup?
Impact investing is disrupting incumbents at the highest levels, leading them to adopt (or mimic) corporate social responsibility.
Q04.
Entrepreneurial Implications?
How to build business & make $?
Social entrepreneurs and impact-minded investors can transform mainstream capital and business, focusing on People, Planet, and Profits.
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