Big Issue Invest raises over £21m to invest in social enterprises in the UK. One of the UK’s leading social investors Big Issue Invest has closed a first tranche of fundraising commitments of over £21m into its Social Enterprise Investment Fund II (SEIF II).
The social investor, which is part of The Big Issue Group, achieved this first close with the support of existing investors from its first investment fund (SEIF I) HSBC and Big Society Capital alongside a range of new investors including the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. What’s next for impact investing? 2015 was an unprecedented momentum-building year for impact investing, and we expect the excitement to continue in 2016.
Here are our five predictions for what’s to come. Assets under management will multiply significantly. While interest in impact investing is at an all-time high, the amount of impact investing capital being deployed to date is relatively small. Yet the recent Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is just one indication of the changes to come. Twelve years ago, Omidyar Network was extremely unconventional with its “problem first, tool second” approach.” How charities can take their impact to the next level. Jason Saul, the founder and chief executive officer of U.S.
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By Bruce DeBoskeyThe DeBoskey Group Posted: 01/10/2016 12:01:00 AM MST|Updated: 2 days ago Bruce DeBoskey (Handout) With record levels of giving, new approaches to marshaling philanthropic assets for impact, and better approaches to philanthropic strategy, 2015 was a great year for philanthropy.
This trend will continue in 2016. Increasingly, leaders in businesses, foundations and families understand that philanthropy is more than the merely transactional act of writing checks to favorite nonprofits. In the coming year, expect to see: The increasing impact of women Women continue to demonstrate innovation and leadership in the field of philanthropy — and with big impact. Looking forward, women are expected to inherit 70 percent of the $41 trillion in inter-generational wealth transfer that will take place over the next 40 years. More than ever before, women are flexing their individual and collective philanthropic muscles — and achieving greater outcomes. The increased use of PRIs. Catch22 secures Big Lottery Fund award for Children in Need social impact bond - Catch22. 14 December 2015.
Sterling Demonstrates End to Privacy for Leaders & Measurement Model. This week, two incidents unfolded where transparency in media revealed the end of privacy for modern leaders.
The Four P’s of Impact Investing. By Justin Conway, Vice President of Investment Partnerships, Calvert Foundation I hope you enjoyed your Holidays with family and friends as much as I did.
In talking with mine about what we’re thankful for, health is always is at the top of my list, which then elicits my mother’s story of how my strong health foundation started with her making all my baby food rather than buying processed options. Results Released for Rikers Island Pay for Success Social Impact Bond. The New York City Adolescent Behavioral Learning Experience (ABLE) Project for Incarcerated Youth (the Rikers Island Pay for Success Social Impact Bond) did not meet initial targets for outcomes, and no outcomes-based payment will be made to investors at this time.
When a full set of data is available, thoughtful analysis is needed to fully understand the particular factors that prevented success payouts in this case. This Social Impact Bond was the first one in the US. As with other innovations, we do not expect all pilots to fully achieve desired results. But they help to blaze the path— governments, service providers, intermediaries, investors and other supporters will learn what works and doesn’t work from these pilots, and apply that knowledge to improve the lives of people in need.
The Rikers Island pilot produced data on the efficacy of the program intervention. How to Be an Impact Investor. I have a New Year’s money resolution for you that would be good for your financial future and the world’s: Become an impact investor in 2016.
And I’ll tell you how in a sec. Impact investing, the buzzy term in investment circles these days, means investing for a financial and a social-impact return. This Netflix Trick Makes Browsing Categories Easier. Edgar. Remind. You Can't Judge Market Size by This Slide - NextView Ventures. Tim Devane • January 7, 2016 • 3 min read I’ve been meaning to follow up on Rob’s post last month highlighting the competitor slide as the least informative in an investor pitch deck.
I’d like to nominate another: the market size slide, which is usually dominated by graphics like these: As investors, we’re considering the total addressable market for a given product or service immediately upon hearing a vision for it: How many users and/or customers are there for this? Honestly, this is often too simple and retrospective a question to suffice as a starting point for diligence, but that’s a topic for another post.
Slapping billions or tens of billions of dollars with a title and maybe an asterisk-attributed source on a slide will either be glossed over or, in some cases, actually be detrimental. In doing so, I usually consider three types of potential markets: 1. A mature market that has a known and calculable size via publicly available data. 2. 3. Overview — JUST Capital. A Place to Call Their Own — Acumen: Ideas. When the Prophet Muhammad first started to share the words of the Qu’ran and spread Islam, he was forced to flee his home of Mecca due to persecution. He, along with the Emigrants who had left their homes behind for the sake of their faith, found refuge with the newly converted Muslims in Medina. These Muslims — known as Ansar, or “The Helpers,” — embraced Muhammad and the Emigrants as their own, providing them with food, shelter and security.
Europe Tomorrow: Supporting Social Innovation - Keyed Into Hyatt. Europe Tomorrow, a social innovation project, has now embarked on their tour across Europe to promote social change. We were thrilled to host the project’s launch party last month at Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile. The evening was a great success and provided the initiative’s founders – Boris Marcel, Florian Guillaume and Malo Richard – with the opportunity to describe their shared ambition for the three-year initiative. The three French entrepreneurs’ goal is to discover and share the best social innovation projects that exist in Europe in order to educate young people and opinion leaders on the social and environmental conditions in Europe.
Over the course of the upcoming months, Boris, Florian and Malo will be visiting 21 countries to host over 50 events, collaborating with more than 250 partners from large corporates to business schools and ministries. Get a Quote for Online Community Software. Home - Batchbook. Jonah Lehrer on the Wisdom and Foolishness of Crowds. Digsby = IM + Email + Social Networks. Join.me – Free Screen Sharing and Online Meetings. Brewster.