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The 2013 CDFA National Development Finance Summit offers an in-depth look at development finance in the United States. - Of particular interest, this year’s National Summit will feature CDFA’s highly acclaimed Intro Public-Private Partnership (P3) Finance Course as a pre-Summit training option and a new…
Regulations on crowdfunded equity investments are still in flux under the implementation of the JOBS Act by the SEC. But these entrepreneurs of Louisville, K-Y, are using Kickstarter, the project and product crowdfunding phenomenon, to start local businesses through community action…
Meritus Ventures is a $36.4 million venture capital fund formed to make equity investments in private, expansion-stage companies in rural areas of central and southern Appalachia. Meritus provides operational assistance to portfolio companies and prospective portfolio companies. Meritus makes investments…
The East and Southeast Asia Impact Investing Forum brings Community Development Investment to emerging centers of global capitalism, including Shanghai, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg and Mumbai. In an effort to address the ongoing imbalance in investment between the northern and southern…
CDVCA Member Fund Bridges Ventures Brings UK an Award-winning Affordable Gym and Extraordinary Employer The Gym Group has placed 15th in the prestigious The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For list, the UK’s most extensive research into…
Founded in 1992, Investors’ Circle is the oldest, largest and most successful early-stage impact investing network worldwide. Hundreds of angels, venture capitalists, foundations and family offices have joined us to promote the transition to a sustainable economy. IC has propelled…
Since their inaugural event in 2009, Slow Money’s National Gathering has emerged as a significant new venue for field building, investing, and social change. The event features dozens of food entrepreneurs who are leading the way rebuilding local food systems…
CDVCA members who attend the 24th Annual International Business Forum Venture Capital Investing Conference this June will receive a discount!  Just include the discount code CDVCA,  and get $300 off the general registration fee. The IBF Venture Capital Investing Conference is the…
Congratulations to Grady Vanderhoofven, co-founder and co-manager of two venture capital funds–Meritus Ventures (Meritus) and Southern Appalachian Fund (SAF)–who has accepted an invitation to serve on the Yale University School of Engineering & Applied Science Leadership Council led by T.…
Advantage Capital Partners has invested $7.2 million in 3DR Laboratories, Inc., an advanced visualization lab that provides three-dimensional (3D) imaging services to hospitals, image centers and teleradiology firms. 3DR Laboratories provides 3D images by processing CT scans and MRIs performed…