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Social Impact Bonds (Pay for Success) offer an attractive alternative to the status quo of paying for programs instead of results. Despite our best efforts, the poverty rate today is roughly what it was when the War on Poverty began…
Taking a closer look at household balance sheets before and after the recession, Emmons and Noeth find that younger, minority and lessâ€educated families suffered the largest wealth losses during the economic crisis. They use data from the Federal Reserve’s triennial…
Bridges Ventures (Bridges) and Big Society Capital have today announced the launch of the Bridges Social Impact Bond Fund. The first of its kind, the fund will invest in charities and social enterprises to deliver programmes designed to improve social…
The Case Foundation announced today that Sean Greene has joined the organization as Entrepreneur in Residence. Having spent more than 20 years as an entrepreneur and investor, Mr. Greene most recently served as Associate Administrator for Investment and Special Advisor…
Several of our member funds, as well as some bank investors, have asked us about the effect of the Financial Stability Act of 2010 (“Dodd-Frankâ€) on the ability of banks to invest in  CDVC funds.  This post answers that question…
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…
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…