New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Joe Nocera writes about the interest in the good jobs strategy in an op-ed piece released yesterday. Excerpt: At the Aspen Ideas Festival — an annual summer gabfest that presents all sorts of interesting ideas, from the improbable to…
CDVCA member fund Bridges Ventures has released a few short films of four of their portfolio companies: The Gym Group (Sustainable Growth Fund II) WholeBake (Sustainable Growth Fund III) Edmund Street (Bridges Sustainable Property Fund) The Old Vinyl Factory (Bridges Property Alternatives…
Cambridge Associates, a global investment firm, in partnership with the Global Impact Investing Network, introduced a report containing findings from the first comprehensive analysis of the financial performance of market rate private equity and venture capital impact investing funds. Despite…
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a finding that a main source of equity financing for new firms is VCs. The finding reports that venture-backed companies have faster employee growth, greater sales, and faster sales growth. These companies also professionalize…
Bridges Ventures, which manages several community development venture capital funds that are members of CDVCA, has closed on a real estate investment fund, Bridges Property Alternatives Fund III, with equity commitments of £212m – ahead of its original £200m target.…
SJF Ventures has announced its investment in California-based Raise.me, a company that empowers students to earn “micro-scholarships” throughout high school for their individual achievements. For higher-education professionals in admissions, financial aid or enrollment, Raise.me is a new way to get the word…
CDVCA member fund Bridges Ventures recently announced its first investment in the United States with Springboard Education, a provider of affordable before- and after-school educational programming to 6,000 children at 52 public and charter schools. In addition to the financial…
Ira Ehrenpreis and Nancy Pfund, two early investors in Tesla Motors Inc., have raised a $400 million venture capital fund as part of San Francisco venture firm DBL Partners. DBL and its predecessor fund, J.P. Morgan Bay Area Equity Fund,…
The F.B. Heron Foundation’s President Clara Miller discusses the Foundation’s evolution and common myths we see in the social sector. Myth #1: The social sector can solve the large-scale, systemic, and urgent problems that society faces. Myth #2: Investors, and…
Global Finance sat down with Ommeed Sathe, vice president and head of impact investing at Newark, New Jersey-based insurer Prudential Financial, to discuss how corporate social responsibility and profitable investing can go hand in hand. Sathe discussed his strategy and organization,…