Impact Investment Forum: Actionable | Profitable | Exitable

29 May 2014
1:30pm - 5:30pm PDT

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Impact Investing: Actionable | Profitable|Exitable

Impact investing aims to solve social and environmental issues using the tools of capitalism. It provides positive impacts in the world and competitive financial returns to impact investors.  Keiretsu Forum members, special guests and community partners are cordially invited to hear a panel of fund managers and impact investment experts.  They'll discuss return-driven strategies for investing in companies that solve social and/or environmental challenges – ranging from seed stage, to venture, and large cap, both local and international.

Discover how investors and business discipline are motivating more efficient solutions to poverty, education, waste and water management, and energy independence.


FEATURED SPEAKERS & PANELISTS

Rick Beckett is CEO of Global Partnerships, they currently have over $60 MM of fund capital across 3 Social Investment Funds (as of Dec 2013).  Since inception, they have made nearly $117.5 million in impact investments in 68 social enterprises that deliver market sustained solutions which empower people to earn a living and improve their lives. They have re-paid 100% of investors on time and in full.


Joseph Williams is Dean of 
Seattle Pacific University Business School.  SPU articulates a vision of well-managed businesses as  change agents having the potential for substantial social and economic transformation.  Host of the recently completed 8th Annual Social Ventures Plan Competition, SPU’s faculty and students are long-vested in the incubation of for-profit businesses that contribute to human flourishing.  Previously Dr. Williams was a sales, engineering, and consulting executive at Microsoft and at Sun Microsystems. 


Carolynn Duncan if Founding Partner of
Northwest Social Venture Fund.  The Northwest Social Venture Fund, is a foundation-owned, social venture fund. Our mission is to alleviate global suffering through scalable social entrepreneurship & impact investing. We offer startup acceleration, unconferences for social impact, support the Fast Pitch competition, provide due diligence analytics training for students, investors and practitioners, and Series A investment capital for promising social enterprises that target financial returns and scalable mission outcomes.


Tammy Haygood is part of
the Impact Investment Group at UBS Securities.  The Impact Investment Group believes Impact Investing doesn't need to mean sacrificing returns.  They use mission focused investing along with return enhancement strategies to achieve this goal.  Recently, they implemented a strategy of buying Tesla, shorting Exxon, and opportunistically selling calls on Tesla.


Michael Luni Libes is Founder and Managing Director of
Fledge.  Fledge is the “conscious company” accelerator, helping entrepreneurs who aim to do good for the world, by doing business.  This is accomplished by an intense, 10-week program of education, guidance, and mentorship, organized as a seed-stage venture capital fund, paying entrepreneurs to join in the program in exchange for a unique revenue-based equity investment.  25 "fledglings" to-date, all this funded by impact investors like you, with room for more.


Will Poole is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of
Unitus Seed Fund.  Unitus Seed Fund (USF) has secured over $11 million in investment commitments for its seed-stage venture capital fund focused on accelerating “BoP startups” – startups serving low-income populations in India. Our strategy is to invest in profitable, scalable companies that also have built-in scaled positive impact on large low-income populations. Unitus Seed Fund is currently the most active impact investment investor in India.


Johanna Posada is Managing Director and Founder of
Elevar EquitySince 2006, Elevar has managed two private equity funds totalling $94 million and has backed 16 companies at various stages of their growth. Elevar’s portfolio companies have served close to 11 million households and have mobilized over $4 billion in equity and debt capital for targeted communities.


Thursday, May 29th 2014 - 1:30 to 5:00 p.m. 

Puget Sound Conference Room

1918 Eighth Ave 
Seattle, WA 98101


Agenda

1:50        WELCOME

2:00        Rick Beckett, CEO Global Partnerships

2:30        Panel Presentations and Discussion, moderated by Kevin Owyang

3:10        Joseph Williams, Dean Seattle Pacific University Business School

3:30        Company Presentations

4:15        Company Updates

4:45        Social Happy Hour (til 5:30 PM)

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29 May 2014
1:30pm - 5:30pm PDT

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