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d.light Announces $11 Million Series C Financing, Expands Board of Directors
The Series C round included participation from all major investors, including DFJ, Omidyar Network, Nexus India Capital, Gray Ghost Ventures, Acumen Fund and Garage Technology Ventures. With the closing of Series C, d.light has raised a total of $40 million in capital.
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- Energy, Impact Assessment, Investing
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- venture capital
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One-Stop Site Paints A Clearer Picture For Impact Investors
Sure, the impact investing and social enterprise world is thriving. But it’s also disjointed and often confusing, with a variety of groups, startups, investors, schools, conferences, and even basic terminology.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Operation HOPE and the New York Stock Exchange Partner to Empower Youth Entrepreneurs
HOPE Business In A Box Crowdsourcing Website To Spur Funding for Youth Businesses, Advertising leader BBDO, NYC will help drive "Taking Every Kid Public," a media campaign to encourage public and private investment in youth business ideas; Gallup onboard.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Will Equity Crowdfunding Help Create The Next Silicon Valley Outside the U.S.?
This week is Global Innovation Week 2014, and as CEO of Crowdfunder.com I’ll be participating in the Global Innovation Summit (GIS) in Silicon Valley. The focus of the GIS conference is on ecosystem development. Which is a great topic and comes as no surprise, as the conference is led by Victor Hwang and Greg Horowitt, venture partners at T2 Ventures and authors of The Rainforest: The Secret to Building The Next Silicon Valley.
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- Impact Assessment
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- crowdfunding
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The social impact bond wars
Social impact investing sounds like an innovative way of uniting private investors, nonprofits and government to deliver social services with demonstrable outcomes. But who’s profiting from that financing model?
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- Impact Assessment
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Bata targets low-income markets
Czech footwear maker works with village vendors to sell low-cost shoes in rural areas of Bangladesh, Colombia and Bolivia.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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How to Assess a Social Enterprise
How do we really know when an organization is doing quality work we should rally behind and having a real, positive impact, versus just using the right buzzwords?
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- Impact Assessment
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- crowdfunding
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Impact investing key to unlocking Kenya’s growth potential
Starting a business, conventionally, is largely driven by the need to make profits, and the higher the margins the better for the proprietor. Downcast often occurs when companies report slump in profit, as this is considered not good enough to create investor confidence and attract more shareholders.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing