Financing the growth of operations to achieve major scale is without a doubt the biggest challenge facing social entrepreneurs. Not only are larger amounts of capital hard to obtain, but the funding available frequently neglects the need to build the core capacity of the to organisations – and can result in pressures that dilute the to organisations focus on maximizing social impact. This panel explores a range of methods and strategies available to social entrepreneurs for financing their growth plans, including emerging ways to create new asset classes (including hybrid, for-profit, and for-benefit models); and cutting-edge intermediaries supporting social entrepreneurs’ financing efforts. And a seasoned social entrepreneur will be on hand to share experiences on the ground in obtaining major funding from both grant and investor sources.
Session Description
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09:00 - 11:00, Friday, March 28, 2008 BSTSpeakers
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SpeakerGlobal Head, Philanthropy Services, UBSMaximilian Martin is Global Head and Managing Director of Philanthropy Services at UBS AG. He also serves as a Visiting Professor at the University of Geneva. Previous engagements include serving as Head of Research at the Schwab Foundation, Senior Consultant with McKinsey & Company…
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SpeakerFounder and Executive Director, Carbon Tracker InitiativeMark is founder and executive chair of the Carbon Tracker Initiative, a non profit financial think tank. Best known for the ‘unburnable carbon’ capital markets thesis, the lexicon of ‘stranded asset’ risk is now common place in climate finance language. Mark commissioned and was editor of…
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SpeakerCEO, E+CoChristine Eibs Singer, ECo’s Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for the vision and strategy behind ECo’s mission to create energy enterprises that alleviate poverty and protect the planet. She has over 20 years of experience in the successful implementation of public-private…
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SpeakerExecutive Partner, SeaChange Capital Partners, IncChuck Harris is Executive Partner of SeaChange Capital Partners, Inc., a newly-formed non-profit financial intermediary designed to enhance the flows of growth capital to outstanding social change organisations. He is a former partner and managing director of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Chuck is president…
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SpeakerCEO, Nonprofit Finance FundAntony Bugg-Levine is CEO of the Nonprofit Finance Fund, one of the nation's leading community development financial institutions that makes millions of dollars in loans to nonprofits and pushes for fundamental improvement in how money is given and used in the sector. Prior to this, he co-led the…