​After investing in a couple private companies using the Wefunder platform (see last blog post), I wanted to venture out and explore some competitor platforms. Wefunder does have a wide range of private equity companies to invest in, but after narrowing down to those which you might consider “socially impactful”, which is totally subjective and a topic for another day, the options are a bit limited.

Looking to impact invest in public companies is limited because these companies are giant, their motivations tend to be mostly financial, and there isn’t a great standard system capturing impact metrics yet. So I’ve turned to private equity options.
 
Title III of the JOBS Act was put into place in 2016 easing securities regulations on small businesses..

The series is a partnership between Net Impact and Robert F Kennedy Human Rights. (https://www.netimpact.org/programs/racial-equity). Here is my summary and reaction to the Feb 28th call, lead by Nadia Brigham (Brigham Consulting) & Ellis Carr (Capital Impact Partners).

​Ellis described the turning point for his organization’s focus on aligning capital justice and equality. It was actually after Capital Impact Partner’s best year in terms of quantitative impact in 2018, that he

Hey Impact Investing enthusiasts! I’ve heard a lot of my friends say they would love to gear their personal investments towards causes they are passionate about via socially-driven funds or stocks, but no one is really sure where to start. So, I wanted to write briefly about my first experience delving in with my personal money......