SOCAP Global

It's that time of year again where we get to promote our incredible Fellows who are joining us at SOCAP Global this year. All of our entrepreneurs are doing deep, impactful work all across the globe from a variety of different sectors. Each week, we will be featuring one of them for our community to get to know and hopefully, to connect them with potential funders and others in our network. This week, I am excited to introduce to you all, Aarav Chavda, Co-Founder and CEO of INVERSA Leathers, which has created a new category of leathers, Invasive™ Leathers, each one addressing a unique environmental crisis. By removing harmful animals, INVERSA accomplishes two things: creating beautiful leathers for the fashion industry and reviving ecosystems around the world. For more about their venture, visit their website at https://lnkd.in/ecA6sRcv

"The best, most effective, most authentic real estate and housing strategies hold community at the center. They’re done in collaboration with the community, not to the community by an outside group.” – Nina Tschinkel, Vice President at Catalyst Opportunity Funds This new Money + Meaning episode features leaders in healthcare and finance who discuss how they’re partnering and innovating to address the housing affordability crisis through models that expand the housing stock and provide wraparound services for social and financial impact: https://lnkd.in/gSpMbmW8 Tune in to hear from: • Andy McMahon, Vice President of Impact Investment of UnitedHealth Group • Celia Smoot, Senior Vice President of KeyBank • Jeremy Keele, Managing Partner of Catalyst Opportunity Funds • Nina Tschinkel, Vice President at Catalyst Opportunity Funds [Image description: Graphic for the Money and Meaning episode "Cross-Sector Collaboration Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis."]

Imagine ✨ : having hundreds of hours of conversations 👩💻 with thought leaders, partners, experts, and friends about a unique set of questions that unites us: ❓ What are the most pressing topics in your side of the impact sector that we must absolutely talk about? ❓ Whose voices are we missing and should be elevated? ❓ And, how do we present this content in a compelling way that breaks silos and questions our own echo chambers? The result of these hundreds of hours is what we celebrate at SOCAP Global today: we released our early preview of titles featured in this year’s SOCAP Global Agenda. You can take a look at what we are planning here 👉 https://lnkd.in/enWcjfA2 Here is a taste of what is coming: 🗒 Evaluating AI Companies and Products: A Hands-on Workshop for Investors (Ravit Dotan, PhD) 🗒 How Can We Transform the Stories that Maintain Broken Systems? (Akira Nakahara, Ellen McGirt, Trevor Smith) 🗒 Systemic Change: Addressing Racism, Intergenerational Trauma, and Mental Health in Impact Investing (Jimmie Briggs, Dr Olajide Williams, Lori Rose Benson, #chuckD ) 🗒 Impact Acquisitions Funds: Surfing the ‘Silver Tsunami’ towards Regenerative Economic Transition (Cordell Jacks, Allegra Stennett, Carla Langhorst ) 🗒 Scaling an Amazon Forest-Based Food Systems (Augusto Bauer, Marcelo Cwerner ) 🗒 Putting Nature on the Balance Sheet: Transitioning Corporate Responsibility from the CSO to the CFO ( Samantha Power, Gilad Goren, Natural Capital Project ) Plenty more where this came from! You can jump directly to the agenda preview here: https://lnkd.in/e_JbK5z7 Who is coming to SOCAP? Will I see you there? 🤚 (please, mention friends who should be there too!)

We love this clip of Joshua Haynes, Founding Partner of Masawa, live from #SOCAP23. ⭐️ Joshua has vast experience in mental health and well-being and helped shape the "Well-Being for Impact" track at last year's convening. We will be building further at this year's event, centered around the theme of Going Deeper: Catalyzing Systems Change. #SOCAP24 will encourage our community to critically examine our practices and challenge ourselves to delve deeper. Explore the agenda here and meet us in San Francisco this October! https://hubs.la/Q02HFz900

Check out this unique opportunity for investors + spread the word! #SOCAP24 attendees can join our Investment Matching Program to help identify investment opportunities aligned with their specific areas of interest. Our partners at Toniic will apply their innovative investment matching technology to pair investors with entrepreneurs from the 2024 SOCAP Fellowship, a highly curated and competitively selected cohort of investment-ready social enterprises. ⭐️ Interested in participating? Learn more here (and register for SOCAP24 if you haven't already!): https://hubs.la/Q02HfZxP0 [Image description: Investment Matching Program. Toniic + SOCAP24.]

The 2024 #SorensonImpactSummit brought together thought leaders from various sectors and around the world to work toward one common goal: build a brighter future. Attendees challenged one another with compelling and inspirational conversations, shared ideas, best practices, and lessons learned, and leaned on each other to identify new ways forward. The Summit aims to inspire outcomes that move beyond the status quo and extend beyond the event itself. In this roundup of key insights from the event, we explore common themes and the most significant takeaways that can influence positive change within the impact investing community and beyond.

📢 There’s still time to save $700 on your #SOCAP24 ticket! Register now before the ticket price goes up to $2,299 at midnight PT. Now is the time to dig in — to impact, to bridge divides, to envision a new system, to build a stronger community. Join us in San Francisco from October 28 to 30 and be part of the movement. We hope to see you there! https://hubs.la/Q02GMd0p0 [Image description: Last chance to save $700. Register now. Full price $2,599. Current price $1,899.]

🎟️ ICYMI: The #SOCAP24 ticket price goes up tomorrow! Register today today to save $700 off the full-price ticket. https://hubs.la/Q02GD9yX0 Plus, explore the just-released #SOCAP24 agenda and plan your trip! SOCAP24 will take place from October 28 to 30 in the heart of San Francisco. Changemakers from across the impact ecosystem and around the world will gather to connect, collaborate, and find inspiration to catalyze systems change. Join us as we further facilitate authentic relationship-building across silos, geographics, approaches, and philosophies to move capital toward investible, scalable solutions. https://hubs.la/Q02GDvnv0 [Image description: Last chance to save $700. Price goes up July 16! Register now. Full price $2,599. Current price $1,899.]

Announcing the #SOCAP24 agenda! ⭐️ Filled with powerful sessions, actionable workshops, and opportunities to connect, the SOCAP24 agenda is designed to meet attendees’ individual needs and help them drive their mission forward. The agenda maximizes our time together with three full days of content, conversations, and relationship-building. SOCAP24 kicks off first thing on October 28 and wraps up the afternoon of October 30 with a party in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Gardens! While some details are still being finalized, we’re eager to share the agenda so you can plan your SOCAP24 schedule and travel. (👀 Look for additional details, speakers, and updates in the coming weeks!) ➡️ Learn about exciting updates to this year’s agenda, new content highlights, intentional networking opportunities, and more! https://hubs.la/Q02Gfx3s0 ➡️ PS: Register for #SOCAP24 today to save $700 off the full-price ticket! Don’t wait — starting Tuesday, July 16, SOCAP24 tickets jump to $2,299. https://hubs.la/Q02GfjZG0 [Image description: Gif announcing the SOCAP24 agenda release.]

As we gear up for #SOCAP24, we're revisiting insightful conversations from last year's flagship convening. Watch three #SOCAP23 conversations dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion: ⭐️ 𝗗𝗘𝗜 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹: 𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿, 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 | Speakers critically examine the complexities of wealth transfer, addressing historical inequalities and creating opportunities for underrepresented communities. This session features Malvika Bhagwat (Owl Ventures); Noramay Cadena (Supply Change Capital); Stephen DeBerry (BRONZE); and David Bank (ImpactAlpha): https://lnkd.in/gmxicDFg ⭐️ 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀: 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘀 | Industry-leading allocators share how assessing diversity, equity, and inclusion as part of their due diligence process drives their portfolios to outperform their benchmarks and peers. Tune in to hear from Casey Shultz (Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation); Claude Grunitzky (The Equity Alliance); Jennifer Keiser Neundorfer (January Ventures); and Ashley Hopkinson (Solutions Journalism Network): https://lnkd.in/gKfs9Avp ⭐️ 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱-𝗟𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗔 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 | UNICEF, Save the Children, and other partners unveil the first-ever child lens investing approach, showcasing bottom-line benefits when kids are prioritized. Watch the session to hear from Caitlin Rosser (Calvert Impact ); Cristina Shapiro (UNICEF USA Impact Fund for Children); Preeth Gowdar (Save the Children Global Ventures); and David Bank (ImpactAlpha):https://lnkd.in/gfw4j2v9 Watch all of last year's conversations and get excited for the thought-provoking and forward-looking conversations that will take place at #SOCAP24. We can't wait to see you in October! https://lnkd.in/gR-izGxM [Image description: Carousel that reads "3 Must-Watch Conversations on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from SOCAP23" followed by graphics for the three sessions.]