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The programming lineup at Institutional Investor RPAs Southeast 2024 was fantastic as always, but I so very much appreciated the session on Actionable DEI. Thank you Kim Cochrane, QPA, TGPC , Francesca Federico, C(k)P® AIF® CPFA® , Stephen M. Welch, CRPC® CRPS® QPFC® FiWD and Rachael Conroy, AIF® for your time and experience. A few of my takeaways- (1) Think about DEI more broadly- everyone has a background story. (2) How can you accommodate your employees? Personal comfort and safety can be overlooked. Be considerate. (3) Never make assumptions. Keep the dialogue open. (4) Mentorship and sponsorship are two different things. How can you level others up? (5) BE CONSIDERATE.

This was fun, as always! I learn allot at these LSN sessions. #VentureCapital #earlystage #AngelInvestor #Investing #KeiretsuCanada #Startup #Canada #OntarioAngels #NACOCanada #scaleup #familyoffice #entrepreneur #StartupVisa #TrendwellVentures

In tech, you often hear: "Garbage in, garbage out." Success depends on clearing old data for a fresh start. But, it can be a slow and daunting task to clean up years of data and workstreams. Join us on November 20 to see how PEAK Grantmaking is navigating this journey with President and CEO Satonya Fair.

I wrote a blog about our trip to the techUK President’s Awards last week - who had to get changed into black tie in a train toilet, who wore the best sequins, and why is Play Doh a good metaphor for having a great career? Find out all the answers in the article below! ⬇️ ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/ebaKx-3y

We are thrilled to announce that three of Inflexion's portfolio companies have achieved B Corporation (“B Corp”) certification, reflecting extremely high standards of #social and #environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. Sparta Global, Medik8 and Lintbells | Home of YuMOVE have all been verified by international nonprofit organisation B Lab. Each B Corp business will have met high standards across five key impact areas (governance, workers, community, the environment, customers) and must maintain these standards to retain its B Corp certification. ➡ Read more: https://lnkd.in/eSdXx4qM #BackingAmbition #AcceleratingGrowth 

BIG REVEAL! 🎉 If we’re connected on other social media platforms, you may have an inkling about what I’m announcing today. For those who know me personally, you’ll be aware that for the last few months I have been working away behind the scenes on something exciting for 2024. 🤫 Well, the wait is officially over! I am absolutely delighted to let you in on something big – my very own HMO Discovery Day is happening in the New Year! 🏡💡 Whether you’re new to property investing or an experienced investor wanting to learn new strategies, this day is tailored to give you an overview of what’s possible investing in HMOs as the property market changes around us. 📈 Mark your calendars for January 18th, from 9 AM to 12 PM, because I am hosting the FREE in-person event at the Headingley Stadium in Leeds. 🗓️🏟️ Tickets are flying off the shelves, and we’re already halfway to full capacity! So, don’t miss out – secure your spot with a £100 reservation fee, refunded to you when you attend. 💼🎟️ We’ve also got a VIP Upgrade available! For an additional £100, starting after 12 PM, you’ll enjoy a buffet/networking lunch, gain exclusive access to the special guest key-note speaker Laura Muse, and experience a taster roundtable mentoring session. 🍽️🤝🎙️ For more details and to secure your place: bit.ly/HMODD #hmo #hmoinvestor #property #propertyevent #financialfreedom #propertyportfolio #investment #investmentstrategies #propertymentor #leeds #samwatterson

Join Elaine Gast Fawcett in a webinar to improve your grantmaking outcomes with technology. Evaluate your tech, simplify solutions, and create impact. See you September 28th!

Join Elaine Gast Fawcett in a webinar to improve your grantmaking outcomes with technology. Evaluate your tech, simplify solutions, and create impact. See you September 28th!

Chargetrip is now a Certified B Corporation 🎉 What is a B Corp, and what does this mean? B Corps are mission-driven companies that meet the highest standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability and are verified by B Lab. Chargetrip has been a mission-driven company from the beginning, focused on advancing the electrification of transport and empowering others in the industry to do the same. We saw no better way to affirm this commitment than to pursue our certification. Today marks not the end but the beginning of making business better and positively impacting both people and the planet. And we're not the only ones! You can pursue certification and join the B Corp community, too 👇 Learn more from B Lab B Lab Benelux #bcorp #bcorporation #bcorpcertified

“Knowledge – if it does not determine action – is dead to us.” (Plotinus, ~204 – 270 AD) Delighted to contribute to the “#Philanthropies as #Innovators in #Finance” at #BuildingBridges23, organized by Catalytic Finance Foundation & a big #thankyou to fellow speakers Adama MARIKO & Maya Ziswiler, our dynamic moderator Barbara Buchner & the super active audience for a fast-paced #fishbowl session. The insights? Many in 60 mins. Here 7 observations to inform our #practice once back at our desks after the #conference. 1.     From a technical perspective, #blendedfinance is coming of age. A wide range of #financial #instruments has been piloted. Organizations everywhere are assessing how they can help them to crowd in more #capital. 2.     Philanthropic capital is valuable & can be complementary to #private & #public sector funding. But the universe of charitable foundations is far from monolithic. 3.     The proudest contributions include building #infrastructure. Had The Rockefeller Foundation not convened the meetings in #Bellagio, #Italy in 2007 & 2008, #impactinvesting would have taken longer to take off. Industry-structuring organizations such as The Global Impact Investing Network (#GIIN) would not exist in the current shape. 4.     Foundations can contribute to #innovativefinance by (a) #funding projects, (b) investing impact allocations of their #endowment, the 95-98% of the funds invested at any point in time, & (c) as #intermediaries, leveraging their subject matter insights, #networks & in some cases, specialized #expertise, as the Catalytic Finance Foundation. 5.     For folks wishing to engage to jointly #innovate in finance, the foundation space is often opaque. #Searchcost is high. Similarly, for foundations the specifics of the many #developmentbanks & their mandates are not straightforward to understand. Networks such as Finance In Common – the #global network of Public Development Banks (#PDBs), seeking to align financial flows on the #2030Agenda & #ParisAgreementforClimateChange – can be powerful entry points. 6.     Understanding the different roles in the #ecosystem & where each actor has #comparativeadvantage is necessary to #grow the capital pie together; #capacitybuilding on all fronts is key to achieve this, as e.g. via the Driving Innovative Finance for Impact (#DIFI) course at IMD. 7.     Finally, solving #how-to questions is what drives #results. The fishbowl format – according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary either “a bowl for the keeping of live fish” or “a place or condition that affords no privacy” once again proved a great way to dynamize our interaction.   People into keeping fish know that a #freshwater #aquarium is easier to set up. Yet, to unlock the full #potential of blended finance in solving our #challenges, we need to build on today's more sophisticated "#seawater aquarium" kind of thinking.   #impinv #innofin #philanthropy #catalyticfinance https://lnkd.in/em8xW4pX