A Really Interesting Conversation on Obtaining Major Funding

Posted by on April 1st, 2009 in Partner Education Comments Disabled
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As some of you know, I have a list of blogs I check every day.  One of those happens to be “Social Innovation Conversations.”  They post really interesting and informative pod-casts on great topics.

The latest conversation is a panel discussion on “Growth Finance for Social Entrepreneurs: Obtaining Major Funding.” The panel discussion was part of the 2008 Skoll World Forum and features Anthony Bugg-Levine, Managing Director, Rockefeller Foundation, Mark Campanale, Director, London Bridge Capital Limited, Charles T. Harris, III, co-founder and Executive Partner of SeaChange Capital Partners, and Christine Eibs Singer, co-founder and EVP of E+Co.

The panel hits on four topics:

  1. The dysfunctional relationship between supply and demand for capital in the social sector;
  2. the crucial role of intermediation for efficiencies in deal flow to organizations;
  3. The role of financial intermediaries to enhance the flow of philantrhopic grant capital; and,
  4. a real world example of using a hybrid model of public and private capital for scaling a social enterprise.

Take a listen!