Fall 2011 Sponsors
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SPONSORS
Socratic Technologies is a leader in the science of computer-based and Internet research methods. We are a full-service marketing research agency that conducts Web-based surveys, builds online panels, and performs Website usability evaluations. We specialize in product and services research and statistical analysis for the high technology, financial services, business-to-business and consumer products sectors.
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SJF Ventures is a venture capital fund focused on delivering superior financial returns through investments in high growth, positive impact companies. The fund provides strong expertise and networks in the cleantech, sustainability and technology-enhanced services sectors. SJF Institute is an affiliated nonproft that connects, inspires, and accelerates sustainable entrepreneurs and the fields that support them.
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Hanson Bridgett has been a San Francisco and California mainstay since 1958. We have represented institutions like the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District for over three decades. With over 150 attorneys today, we have grown steadily through the years. And while our offices are based in Northern California, our clients span national and international borders.
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Fixing America’s Economy From the Ground Up… Starting with Food.
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GIIRS, a project of the independent non-profit B Lab, will assess the social and environmental impact (but not the financial performance) of companies and funds using a ratings approach analogous to Morningstar investment rankings or S&P credit risk ratings.
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RSF Social Finance (RSF) is a non-profit financial services organization dedicated to transforming the way the world works with money. Since 1984, RSF has provided over $200 million in loans and over $90 million in grants to non-profit and for-profit social enterprises in the areas of Food & Agriculture, Education & the Arts, and Ecological Stewardship.
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By listening to general counsel, business leaders and entrepreneurs, and anticipating their needs, Blank Rome has provided exceptional service to clients for more than 60 years. We have become one of America's largest law firms by adding leading talent and new practice areas to handle critical client matters. We invite you to explore this site to learn how our experience, depth, and diversity can enhance your business. At Blank Rome, we see the world through our clients' eyes.
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We are experts in corporate social responsibility, sustainability and cause marketing communications. Our experienced team of professionals has helped leading organizations, both large and small, from all corners of the globe get their message out. We are dedicated to helping businesses have a positive influence on society and the environment through information sharing that leverages technology and social media.
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An initiative of the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Conversations Network, Social Innovation Conversations shares the voices of the movers and shakers of this world. Hear their thoughts and lessons learned in audio lectures on environmental sustainability, government, social entrepreneurship, and more.
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CSRwire is the leading source of corporate social responsibility and sustainability, press releases, reports and information. CSRwire members are companies and NGOs, agencies and organizations interested in communicating their corporate citizenship, sustainability, and socially responsible initiatives to a global audience through CSRwire's syndication network and News Alerts. CSRwire content covers issues of Diversity, Philanthropy, Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) Environment, Human Rights, Workplace Issues, Business Ethics, Community Development and Corporate Governance.
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In collaboration with our LPs we invest for-profit dollars in seed and early-stage companies that hold promise of providing meaningful social and/or environmental benefit to the world.
The PCC funds are open to accredited investors for as little as $50,000 per LP unit. Investing across several funds create as diversified a portfolio as desired.
The PCC funds are raised approximately every 18 months:
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PCC ’07 fund was $1.5 million in commitments.
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PCC ’09 fund was $1.8 million in commitments.
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We are currently raising the third fund (PCC ’11), targeted at $2 million.
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In addition, in 2011 we expect to begin fundraising for a larger fund for institutional LPs.
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Murex invests venture capital in high-impact, early-stage software and technology companies. Our experience and interest is primarily in financial mobility and learning technology, sectors that we believe to have unique transformational potential and integral broad benefits to society. We seek talented and innovative management teams approaching an inflection point in growth.
Murex is led by Joel Steiker and Jacob Gray, an experienced investment team that has compiled an impact-investment portfolio with substantial exits while working together in prior funds.
Murex is currently Murex Investments III, LP. Our investors have included insurance companies, foundations, financial institutions, high net worth individuals, impact investors, and religious organizations.
New Resource Bank is the bank for people who are leading the way to a more sustainable world. They match an entrepreneurial spirit with a dedication to achieving environmental and social as well as financial returns. Their mission is to advance sustainability with everything they do—the loans they make, the way they operate, and their commitment to putting deposits to work for good.
At New Resource, banking isn’t just a service, it’s a way to create a better world.
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Pennsylvania’s Ben Franklin Technology Partners is dedicated to advancing the Commonwealth’s technology economy. Along with productive connections to PA’s universities, industry and investors, Ben Franklin offers high-potential technology companies seed capital investments, business mentoring, technology commercialization services and a complete range of incubation facilities and programs.
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Triple Pundit is an innovative new-media company for the business community that cultivates awareness and understanding of the triple bottom line. We provide expert editorial coverage and group discussions on sustainable business in the 21st century.
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Clean Edge, Inc., founded in 2000, is the world’s first research and advisory firm devoted to the clean-tech sector. The company, via its publications, events, and online services, helps companies, investors, and governments understand and profit from clean technologies. Clean Edge, with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Portland Oregon, offers unparalleled insight and intelligence on emerging clean-tech trends, opportunities, and challenges. Among its many activities, the company publishes the annual Clean Energy Trends and Clean Tech Job Trends reports; produces the annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit (along with IBF); maintains a number of benchmark clean-tech stock indexes with NASDAQ OMX including CELS, QWND, and QGRD; and produces Clean Edge Jobs, a leading online jobs board for clean-tech job seekers, employers, and recruiters.
To keep abreast of the latest clean-tech news; access industry reports; learn more about Clean Edge, or sign up for the firm’s free e-newsletters; visit www.cleanedge.com
Net Acceleration is an Interactive Firm located in the heart of San Francisco, CA specializing in creative and up to date website design/development, mobile application development, social media development, online based marketing and search engine optimization.
Net Acceleration, with over 10 years of experience and hundreds of satisfied clients, offers unique technological solutions for every entrepreneurs idea. Your idea + technology = success!
Just ask our friends at Investor's Circle how they like their website we developed!
Please go to our website netacceleration.com to learn more.
