Hosted by Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship & Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship

The advent of new legal frameworks on Public Benefit Corporations and Program Related Investments has opened new avenues for entrepreneurs to raise money from impact-minded investors. At the same time, entrepreneurs are starting to pay more attention to the value of social, economic, and environmental impact in their business models. This panel will better educate MIT students on available opportunities in this space.

Featured panelists:

• Miguel Granier – Founder/Managing Director, Invested Development, an impact investment fund manager specializing in early stage mobile, alternative energy, and agriculture technology startups.
• Lauren Cochran – Director of Private Investments, Blue Haven Initiative. Lauren spent five years at Imprint Capital leading investments in emerging and frontier markets that provide a measurable positive social impact as well as a commercial financial return.
• Joseph Stieg – CFO, Long River Ventures and Senior Advisor, Village Capital. Village Capital’s has a unique investment and entrepreneurship support methodology for regions of the U.S. that are often underserved by mainstream investment capital.
• Adam Rein – Principal, MissionPoint Capital Partners. MissionPoint is accelerating the transition to a low carbon economy by providing growth capital, knowledge and a broad network of relationships to companies focused on the clean energy, energy efficiency and environmental finance sectors.
• Sorin Grama, (moderator) – Co-founder, Promethean Power Systems and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship and Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship.

Details

Wednesday, August 10, 2016
10:30 AM–12 PM
Martin Trust Center
1 Amherst Street, E40-160
Cambridge, MA 02142

To register for this free event, visit the event page.