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Impact Investment: Creating New Business and Financing Models for Social ImpactTuesday, October 12, 2010 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM (GMT)London, United Kingdom |
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Event Details
Impact Investment: Creating New Business and Financing Models for Social Impact
Date: October 12th, 2010, Location: 1 London Bridge, London, SE1 9BG , Time: 6.30pm to 9pm
Panelists: Ben Powell, Founder of Agora Venture Fund and Mark Cheng, Director of Social Finance at Ashoka
Partner: Refreshments kindly sponsored by Ashoka
Register: http://london.netimpact.org.uk
Net Impact London is pleased to invite you to join an exciting discussion on using business to address social issues whilst creating strong financial returns. Several prominent speakers and trailblazers in impact investing, Ben Powell, Founder of Agora Partnerships, Mark Cheng, Director of Social Finance at Ashoka, and Andres Falconer, Managing Director Ashoka UK, will talk about how investing in impact entrepreneurs in the developing world presents an effective way to reducing poverty and unemployment, while providing returns to investors.
Panel topics:
· Successful business models of Ashoka social entrepreneurs (such as Agora Partnerships)
· The field of social finance and its challenges for investors and social entrepreneurs
· Social Innovation Funds
VOLUNTEER
Net Impact London is recruiting an Events Manager to coordinate the logistics and marketing of its monthly speaker series and quarterly Net Impact Connect events. Please contact chantal.beaudoin@netimpact.org.uk to obtain job description and to discuss opportunity.
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Net Impact is a network of MBAs, graduate students and professionals committed to using the power of business to improve the world. With more than 200 student and professional chapters on 4 continents in 75 cities and 120 graduate schools, Net Impact is one of the most innovative and influential networks in existence today.
The Net Impact London was launched in 2006 and has developed a reputation for exciting and cutting-edge events with leading and agenda-setting speakers.
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When & Where
Ashoka
1 London Bridge
SE1 9BG London
United Kingdom
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM (GMT)
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Net Impact London Professional Chapter
Net Impact is a network of 15,000 professionals, MBAs and graduate students committed to using the power of business to improve the world. With more than 200 student and professional chapters on 5 continents in 75 cities and 80 graduate schools, Net Impact is one of the most innovative and influential networks in existence today. The Net Impact London Professional Chapter was launched in 2006 and has developed a reputation for exciting and cutting-edge events with influential and agenda-setting speakers.
Visit london.netimpact.org.uk for more information.
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