Accessing Innovative Capital Streams

Saturday, June 7th, 10:15 AM to 11:30 AM
Room 442
Undefined

The new economy conversation includes many aspirational ideas about transforming capital markets; including changing market structures, governance, metrics and incentives, all to redirect investment away from short-term private profit and toward long term public needs. While these ideas are exciting, the more immediate and prosaic problem faced by those of us who are trying to build a new economy is how to access financing now for innovative economic enterprises.

This workshop is designed to help those seeking investment capital understand and access  several streams of innovate finance that exist today, including: Innovative Public Financing, Community Development Finance Institutions and Credit Unions, Private Impact Investments, Program Related Investments, Philanthropic Grants, and Crowdfunding.

Collaborative live notes: https://commonbound.hackpad.com/Assessing-Innovative-Capital-Streams-oDs...

Speakers: 

Sarah Stranahan

Free Speech for People

Sarah Stranahan has more than 20 years of experience in mission related investing, community organizing, and social change philanthropy. As a long term Board member of the Needmor Fund, she helped design and oversee its philanthropic support of community organizing and its integrated mission related investment program.

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Jenny Kassan

Cutting Edge Capital

Jenny Kassan is an attorney specializing in social ventures. Her legal-practice areas include small business start-up and financing, securities regulation, nonprofit law, and cooperatives.  She is the managing director of Katovich & Kassan Law Group, a  firm that serves social enterprise.

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Dominik Mjartan

Southern Bancorp

Dominik Mjartan serves as Senior Vice President of Southern Bancorp Inc., one of the oldest and largest development banks in America. Dominik manages Southern’s corporate strategy, communications, marketing, public relations, capital development, impact reporting, governmental affairs and investor relations. Southern is a development bank with $1.1 billion in assets, 40 branches and over 80,000 customers.

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