The first annual Impact Entrepreneurship Summit is taking place at One Logan Square on Wednesday, October 30. Impact Entrepreneurship is about positively impacting your community and providing great financial returns for your investors. Assets invested globally are more than $500 billion. This summit will tackle the following:
- What’s driving this growth?
- Why are entrepreneurs pursuing double bottom line business models?
- Why are investors interested in generating both financial and non-financial outcomes as part of their investments?
- And what does it mean for the Philadelphia region?
4pm - Registration & Networking
4:30pm – 6:15 pm
Impact Investor Panel: Who’s investing in impact? What’s the opportunity? Is it any different from other early stage investing? How does an investor evaluate an impact venture?
Moderator: John Moore, Philadelphia Network Manager at Social Ventures Impact
investor Panel
- Margaret Berger Bradley, Ben Franklin Technology Partners
- Leigh Wood, Social Venture Circle
- Garrett Melby, Good Company Ventures and Social Venture Circle
- Raj Sebastian, Wharton Social Impact Initiative
- David Gitlin, Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld
Impact Entrepreneur Profiles & Panel: How are impact ventures different from any other early stage business? The entrepreneurs will give a short overview of their business (not an investment pitch), their capital raising experiences and the benefits and challenges of running an impact venture.
Moderator: Beth Cohen, RCCB
Panelists include:
- Sam Farmer, RoundTrip
- Meenal Lele, Lil Mixins
- Nate Bronstein, Smart Track
- Mo Zerban, Tern
- Vasileios Nasis, Netronix
Do you want to give a 1-minute elevator pitch about your Impact Venture? Click here: Impact Entrepreneur
6:15 pm – Networking and Reception: Get to know the investors, entrepreneurs, and other leaders in the local impact community.
Thank you to our sponsors and partners:
Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld
Angel Venture Fair
ImpactPHL
Social Venture Circle