Webinars

Making decisions about which non-profits or social enterprises to support can sometimes be complex.  What criteria should be used to select the organization? What are some of the KPIs that should be used to measure their impact?  Funders and resource providers often have a hard time selecting which organizations to support. Epic Foundation will be […]

Men and women are often impacted differently and disproportionately by social issues such as poverty, health, domestic violence or education. Gender lies at the heart of these differences. Funders aiming to maximize the impact of their grant making must consider the impact of gender on their target population in the context of the issues being […]

It all starts with a design. Tesla redesigned electric cars for better and more energy-efficient performance; Avatar created a surreal world that took our breath away; the newly completed Shanghai Tower is designed as the greenest super-high-rise building on earth. Behind all these great designs is Autodesk and its corporate foundation: Autodesk Foundation. In this […]

Cambridge Associates (CA), in partnership with the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), has developed and launched the Impact Investing Benchmark – the first comprehensive analysis of the financial performance of market rate private equity and venture capital impact investing funds. Despite the common perception that impact investing necessitates accepting concessionary returns, the Impact Investing Benchmark […]

Global warming, toxic waste pollutions, deforestation… Environmental issues are always close to the heart of mankind. Against the backdrop of a global environmental deterioration, social innovation becomes an important force to address and solve various issues and to work towards sustainable development. In our first investment showcase webinar, we are introducing two social enterprises in […]

AVPN’s Capability Development Model webinar series First Practice Area: Pre-engagement processes AVPN’s capability development model (CDM) is an organizational development road map relevant to a set of five venture philanthropy (VP) practice areas designed to help members make sense of best practices and frameworks in the sector. In this webinar we start off with the […]

AVPN’s Capability Development Model (CDM) is an organizational development road map designed around a set of five venture philanthropy (VP) practice areas to help members make sense of best practices and frameworks in the sector. For the month of July, AVPN will introduce and dive into the first practice area of Pre-engagement. The challenges of […]

China’s social entrepreneurship sector is still in its early stages but its growth expectations for the next few years is exponential given the size of the economy and the social needs. In addition to the regular challenges faced by social entrepreneurs, Chinese Social enterprises face unique challenges due to the influential role played by the […]

View the recorded webinar here: Presentation can be viewed and downloaded from here: Creating Impact – Learning from Failure (Presentation)

During the month of March AVPN organised a webinar with EVPA and Ferd Social Entrepreneurs on the subject of exit strategies and managing exits. EVPA shared some of the best practices collected from their recent research “How to plan and execute an impactful exit” and Ferd talked us through some specific investee exit examples, including some of […]

With ten years of practice behind them, venture philanthropy and social investment organisations are starting to build valuable experience on exits. Building on those learnings and insights, the EVPA Knowledge Centre shared best practices on exits collected in the recent report “How to plan and execute an impactful exit” and Ferd Social Entrepreneurs shared their experience […]

Structured impact investment vehicles provide for increased efficiency and greater impact. Over the last 10 years, more than $5 bn has been raised from impact investors through 25+ structured investment vehicles. By mixing different risk-return profiles in flexible, public-private-partnership structures, these vehicles allow to leverage donor funding thanks to the catalytic role of first-loss capital […]