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Why We Are Pre-Seed Impact VC Investors
Discovering and believing in a startup that successfully matures into a large, profitable company is nearly equivalent to finding a needle in a haystack. We are on the hunt for a needle in a hayfield: the early-stage + impact startup.
Read MoreChipping Away At Toxic Partisanship – Embracing Rank Choice Voting
If one believes restoring democracy in the United States requires a functional two-party system, Rank Choice Voting (also known as RCV) is an important improvement to our current voting process.
Read MoreOur Plan to Invest in 10 Impact Startups in 2022
We are looking for founders with scalable financial inclusion and impact-as-a-service products that strengthen vulnerable communities.
Read MoreWhy No One Invests in CivicTech, But We Do
If we don’t begin to invest in civic solutions with the same vigor as we do transportation, housing, finances, and food – is our democracy doomed?
Read MoreHow Baseball Revitalized a Venerable Mill Town
Baseball might not seem like the economic catalyst Kannapolis, N.C. needed. Yet for this former mill town, once the top global producer of towels, baseball is driving the community’s revitalization.
Read MoreWhy We Invest in Credit Building Fintech Solutions
You can’t build credit if you can’t access credit. Within this paradox lies our investment strategy: break this Catch-22 by investing in credit building products designed for people with poor credit and debt.
Read MoreBloomberg dives into Ranked Choice Voting
Bloomberg speaks to FairVote, an organization the Sandler Family Foundation supports.
Read MoreIncreased scrutiny makes data more important than ever
To quote a great American philosopher (and pretty good baseball player and manager), Yogi Berra, in the Fair Lending world, “It is deja vu all over again.”
Read MoreNatGeo: How COVID Could Transform the Food System
Temerity invested in 4P Foods at the start of the COVID-19 crisis because leadership determined it was a no-brainer: A…
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