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Social Ventures Australia hires Jenna Palumbo for WA role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... in the impact investment space," SVA said. SVA plays a key role in managing Western Australia's AU$10 million Social Enterprise Fund and supports social ventures across the state working to improve education and employment outcomes for people experiencing ...

Addis, Blackburn-Wright open impact investment firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Blackburn-Wright have extensive experience in impact investment. During Addis' time at DEEWR, the department created the Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF), under which the federal government provided AU$20 million in one-off grants ...

Interest spurs new developments in social enterprise funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... fundraising for a company or for a share issue of a company or the like," said Malcolm Rodgers, chair of the Social Enterprise Legal Models Working Group and a retired former director, market regulation and strategy at the Australian Securities and Investments ...

SVA names Mark Herbertt Queensland director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Social Ventures Australia (SVA) has named Mark Herbertt Queensland director. Mark Herbertt, Social Ventures Australia Herbertt has worked in both the government and private sector, in Australia, the Seychelles and the UK, SVA said. He has served on ...

Potential impact investment market estimated at $32 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... are small, relative to what is needed to achieve that figure, according to a recent report. David Rickards, Social Enterprise Finance Australia According to a report produced by the University of Sydney Business School, misperceptions that impact investments ...

United Nations recognition for Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Pollinate Energy, a not-for-profit social enterprise that provides affordable solar lighting to people in India's urban slums, is one of 17 projects recognised by the United Nations Climate Change secretariat. Pollinate Energy and the 16 other projects ...

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... build their own." The increased focus on building the co-op and mutual sector, as well as the development of the social enterprise sector at large is not only part of developing a diversified economy, but also an opportunity to develop a sector that ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... social enterprises can access funding between $10,000 -$30,000 through Foresters Community Finance's Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund. The Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund was developed to fit the lending profile of social enterprises in their first ...

Foresters Community Finance starts social entrepreneur fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Finance has launched a fund aimed at providing financing for early stage social enterprises. The Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund is geared towards providing social enterprise entrepreneurs with access to capital for improving financial resilience ...

AECOM employees to support Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Three AECOM employees will volunteer to join Pollinate Energy, a not-for-profit social enterprise that is providing affordable clean energy solutions to people in India's urban slums. AECOM landscape architect Belinda Dods, environmental engineer Rosanna ...