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The Social Venture Fund (SvF) has started its annual call for business plans for the 2015-2016 investment round and will be accepting applications until Sunday, October 25th. The Fund seeks innovative, high-impact, for-profit social enterprises to fund during its next...
This week, Ross student Nydia Cardenas and the Social Venture Fund were featured in The Los Angeles Times article, “Beyond profits: Millennials embrace investing for social good.” In the article, Cardenas says Wall Street needs a makeover, and she thinks finance can...
The Institute today announced that its three student-led venture funds are all actively seeking business plans to consider in their respective 2014-2015 investment rounds. The Wolverine Venture Fund, Zell Commercialization Fund and Social Venture Fund together have...
The Institute today announced that its Social Venture Fund has participated in a Series AA round of financing for Loveland Technologies, a Detroit -based social web mapping company. The Social Venture Fund was part of a syndicate of investors. The Social Venture Fund,...
The Social Venture Fund, the nation’s first student-led impact investing fund, has participated in a bridge financing round for Powerhouse Dynamics, a cloud-based provider of enterprise energy and asset management solutions. Powerhouse Dynamics secured Series A...
Sarah Schmid at Xconomy recently connected with Vinay Bhargava, CEO and co-founder of ed tech startup Mytonomy, to discuss his experience bringing the idea for his company to fruition. Vinay outlines the challenges he has faced and the accomplishments he has achieved,...
The Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies today announced that its Social Venture Fund, the nation’s first student-led impact investing fund, has participated in a seed stage round of financing in Mytonomy, Inc., a video storytelling platform for college...
The completion of two first-of-their-kind investments by the Social Venture Fund in 2012 represents a major milestone for the Ross School of Business and the Zell Lurie Institute. Multidisciplinary teams of Michigan students spent more than a year sourcing deals,...
The Social Venture Fund today announced that it has closed its second investment this year in Louisiana-based sustainable food provider Jack & Jake’s. Led by founder and CEO John Burns, Jack & Jake’s aims to stimulate the economy and support Louisiana...
Check out this piece from Tom Henderson on UM's student-led Social Venture Fund's investment in LearnZillion: The Social Venture Fund, a new fund operated by students at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, announced its first investment this...