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To date, Finance Forward has supported more than 90 ventures from over 20 countries with over 2,400 hours of direct mentorship, and engagement from 100 MetLife team members, and, in the process, given away more than $600,000 in grants.
Credit unions are a powerful player in the US financial services industry. With nearly two trillion dollars in assets, $1.16 trillion in outstanding loans and 120 million members, the five thousand federally insured credit unions play a particularly critical role in marginalized communities: they have a 50% higher proportion of branches in low income areas and are better connected with BIPOC communities than larger banks.
Estos emprendedores están creando productos y servicios innovadores en la Región Andina que tienen la capacidad de mejorar la calidad de vida y las viviendas de las familias latinoamericanas. ¡Conoce sus historias!
Read the stories of the founders that are creating innovative products and services that improve the housing conditions in the Andean Region.
At the height of the pandemic, social enterprises around the world were facing an existential crisis: sink or swim. In London, one impact startup incubator, Year Here, found itself in the middle of the storm.
"I do this work because ensuring every mother, everywhere has the access to affordable, nutritious food is my 'dharma'. It’s how I earn my place in this humanity. I personally believe no family should go hungry while 30% of the food produced is lost or wasted."
"My hope is that all companies and organizations will find the courage to do the same, and see the shared value in creating a world without hunger and waste, together. It’s not a competition. We can do this and we must do it, together, and transcend the economic and cultural structures that may be holding us back."
I am passionate about the role of innovation, entrepreneurship, markets and system investing as a theory of change particularly in promoting change towards a healthier and sustainable food system. Food impacts community and human health and wellbeing— it is the most critical aspect of our lives.
For Earth Day 2021, we're highlighting leaders who believe in a world with zero hunger and zero waste and currently serve as advisory committee members for The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation Innovation Fund. In collaboration with Village Capital, the Innovation Fund has developed an investment-readiness program for startups working to prevent, recover and recycle food waste in the U.S.
Unexpectedly landing back home in the UK at the start of the pandemic, my partner and I decided that it was time to embrace the enforced stability of closed airspaces and start looking for a long term home for our growing family.
El Banco Mundial ha encontrado que las mujeres son dueñas de cerca del 30% de los negocios alrededor del mundo. Sin embargo, mucho menos del 30% del financiamiento para startups en etapas tempranas es destinado a negocios fundados por mujeres.
