They take calculated risks in the earliest stages of innovation, helping to transform promising ideas into successful ventures. As an active impact investor, they offer more than just financial support. They provide vital human capital capabilities, from serving on boards to consulting on strategy, coaching executives to recruiting new talent. They connect promising investees to entrepreneurial visionaries with business know-how. They also leverage the tremendous capacity of Web and mobile technologies to go beyond incremental improvement and make a significant, widespread impact.
Understanding the scale and importance of this work, they don’t undertake the challenge alone. The most powerful force for change lies in their connection with others: business, government, nonprofits, and individual partners. Together, they can use their resources to transform scarcity into abundance and put enduring opportunity within reach of more people worldwide.
