Join us for a discussion on how to get your first check for your venture, the first in a series. In our first event we’ll focus on founders who received grant funding as their first check, and funders who write grants for the earliest stage companies.

We’ll be connecting with founders and funders who will give you tools, tips and tricks on how to go about raising the type of capital that makes sense for your stage, vision, values, and purpose.

There are so many options out there and not all of them are right for your type or stage of venture, or what you ultimately see as the outcome of your efforts.

What will you get out of the event? You’ll learn how to navigate grant funding as the first check for a social impact business, and how this differs from angel funding or a loan.

What will you get out of the event?

You’ll learn how to navigate funding as a social impact business. Identify other funding opportunities and understand the role and limitations of VC (venture capital).

Themes:

– Demystifying Capital: Social Impact Entrepreneur’s Guide to Funding

– Navigating funding as a social impact business. Identifying other funding opportunities and understanding the role and limitations of venture capital for the early stages of funding

– Getting your first check – how you do it – reality check

Guests:

Karen Young, Founder @ OUI The People

Aliza Shvarts, Director of Artist Initiatives @ Creative Capital

Christina Blackburn, Founder @ Vanguard Medicine

Carolyn Spencer @ IFundWomen’s Lead Product Manager

Moderated By:

Anne Jean, master’s degree student in Media Management

Jen van der Meer, Co-Director, Impact Entrepreneurship Initiative at The New School, Assistant Professor of Strategic Design & Management, Parsons School of Design