Advance Global Capital, Ltd (AGC), is a global impact investment manager that supports responsible and inclusive economic growth in underserved communities worldwide. We specialize in financing invoices for small and medium businesses (SMEs) – the engine of economic growth and job creation and the foundation of resilient local communities. Our mission is to support local, responsible and inclusive economic growth by delivering well-structured financing options that help underserved small businesses thrive.
Since our beginnings in 2004, Aeris has established risk management standards for private community loan funds (CDFIs) and has helped drive the development of impact measurement and management practices in the CDFI industry—a learning curve now being replicated in the broader impact investment world. In 2013, the Aeris Cloud became the first online platform to help CDFI investors understand the impact and financial performance of their investments. Today, the broader investing field seeks a reliable, high-quality tool to collect, manage, and analyze impact data. Aeris’ unique experience and expertise can help accelerate the pace of impact investing.
The mission of the Argosy Foundation is to support people and programs that make their society a better place to live. The foundation seeks to employ creative and entrepreneurial approaches that help people to help themselves, and become self-sustaining whenever possible. The foundation's intention is to solve systemic problems, build teams and communities, create replicable solutions, and inspire others to contribute in their own ways. Argosy's vision is a world where all people are empowered and inspired to make a positive impact on their communities and our world.
The Atlantic Foundation and its related funds is a family foundation that supports innovators, organizations and programs utilizing innovative approaches to address issues of social justice, environment, and the arts.
Autodesk Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Autodesk, Inc (NASDAQ: ADSK). We invest in startups and organizations using design and engineering to address the world's most pressing problems.
A family foundation, rooted in Catholic social values, Better Way Foundation invests in systemic, holistic and evidence-based approaches that support the positive development of all children
Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life.
BrightEdge is the innovation, impact investment and venture capital arm of the American Cancer Society. Today, our ACS Impact Venture Fund (AIVF) invests in for-profit, early-stage companies developing cutting-edge, cancer-focused therapeutics, diagnostics, devices, and technologies to fuel and accelerate ACS’s mission of ending cancer as we know it, for everyone.