Avivar Capital (Avivar) is a U.S.-based SEC registered investment advisor focused exclusively on assisting institutional, public and private clients in the design, development and execution of impact investing strategies, portfolios and funds. Clients range from small to the nation's largest independent and community foundations, banks, institutional investors and families. Strategies range from place-based or thematic impact investing goals to values alignment for traditional portfolios targeting market-rate expected returns. Strategies typically seek to increase equitable access to opportunity across thriving and sustainable urban, rural and tribal communities.
The Sapphire Foundation is a family foundation seeking to enhance the quality of life in the Dallas, Texas area by supporting the arts, education, social services and other creative endeavors. In addition, Sapphire has been a key participant in the discipline of Sustainable Philanthropy, an ecosystem of tools, capital, and structures that spark and grow sustainable, scalable impact.
VertueLab’s mission is to unleash innovation and entrepreneurship that will solve environmental challenges, like the climate crisis, and catalyze shared economic prosperity. We unleash innovation by providing the critical funding for climate tech startups where traditional investing fails to invest because of the high risk.We solve environmental challenges by providing holistic entrepreneurial support to climate tech startups so they are more likely to reach commercial scale.We catalyze shared economic prosperity by dismantling barriers to prosperity for underserved communities.