Tips for How to Raise your First Impact Fund If you’re planning to raise money for your new impact venture fund, get ready for a long, challenging and uncertain road. From our successful efforts with Unitus Ventures (formerly Unitus Seed Fund), and our colleagues’ efforts with Elevar Equity and Unitus Impact, I can tell you it’s a very […] Read More
What does “Impact” mean in the context of the Capria Accelerator? The term “impact investing” has been around for about 10 years. Since the field is still young, impact is a broadly used term, with different meanings to different people. There are many types of impact investors including some with specific definitions such as: Improving […] Read More
Revenue-based financing is a strong alternative structure for high-risk investments in emerging markets With few exceptions, venture capital has used the same preferred equity structure for decades. While this “one-size-fits-all” approach to financing has its advantages, it is often an inappropriate structure. This is particularly true in non-OECD countries, where private equity markets are not […] Read More
First-time fund managers have a hard time raising capital in any area of private equity. Add in low-income customers, challenging frontier markets and a requirement for demonstrable social impact and first-time social-impact fund managers face even greater obstacles. Yet without the ability to raise their first funds, even the sharpest impact fund managers won’t be […] Read More
Investing in and supporting 40 entrepreneurs setting up early-stage impact venture funds; Leveraging Unitus’ 15 years of experience accelerating financial services startups. Seattle, WA, September 8, 2015 – Capria announced today the launch of Capria Accelerator, the first global business accelerator for impact VCs. Capria will invest in, support and help capitalize new fund managers […] Read More
First time fund managers have some unique and significant challenges When I met with hundreds of LPs to pitch them on our first fund, Unitus Ventures (formerly Unitus Seed Fund), one of the largest obstacles was the fact that we were “first-time fund managers.” We had years of relevant experience with: Personal angel investing Participating in fund investment […] Read More
Applications for Cohort 1 are open! Deadline is October 31, 2015! Here are some tips for how to improve your likelihood of being accepted into the Capria Accelerator program. Tip 1: Apply as early as you can Our applications are accepted on a rolling basis, so the earlier you submit, the sooner we will evaluate […] Read More
Why an Accelerator for Venture Capital? After launching our first venture fund in India in 2012, my partner Dave and I wanted to find a model to extend our early-stage impact investing globally. We knew from decades of combined experience about the challenges of investing at the seed stage. We also knew of the imperative to have […] Read More
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