How can risk capital and philanthropy work together to solve big problems?
Welcome to our second installment of the Patternist series, a bi-monthly series of events looking to bring together people who change the normative patterns across finance and philanthropy!
At this event, we will be bringing together investors, family offices, philanthropists looking to understand how risk capital and mission based capital can work together in order to solve the increasingly complex problems in our world. There has never been a better time to create financial returns by solving big societal issues like climate, healthcare, etc., yet these two worlds are often seen in opposition to each other. Come be a part of the discussion to learn how people are currently and how you can be a part of this work!
Join us for drinks and bites and an exciting AMA style panel with those out there doing the work and hear their real world examples!
Our panelists:
Caroline Noble is the Director of The Monarch Foundation. She oversees foundation operations and all funding portfolios – including Monarch’s climate grantmaking and investment portfolios and early childhood grantmaking portfolio. Caroline also leads the incubation of The Monarch Foundation’s place-based climate and sustainability projects, which focus on park equity in New York City and sustainable food systems. Prior to her time at Monarch, Caroline worked on farms across the country studying regenerative agriculture and learning from farmers. She graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Regenerative Biology.
Renée Joslyn is a philanthropy impact advisor and strategist with more than 20 years of experience in creating innovative philanthropic solutions. She currently serves as the Executive Director of the Community Investment Network (CIN) and is the principal of Unboxed Philanthropy. lens. Her approach combines traditional grantmaking with innovative social investment vehicles to ensure philanthropy is meaningful and effective.
Anastasia Mourogova Millin brings 21 years of corporate banking experience, strategically supported by her in-depth knowledge of the commercial real estate sector. Anastasia most notably participated in launching the first Canadian Schedule A impact bank - Vancity Community Investment Bank, and under that mandate she oversaw transformation of $1.3-billion existing real estate portfolio towards impact as well as brought in $250-million in new loans to B Corps, social enterprises and not for profits. In October 2022 Anastasia founded Ombrello Solutions & DanSa Capital Innovation, with a goal to develop and implement innovative financial instruments that transition private and institutional capital at scale towards key societal challenges.
More about your hosts!
Victoria Kennedy is a product leader turned investor. She was a founding partner at Seed to Harvest Ventures, a pre-seed/seed stage fund that invests in women of color building software enable businesses using our product first approach. Now she is working on an opportunity to unite blended capital in order to build companies that solve big societal problems, tying financial return to solving these problems.