Impact Investing
After Building a Mail-Order Empire, One Entrepreneur Has a New Mission
With Living Goods, Chuck Slaughter has taken up selling health products door-to-door in impoverished communities.
Keeping Girls in School Is This Startup's Mission
One couple took a trip of a lifetime. Then they started a company that changes the lives of many.
This Group Aims to Connect Socially Responsible Startups With 'Retail' Investors
The TriLinc Global Impact Fund looks for established social enterprises in stable emerging markets that are ripe for growth capital.
This Startup Wants to Shine a Light on Far Reaches of the Globe
Solar-powered lanterns are improving millions of lives while raising millions in capital.
This Elon Musk-Backed Startup's Rocky Road to Solar 'Grand Slam'
After a shaky IPO, Solar City is said to be valued at nearly $6 billion today.
A Startup That Tastes Good and Does Good
Greyston Bakery has a social mission that's baked in to the business itself.
How Revolution Foods Made a Business of Healthy Food for Healthier Students
午餐为low-income students weren't an easy sell to investors, initially, but the results and the social good eventually became a major selling point.
Microloan Startup Brings Banking to the 'Unbanked'
Progreso Financiero combines technology with a culture of financial responsibility to do social good.
How 'Happy Family' Became Healthy Baby-Food Pioneers
This organic baby food startup got acquired and took on some of the biggest players in the market.
A Look Into Entrepreneurial Approaches to Social Change
In partnership with the Case Foundation, we kick off a weekly series profiling entrepreneurs who are pioneering social change, as well as the investors who are backing their ambitious efforts.