Unlike a post made on this blog on April 1 of last year, this post actually does confirm I have indeed moved on from investment banking to pursue new opportunities. Specifically, I decided earlier this year to join a venture capital firm here in New York City and just had my first day on the job [...]
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Moving On, For Real!
August 16th, 2011 · View Comments · Personal, VC, socent, tech
Tags:fintech·New York·New York City·New York City Investment Fund·NYC·NYCIF·socent·tech·VC·venture capital
Eyeglasses for the Poor
March 11th, 2011 · View Comments · socent
VisionSpring, a social enterprise that has been featured on SocentVC previously, just announced a new $250,000 fundraising campaign called “$4 Eyeglasses for the Poor,” with a specific focus on expanding VisionSpring’s outreach to areas of high need in India. What kind of impact can you expect to see from this work? Founder Jordan Kassalow explains, [...]
Tags:eyeglasses·glasses·Ray Ban·social enterprise·sunglasses·vision·VisionSpring·Wayfarer
The Student Loan Crisis
November 23rd, 2010 · View Comments · Personal, socent, tech
My friend Mike is the founder of an education startup called Skillshare, “a platform to learn anything, from anyone.” Given his passion in the education space, Mike / Skillshare, along with The Cultivated Word, is preparing to produce an animated short film titled “The Student Loan Crisis.” They need to raise about $900 more in [...]
Tags:fundraising·Kickstarter·Skillshare·student loan crisis·The Cultivated Word
$2,400 for my 24th!
August 25th, 2010 · View Comments · Personal, socent, tech
So I wanted to do something productive to celebrate my birthday this year, I thought that it’d be great to use this opportunity to support a great organization doing meaningful work. The fundraising campaign I’m participating in for my birthday is called “Brick by Brick,” and the funds raised will go towards an organization called [...]
Tags:birthday·Brick by Brick·fundraising·Restore NYC·sex trafficking·Trinity Grace
The Giving Pledge Update
July 17th, 2010 · View Comments · socent
Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft with Bill Gates, has pledged to give away more than half of his $13.5 billion fortune. The Giving Pledge, which started with a challenge issued by Gates and Warren Buffett, has now also gained the support of billionaries such as: Eli Broad (former CEO of SunAmerica) Venture capitalist John Doerr [...]
Tags:Andrew Carnegie·Bill Gates·Eli Broad·Gerry Lenfest·Giving Pledge·John Doerr·John Morgridge·Michael Bloomberg·philanthropy·Warren Buffett
D.light Design Raises New Venture Funding
June 24th, 2010 · View Comments · VC, socent
Wow, it’s been a great week for the world of social venture capital and impact investing! First we get the news that IGNIA has closed on its first fund, and today, we receive news that D.light Design has raised $5.5 million in Series B funding from Omidyar Network, plus all of its major Series A [...]
Tags:Acumen Fund·D.light·DFJ Frontier·Draper Fisher Jurvetson·Garage Technology Ventures·Gray Matters Capital·impact investing·Nexus Venture Partners·socent·social venture capital·VC·venture capital·venture philanthropy
