Check out this great post from our friends at Good Capital!
"Mission Markets Working"
By Kevin Jones
"I’m seeing the infrastructure of the social capital market come together with accelerating speed and clarity this year. An important step toward maturity was reached when Impact Investors bought equity in two social enterprises on the Mission Markets platform. Lumni, an international pioneer in what it calls “human capital financing” invests in higher-education for low-income students, raised $50,000. HotFrog, an online media portal that has yet to launch, raised $25,00.
The investments come from a Family Office and an accredited investor, people who believe creating the social capital market itself is important, along with investing in an enterprise. In addition, Better World Books, a $50 million plus revenue for profit social enterprise is using Mission Markets for a secondary offering. “Secondary liquidity is critical to driving a fast moving enterprise’s growth as it reaches scale, and we are the first in impact investing space to reach this milestone,” said BWB CEO, David Murphy. Better World Books is a Good Capital portfolio company.
The transactions are more important for what they represent than the dollar totals. They are a solid step away from the visionary social enterprise founder having to make endless rounds of sales pitches, losing focus on her company while she raises money. Things that had just been concepts and ideas are becoming real and institutionalized as the infrastructure of the market that wants to create a good world comes together."
Click here to read the full article.
- The Mission Markets Team
Mission Market's goal is to increase awareness of and conversation about the social and environmental capital markets. Postings focus on ways to effectively develop viable investment asset classes within the subsectors that make up these markets, with the goal of increasing the flow of capital, information, and transparency, in support of environmental conservation and socially focused initiatives.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Mission Markets 101 online training Webinar on Wednesday, February 16th at 3pm EST
Please join us for a Mission Markets 101 online training webinar on Wednesday, February 16th at 3:00pm EST. Learn from our President and Co-founder, Steve Rocco, how the Mission Markets investment platform makes it easy for investors to find sustainable and impact investment opportunities.
This webinar will feature 5-minute presentations from three Mission Markets members representing hot topics in impact investing. The presentors are: Leading social enterprise Better World Books, triple bottom line microfinance cooperative, Envest, and Farmland LP, an innovative fund focused on sustainable agriculture.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about Mission Markets and our members!
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now:
You will receive a confirmation email immediately after you register with a link to join the meeting.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
MISSION MARKETS FACILITATES FIRST TRANSACTIONS ON IMPACT INVESTMENT PLATFORM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 3, 2011
NEW YORK—After recently launching the world’s first fully functional, FINRA-regulated electronic impact investment platform, Mission Markets has executed its first two transactions. This is a significant milestone for Mission Markets in realizing its goal of increasing transparency, efficiency, liquidity and volume of capital flowing into these new markets.
A recently published report on impact investing by J.P. Morgan and the Rockefeller Foundation estimates an investment opportunity of between $400 billion and $1 trillion and classifies impact investing as an emerging asset class.
“This is a pivotal moment in Mission Markets’ history and for the impact investing space,” says Mission Markets Founder and CEO Mike Van Patten, “These first two investments show that impact investors are willing to trust in and use our electronic marketplace to find new opportunities and diversify their portfolios.”
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Portland Business Journal announces Mission Markets Partnership with Springboard Innovation
The Portland Business Journal and Sustainable Business Oregon just released a story featuring Mission Markets and Springboard Innovation. Here is a brief quote from the article:
"The partnership highlights a growing interest in the practice of impact investing among both accredited investors and money managers on Wall Street as well as individuals inspired by the popularity of microfinance programs.
"We're sort of a LinkedIn platform for investor groups," said Michael Van Patten, founder and CEO of Mission Markets and a 20-year Wall Street veteran. "We try to provide an infrastructure for accessing capital."
Mission Markets is working with 85 companies in various stages of approval that the company will attempt to match up with a group of 90-and-growing accredited investors. Mission Markets complies with U.S. Securities and Exchange regulations and uses standards such as the Benefit Corporation certification and the Global Impact Investing Rating System to vet companies."
Click here to read more!
- The Mission Markets Team
"The partnership highlights a growing interest in the practice of impact investing among both accredited investors and money managers on Wall Street as well as individuals inspired by the popularity of microfinance programs.
"We're sort of a LinkedIn platform for investor groups," said Michael Van Patten, founder and CEO of Mission Markets and a 20-year Wall Street veteran. "We try to provide an infrastructure for accessing capital."
Mission Markets is working with 85 companies in various stages of approval that the company will attempt to match up with a group of 90-and-growing accredited investors. Mission Markets complies with U.S. Securities and Exchange regulations and uses standards such as the Benefit Corporation certification and the Global Impact Investing Rating System to vet companies."
Click here to read more!
- The Mission Markets Team
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