In this Commonfund Coffee Talk, the Institute’s executive director, George Suttles, is joined by Upstart Co-Lab founding partner, Laura Callanan, to discuss impact investing and the creative economy, with a focus on how investors can support underrepresented entrepreneurs and integrate these strategies into their portfolios.
Upstart Co-Lab is a nonprofit organization that is working to bridge the gap between impact investing and the creative economy — fashion, food, film & TV, video games and other creative industries — by investing in funds and companies that generate both social and financial returns.
George Suttles, Executive Director, Commonfund Institute hosted this discussion with Laura Callanan, founding partner, Upstart Co-Lab.
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