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DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARD: Funding and Supporting Emerging Social Entrepreneurs

October 13, 2015

Emerging social entrepreneurs need time, support, and financial “runway” to innovate on for-profit business models that deliver impact and financial returns. In the current impact investing market, seed grants or similar types of risk-tolerant capital, like recoverable grants, are instrumental in launching these for-profit and hybrid start-ups, but more are needed.

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