Innovating Finance for Social Enterprises

"Why would a company building a water distribution center in Kenya or a local food hub in North Carolina be funded using the same investment terms used to fund Snapchat, Instagram, or Uber?" asks Aner Ben-Ami of Pi Investments.  Perhaps we should consider "structured exits"...

... that is, deals that have ways for investors to get paid back - and allow companies to grow and thrive - without the necessity for "traditional" exits like a merger/acquisition or IPO.

Attorney David Gitlin discusses structured exits in this article from TheDeal.com (which will download and open up a .pdf).

And, to round things out, the Angel Capital Association recently hosted a webinar called "Structured Exits for Competitive Returns," which is available for viewing here (you'll have to give them your email address to see it) or the slide deck is here.  Both the webinar and the slide deck feature Dave Bisson, CEO of Big City Farms in Baltimore, so they have a food / social good focus.