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NEIII Fellowship Kick-off: Boost your impact investing career / practice

When
June 16, 2020
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Location
Virtual event

NEIII's Fellowship program will convene for our first meeting on Tue. June 16 through a virtual conversation with potential Fellowship participants!

The Fellowship is a program designed to advance careers or businesses in the impact investing sector for entrepreneurs, investors and professionals. NEIII hopes to pair veterans in the impact investing space with those who aspire to enter the sector, to share knowledge, collaborate in goal setting, and evolve through a supportive partnership. Rather than launching our own formal mentorship program, NEIII will build our Fellowship program around regular social / educational gatherings and give participants access to area resources that provide more structured content.

To date, about 40 potential Fellows have signed up for our program or indicated interest. We have several openings for Advisors (see details here: https://www.neiii.org/thefellowship) who help to shape the next wave of impact investing practitioners. If you are interested in participating as an Advisor or Associate, please complete our Fellowship inquiry form (at the bottom of the Fellowship webpage). Feel free to email [masked] with any questions.

As part of our kick-off, potential Fellowship participants will hear from representatives of three New England impact-oriented organizations that offer structured mentorship opportunities for impact-focused investors, entrepreneurs, and future professionals (students):

• Social Venture Circle (represented by Jill Newbold): "Social Venture Circle connects, empowers, and finances entrepreneurs, investors, capacity-builders, and policy makers in a powerful, diverse, and inclusive network…Leverage four decades of expertise and leadership to achieve your goals through SVC’s programs, events, and peer networking." (More info here: https://svcimpact.org/membership/)

• BonBillo (represented by Julia Turnbull):
>>> Social Entrepreneurship Platform: "Join our online community…to research, design, test and collaborate on social impact startups. Teams that validate customer interest for their social impact startup are eligible to compete for an offer to join BonBillo’s Accelerator program." (More info here: https://bonbillo.com/social-entrepreneurship-platform/)
>>> Impact Bootcamps: "BonBillo offers Impact Bootcamps to help participants validate customer interest and receive initial investor feedback for their social impact startup idea in 1 to 4 weeks.” (More info here: https://bonbillo.com/impact-bootcamps/)
>>> Boston Impact Accelerator: "Join our 3-month Impact Accelerator and receive $10K in seed investment, expert mentorship, and part-time workspace at Impact Hub, CIC Boston. Pitch to the local innovation community on Demo Day." (More info here: https://bonbillo.com/boston-impact-accelerator/)

• Intentional Endowments Network (represented by Nicole Torrico):
o SIILK Network: "The SIILK (Sustainable & Impact Investing Learning & Knowledge) Network is a peer learning network of students, faculty, and staff that are involved in the management and development of student-managed funds, as well as the teaching and development of sustainable investing curriculum." (More info here: https://siilk-intentionalendowments.nationbuilder.com/)

We will also have Carl Valenstein (https://www.morganlewis.com/bios/carlvalenstein), Partner at Morgan Lewis (our official Fellowship sponsor), present on how attorneys can best serve the impact space, and one of NEIII's Board members will speak to how other professionals can break into the impact investing sector.

Sign up for the first Fellowship meeting here!