MoFo Impact

May 29, 2020 - Funding - Financing, Measuring
Impactful Conversations: An Interview with Henrik Jones at Buckhill Capital
In this special shelter-in-place edition of “Impactful Conversations” podcast, MoFo fund formation lawyer Sean Byrne interviews Buckhill Capital General Partner Henrik Jones about collaborating with MoFo to create a new investment term, the Carried Interest by Verified Impact Calculations (CIVIC). The CIVIC links a fund’s carried interest to quantifiable
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May 11, 2020 - Funding - Financing, Resources
Restorative Investing: How the Impact Investing Model Could Be Used to Support Vulnerable Communities in the Time of COVID-19
By: Michael P. Santos
For the second time in a little over a decade, the United States is facing an economic crisis on a near-unprecedented scale, while simultaneously battling the worst pandemic in over a century. To date, over 80,000 people have died in the United States from
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April 28, 2020 - Funding - Financing, topics/undefined, Resources
Lawyers Helping Small Businesses Navigating CARES Act Funding Requirements
By: Susan H. Mac Cormac
Suz Mac Cormac spoke to the Daily Journal for an article featuring the Bay Area Small/Social Enterprise Task Force (BASE Force), which is a group led by Morrison & Foerster with other legal, financial, and nonprofit professionals who are guiding small businesses through emergency
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November 12, 2019 - Funding - Financing, Resources
Suz Mac Cormac Recognized as a Woman Leader in Tech Law
The Recorder has named Susan “Suz” Mac Cormac to its list of Women Leaders in Tech Law. The award celebrates lawyers who tackle the tech industry’s biggest courtroom clashes, help build its most innovative companies, and negotiate deals that move markets. As highlighted by
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October 01, 2019 - Funding - Financing, Reporting, Measuring
Impact Links: Climate Week 2019 Announcements; UN Global Compact and Accenture Releases CEO Study on Sustainability; Caltech $750 Million Donation to Environmental Research; Invesco Study on Socially Responsible Investing; LeapFrog Reveals Independe
Significant commitments, partnerships, and new research projects worth trillions were announced during Climate Week 2019. The United Nations Global Compact and Accenture released findings from their CEO study on sustainability , which draws on insights from more than 1,000 CEOs. Caltech announced a $750
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September 19, 2019 - Funding - Financing, Deal Structures, Resources, Corporate Form
MoFo Impact Publishes Guides on Social Enterprise Corporate Form
By: Susan H. Mac Cormac
The MoFo Impact team recently published two articles in the Daily Journal on legal forms for social enterprises. The first article, “ Leveraging Corporate Structure for Impact ,” summarizes the different forms that entrepreneurs and investors alike should consider to help save our planet
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September 16, 2019 - Funding - Financing, Reporting, Measuring
Impact Links: Grocery Store “Happy Hours”; IKEA’s Progress in Becoming a Circular Business; The World Bank on AI in Education; The Tipping Point of Clean Energy; San Francisco’s Waste Problem Turned into Climate Solution; Shell’s Investment in Natur
As food waste becomes a major global problem, grocery stores now offer “happy hours ” as a solution. IKEA’s sustainability chief describes the company’s progress in becoming a circular business by 2030. The World Bank explains how data and artificial intelligence will change the
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September 06, 2019 - Funding - Financing, Reporting, Measuring
Impact Links: Homeowners Insurance Affected by Wildfire Risk; KKR Global Impact Fund New Investment; World Resources Institute Agenda to Solve Food Loss; Amazon Fires Speeding Up Climate Change; 3M’s Increasing Commitment to Recycling; Bill Gates on
Insurance companies in California are choosing not to renew homeowners’ policies because of wildfire risk. The KKR Global Impact Fund received a $225 million investment from UBS. A new report by the World Resources Institute lays out a global action agenda to solve the
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August 26, 2019 - Funding - Financing, Reporting, Measuring
Impact Links: Fortune 2019 Change the World List; Apollo Global Management Debut Social Impact Fund; The Transportation Sector in Sustainable Development Goals; AI in Sustainable Investment; Japan’s Pledge to UNSDG; Portugal’s Sustainable Wine Indus
Fortune released its 2019 Change the World list of 52 companies using their business to help the planet. Apollo Global Management jumps into impact investing with a $1 billion debut social impact fund. In his latest Forbes piece, Bob Eccles discusses the importance of
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August 19, 2019 - Funding - Financing, Reporting, Measuring
Impact Links: ESG Ratings; P&G Interviews; Stanford Study Shows Racial Bias in VC; Helsinki Sustainability App; World’s Most Sustainable Industrial Building; IPCC Climate Change Report; Climate Change and the Corporate World
How can you tell if your investment is really responsible? The Washington Post provides an overview of ESG ratings. Procter & Gamble’s chief sustainability officer explains how she is making sustainability “irresistible” in a new piece in Forbes. A new study led by a
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Topic Archives: Funding - Financing

Impactful Conversations: An Interview with Henrik Jones at Buckhill Capital

Restorative Investing: How the Impact Investing Model Could Be Used to Support Vulnerable Communities in the Time of COVID-19

By: Michael P. Santos

Lawyers Helping Small Businesses Navigating CARES Act Funding Requirements

By: Susan H. Mac Cormac

Suz Mac Cormac Recognized as a Woman Leader in Tech Law

Impact Links: Climate Week 2019 Announcements; UN Global Compact and Accenture Releases CEO Study on Sustainability; Caltech $750 Million Donation to Environmental Research; Invesco Study on Socially Responsible Investing; LeapFrog Reveals Independe

MoFo Impact Publishes Guides on Social Enterprise Corporate Form

By: Susan H. Mac Cormac

Impact Links: Grocery Store “Happy Hours”; IKEA’s Progress in Becoming a Circular Business; The World Bank on AI in Education; The Tipping Point of Clean Energy; San Francisco’s Waste Problem Turned into Climate Solution; Shell’s Investment in Natur

Impact Links: Homeowners Insurance Affected by Wildfire Risk; KKR Global Impact Fund New Investment; World Resources Institute Agenda to Solve Food Loss; Amazon Fires Speeding Up Climate Change; 3M’s Increasing Commitment to Recycling; Bill Gates on

Impact Links: Fortune 2019 Change the World List; Apollo Global Management Debut Social Impact Fund; The Transportation Sector in Sustainable Development Goals; AI in Sustainable Investment; Japan’s Pledge to UNSDG; Portugal’s Sustainable Wine Indus

Impact Links: ESG Ratings; P&G Interviews; Stanford Study Shows Racial Bias in VC; Helsinki Sustainability App; World’s Most Sustainable Industrial Building; IPCC Climate Change Report; Climate Change and the Corporate World