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Why We Invested – PREWAVE
Most corporations’ impact on planet and people takes place within their extended supply chain. Yet too often, companies have limited oversight over the composition of the network of suppliers contributing to the creation of their products and thus lack the ability to understand and manage the environmental and social risks associated with this...
Working Capital Fund Annual Report 2021
Working Capital, the Supply Chain Innovation Fund, is pleased to share its 2021 Annual Impact Report. The report captures our progress against goals, charts the performance of the 13 portfolio companies in which we’d invested at the end of 2021, and shares lessons about the intersection of financial and impact performance. We remain committed to...
Why We Invested – DIGINEX
We are thrilled to have made an investment in Diginex, an impact tech company that uses blockchain technology to increase transparency in ESG reporting, climate and supply chain labor issues. Diginex aims to help organizations recognize the commercial benefits of understanding the ESG metrics and sustainability issues across their...
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Why We Invested – PREWAVE
Most corporations’ impact on planet and people takes place within their extended supply chain. Yet too often, companies have limited oversight over the composition of the network of suppliers contributing to the creation of their products and thus lack the ability to...
Working Capital Fund Annual Report 2021
Working Capital, the Supply Chain Innovation Fund, is pleased to share its 2021 Annual Impact Report. The report captures our progress against goals, charts the performance of the 13 portfolio companies in which we’d invested at the end of 2021, and shares lessons...
Why We Invested – DIGINEX
We are thrilled to have made an investment in Diginex, an impact tech company that uses blockchain technology to increase transparency in ESG reporting, climate and supply chain labor issues. Diginex aims to help organizations recognize the commercial...
Working Capital Fund leads $5M round to support Provenance to Tackle Greenwashing with Transparency Tech
To change global supply chains for the better, we urgently need greater transparency about consumer products’ social and environmental impact as they move from source to production and to the store for consumers to purchase -- --Provenance addresses the lack of...
We’re Hiring
We're Hiring! Working Capital is looking for An INVESTMENT ASSOCIATE AND A 2022 Summer ASSOCIATE Please refer to the attached JDs. Interested candidates should email their resumes to [email protected] Thank you for your interest! WCIF Summer...
There’s a Market for Social Change, So Why Not Invest In It?
A Response to openDemocracy's 'The blindness of using venture capital to fight human trafficking' WORKING CAPITAL FUND TAKES ON THE PROBLEM OF FORCED LABOR AND EXPLOITATION IN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS WITH VENTURE CAPITAL.openDemocracy published an article titled...
The Fund’s 2021 Annual Meeting
-- 5TH Annual Working Capital Virtual Event SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2021 In late September we hosted our fifth Annual Meeting of Limited Partners and portfolio companies. We heard presentations from WCIF’s newest investments. We also convened three Workshops on topics that...
Working Capital Innovation Investment Fund (WCIF) makes pioneering Investment in Honest Job Holdings LTD
-- Partnership Seeks to Disrupt Exploitative Labor Recruitment And Reduce Risks of Forced Labor in Supply Chains San Francisco, September 2nd, 2021- The Working Capital Innovation Fund (WCIF) announced today a $500,000 investment in Honest Jobs Holdings Ltd, a...
2020-21 Annual Report
As we continue to learn, we are excited to share the insights we have gained about using investment capital to address supply chain labor rights. The Working Capital Innovation Fund (WCIF) released its second Annual Report, focused on activities undertaken and...
Portfolio Spotlight: Quizrr
Portfolio Spotlight WCIF sat down with Quizrr Co-Founder Sophie Nordstrom, and Head of Product Management, Sandra Granath, to understand what makes Quizrr unique in its field and how global events have generated innovation and expansion for this education technology...