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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 transparency in supply chains by creating a trusted way to communicate verified...
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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 Associate WCIF Investment Associate/Analyst
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 blindness of using venture capital to fight human trafficking.’ As the only...
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This is the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labor
In the webinar linked below, Working Capital Innovation Fund is introducing ‘cool, innovative and practical solutions’ to the problem of child labor, to an audience of SMEs and multinational corporations associated with the International Organization of Employers....
Reflections on Investee Impact Management and Measurement Journeys
Over the last year, the developmental evaluation (DE) team worked with four investees – Provenance, QuizRR, Ulula, and OpenSC – to support their impact measurement and management (IMM) activities. All investees have been forced to confront the challenges of the pandemic context, which has presented both opportunities and constraints to IMM. In this article, we are sharing selected insights and implications related to their IMM approaches, journeys, and learning along the way.
Working Capital Innovation Fund Named as One of ImpactAssets’ Tenth IA 50 Impact Fund Listing
This ‘Emerging Impact Manager’ supports scalable solutions for workers in global supply chains View the Offical Press Release Here BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 23, 2021—ImpactAssets has named Working Capital Innovation Fund as one of the ImpactAssets 50 2021 (IA...
Our Views: Upstream Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector
As apart of the 2021 OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector, Managing Partner Dan Viederman moderated a session entitled 'Upstream Due Diligence'. A message from Managing Partner, Dan Viederman Thanks to the good people at the OECD...
Transparency: Theory of Change Spotlight
At Working Capital Fund (WCF), we invest in innovators. Our partners pioneer ways to disrupt complex supply chains that enable the exploitation of vulnerable workers, in accordance with our Fund’s Theory of Change (ToC). We invest in companies which disrupt...
Leadership by Gender at Working Capital Investment Fund
Fewer than one-quarter of venture investments in the US go to start-ups with a female founder, and only one out of every seven goes to a female-led company, according to the latest All In report from Pitchbook and Microsoft.[1] At Working Capital Fund, our portfolio...
How Innovation Can Help End Forced Labor in Global Supply Chains
This post is part of the Council on Foreign Relations’ blog series on human trafficking, in which CFR fellows and other leading experts assess new approaches to improve U.S. and global efforts to curb trafficking and modern slavery. This post was...
2020 Impact Report Press Release
Working Capital Innovation Fund Releases 2020 Impact Report Media Highlights: The Working Capital Innovation Fund supports systemic improvements in the protection of labor rights in global supply chains.Working Capital's 2020 Impact Report outlines the process for...
2019 – 20 Annual Report
Click the links below to download and view Working Capital's 2020 Impact Report and affiliated documents. 2020 Impact ReportDownload 2020 Impact Report SummaryDownload 2020 Impact Report Press ReleaseDownload
WCIF Webinar: Pioneering Technology to Engage Workers
Technology is revolutionizing manufacturing and logistics in the global supply chain, but workers in the field and on the factory floor still suffer threats to their livelihoods, safety, and wellbeing. They lack information about their rights and the law, about health...