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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...
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...
Our Views
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...
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...
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