Matt Bannick, Managing Partner, Omidyar Network
Kevin Jones, Convener, SOCAP
Since the term impact investing was coined in 2008, scores of new investors have entered the scene expecting to find a steady stream of investment-ready businesses offering both high social impact and risk-adjusted returns. Unfortunately, such deals are relatively hard to come by. What can we do to ‘prime the pump’? Omidyar Network’s Matt Bannick sketches out a new approach to scale entire industry sectors along with individual businesses.
Priming the Pump: The Case for a Sector-Based Approach to Impact Investing