Join leaders from across the emerging Opportunity Zone space to discuss various fund strategies and case studies about successful businesses and projects funded with Opportunity Zone equity. These leaders provide an accountable, proven, and positive counter-narrative to the negative press that highlights Opportunity Zones being used as merely a tool to help investors get an additional tax break without positively impacting communities. Through small breakout white board sessions, these OZ thought-leaders will provide tools for operationalizing impact goals including:
- Governance strategies such as appointing independent impact advisory boards
- Adopting and implementing industry-leading impact reporting frameworks
- Deploying tools responsive to the needs of businesses facing the “Death Valley of capital” i.e., innovative tools to businesses with linear not exponential growth trajectories that are not being served by VCs
- Strategies for being a value-added investor and connecting diverse portfolio companies with corporations seeking to diversify procurement
