How Alternative Ownership Enterprises Can Drive Social Transformation

We’re delighted to host Julie Menter from Transform Finance, the think tank focused on how finance can be a tool for social transformation.The session is particularly useful for founders, investors and company leadership. Startup leaders: invite your VCs! Investors: invite your portfolio founders and company leadership!

Using practical examples, Julie will walk us through the following questions:

• How can we reimagine corporate structures to drive social transformation?

• What are some examples of alternative ownership models, how do they work and who’s doing it already?

• What are some simple steps investors and VCs can take today toward a more just and liveable planet?

• What are some simple things that can be done within conventional corporate structures toward a more just and liveable planet?

About our guest speaker: Julie Menter is an experienced business leader committed to social and environmental justice. Until 2021 she co-led New Media Ventures, building a powerful portfolio of startups working to strengthen democracy and successfully raising millions to fund innovative, impact-driven projects. As a strategy consultant, she has worked across large companies and nonprofits to redefine what good business means - from developing a governance infrastructure for the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, to designing Walmart’s sustainable agriculture strategy, to crafting Microsoft’s partnership strategy in green tech innovation. As Director at Transform Finance, she currently works with impact investors to shift our economy to one that works for everyone through education, field building, and developing financial innovation.