{"id":532,"date":"2017-04-18T22:36:46","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T02:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/semba\/?p=532"},"modified":"2017-04-18T22:36:46","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T02:36:46","slug":"a-shark-tank-for-impact-investing-sembas-net-impact-chapter-featured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/2017\/04\/18\/a-shark-tank-for-impact-investing-sembas-net-impact-chapter-featured\/","title":{"rendered":"A ‘Shark Tank’ for Impact Investing: SEMBA’s Net Impact Chapter Featured"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post was edited by Mike Rama, SEMBA ’17, and originally was featured on Net Impact’s Hub Announcements<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The SEMBA Net Impact chapter held a pitch event described as a “Shark Tank for impact investing.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Net Impact<\/a> is an accelerator with chapters across the country that works to orient professionals and students to solve social and environmental challenges. The SEMBA Net Impact chapter is a hybrid chapter at the University of Vermont, Grossman School of Business, focused on bringing together current students, alumni, and community members in an effort to mobilize awareness and action on sustainability.<\/div>\n

What makes this chapter stand out is the\u00a0unique programming that equips its\u00a0members with the skills and connections to drive impact now and throughout their careers. \u201cOur chapter programming falls under three main categories: skill development, alumni relationships, and building collaborative networks with the community and other academic departments,\u201d says Michael Rama, the Vice-President of the chapter.<\/p>\n

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SEMBA hosted a “Shark Tank” style Pitch event with local businesses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The chapter, established earlier this year, has already hosted a handful of programs, including the Net Impact Presents Series and a Pitch Event. For the Pitch Event, the SEMBA chapter organized an event with Milk Money<\/a> founders, Janice Shade and Louisa Schibli. Milk Money, a VT based equity crowd funding company, invited entrepreneurs supported by the investment fund to pitch their businesses to University of Vermont students, faculty, and staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hosted local businesses and each company gave a 5-minute pitch with 10 minutes for Q&A and feedback. Think \u201cShark Tank\u201d for impact investing,\u201d Michael explains. A large crowd gathered to hear from the members of Burlington Herb Clinic, Kingdom Fiber, Working Fields, Green Mountain Organic present their pitches.<\/p>\n

\u201cNet Impact empowers student-led initiatives that express our passion for sustainability beyond the SEMBA classroom and tailor our efforts accordingly. This year we wanted to collaborate more with professionals in the community outside of our existing SEMBA network which prompted us to connect with Janice and Louisa to bring in the entrepreneurs from Milk Money for the pitch event,\u201d says the SEMBA Net Impact chapter President, Margaret Arzon.<\/p>\n

SEMBA\u2019s Net Impact Presents Series is a series of workshops led by current SEMBA students and local business professionals. \u201cThese workshops act as an additional outlet for students to learn and engage others in areas of their own interest and background,\u201d says Michael. \u201cOur vision is to hold a bi-weekly workshop geared towards all members of the university and community to initiate local, domestic and international awareness and action.\u201d<\/p>\n

Workshop topics have included: China\u2019s Emerging Environmental Consciousness, Clean Water, Personal Finance, Clean Birth Kits in Developing Economies, Fostering Creativity, and Intellectual Property.<\/p>\n

And they are not stopping there. Future planned events include a Net Impact Presents: Gender Bias workshop and a Design Thinking Workshop with Environmental Science Graduate Students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post was edited by Mike Rama, SEMBA ’17, and originally was featured on Net Impact’s Hub Announcements. Net Impact is an accelerator with chapters across the country that works to orient professionals and students to solve social and environmental challenges. The SEMBA Net Impact chapter is a hybrid chapter at the University of Vermont, … <\/p>\n

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