scholarly journals Current state and latest development of social venture capital in Europe

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-54
Author(s):  
Peter Kristofik
Keyword(s):  
Venture Capital ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Target Region ◽  
Unemployed People ◽  
Financial Innovations ◽  
Current State ◽  
Social Venture ◽  
Social Venture Capital ◽  
Changes Over Time

Abstract The article aims at providing characterisation of social venture capital in Europe. The introductory part of the contribution deals with its origins and classification. The attention is devoted to various factors that have led to emergence of SVC such as existence of market gap, global crisis, monetary policy, disintermediation and financial innovations. The article also emphasises the fact that there is no unified market and, moreover, that the boundaries between social institution and traditional investors are becoming blurry. The main contribution of this article is to characterise the current state and to describe the latest development of SVC in Europe. The focus of analysis was aimed at defining the investment focus, priorities and resources of SVC. Western Europe is the main target region of SVC during all examined period, followed by Africa and Asia. In all years, top financial beneficiaries are people suffering from poverty followed by children and youth. Amongst the top five targeted beneficiaries are also people with disabilities, unemployed people and women. Whilst trend in geographical focus and financial beneficiaries is stable, focus in investment sector changes over time. Financial inclusion alongside with economic and social development currently represents top sectors that attract more than half of total investments in 2017–2018. At the same time, SVC is becoming more attractive to investors in Europe what confirms the fact that the number of organisation is rising alongside with their budgets.

Social Venture Capital

1997 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 108-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Wayne Silby
Keyword(s):  
Venture Capital ◽  
Social Venture ◽  
Social Venture Capital

Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)

2018 ◽  
pp. 74-152
Keyword(s):  
Venture Capital ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Socially Responsible Investment ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Corporate Management ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Responsible Investment ◽  
Social Venture ◽  
Social Venture Capital ◽  
Consumer Boycotts

The most common forms to align financial investments with ethical, moral, and social considerations are screenings, shareholder advocacy, community investing, and social venture capital funding. Screenings integrate the evaluation of corporate financial and social performances into portfolio selections. Positive screenings target corporations with sound social and environmental responsibility. Negative screenings exclude entities featuring morally and ethically irresponsible corporate conduct. Shareholder advocacy is the active engagement of shareholders in the corporate management by voting, activism, and dialogue. The majority of shareholders exercise their voting rights by proxy resolutions, in which a third party has the right to advocate for the shareholders before the corporate board. Negative shareholder activism comprises political lobbying, consumer boycotts, stakeholder confrontation, and negative publicity. Community investing describe ear-marks of investment funds for community development, but also features access to financial products and services to un(der)served communities. Social venture capital supports pro-social start-ups and social entrepreneurs for the greater goal of increasing the social impact of financial markets. This chapter explores socially responsible investment.

Technical Report: Monitoring and Communicating Changes in Disturbance Regimes (Version 1.0)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Tait ◽  
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Pia Ruisi-Besares ◽  
Matthias Sirch ◽  
Alyx Belisle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cold Water ◽  
Forest Health ◽  
Web Portal ◽  
Ecosystem Monitoring ◽  
Disturbance Regimes ◽  
Current State ◽  
Technical Report ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
High Winds ◽  
Over Time

Shifts in disturbance patterns across the Northeast are of increasing concern as the climate continues to change. In particular, changes in patterns of frequency, severity and extent of disturbance event may have detrimental cascading impacts on forest ecosystems and human communities. To explore how changing disturbance regimes might impact future forest health and management it is necessary to understand the historical trends and impacts of disturbance in the region. Although individual types of disturbance have already been analyzed, there is a need for a consolidated overview of the current state of disturbance in northeastern forests. To address this need, the Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) developed the FEMC: Tracking Shifts in Disturbance Regimes web portal for users to explore changes over time of key disturbance drivers, identify important disturbance responses, and discover where monitoring is happening for both drivers and responses. In collaboration with our advisory committee, we identified key disturbance drivers—flood, high winds, fire, drought, pests—and responses—macroinvertebrates, cold-water fisheries, invasive plants—that are of particular concern in the region. For each of the drivers we identified a suitable regional dataset and analyzed changes over time in frequency, severity, and extent. We also created a structured framework to catalogue programs across the region that are monitoring for these disturbance drivers and responses. Version 1.0 of the FEMC: Tracking Shifts in Disturbance Regimes (https://uvm.edu/femc/disturbance) web portal, first released in October 2021, contains 272 data programs, 11 drivers and three responses. Through the web portal users can browse programs by state, driver type or response type, and explore where monitoring is happening across the region. Driver-specific analyses allow users to quickly see the trends in severity, frequency and extent of selected disturbances and compare the impacts in selected states to regional data. We hope that this collection of programs and the analysis of trends provide researchers and land managers with an easy way to understand the current state of disturbance in northeastern forests that enables them to analyze and plan for future impacts.

scholarly journals Private Equity and Venture Capital: an Empirical Analysis

Equilibrium ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marek Zinecker ◽  
Tomas Meluzin
Keyword(s):  
Venture Capital ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Private Equity ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
European Market ◽  
Lower Intensity ◽  
Equity Financing ◽  
Venture Capital Investment

The paper deals with the analysis of the private equity and venture capital investment and divestment trends and activities on the European market, particularly on the market of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), in times of economic crises 2007-2009. The analysis is based on the data published by the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA), the Czech Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (CVCA) and the Bundesverband Deutscher Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaften (BVK). The economic crisis in 2008-2009 caused a rapid cooling of the European market. Private equity and venture capital management companies located in Europe have decreased significantly both investment and divestment activity. The economic crisis on CEE market showed a delay and a lower intensity in comparison with Western Europe. CEE market is, however, underdeveloped. This argument is supported by the data indicating annual investment and divestment value, and number of companies received private equity financing.

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