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Core Innovation Capital: Investing in Fintech for Good (B)

December 2024 By: Ray Kluender, Natalia Rigol, Benjamin Roth and Nicole Tempest Keller In 2017, Core Innovation Capital invested $725,000 in Hugo Insurance, a pay-as-you-drive auto insurance startup targeting the non-standard market. Core followed with $300,000 in 2019 during a Seed II round. By 2022, Hugo founder, David Bergendahl, sought $10 million in Series A funding at a $30 million valuation, inviting Core to lead with a $5 million investment. Despite early promise, Hugo fa...

Core Innovation Capital: Investing in Fintech for Good

December 2024 By: Ray Kluender, Natalia Rigol, Benjamin Roth and Nicole Tempest Keller In 2017, Arjan Schütte, founder of Core Innovation Capital, faced a decision on whether to invest in Hugo Insurance, an auto insurance startup. Core, an early-stage social impact VC firm, focused on “fintech for good,” by investing in financial services for low- to middle-income consumers. Since 2010, Core had raised $120 million across two funds and backed nearly 50 companies, including Ripple...

Social Enterprise in the MENA Region

November 2024 By: Brian Trelstad and Ahmed Dahawy This research note provides an overview of the socio-economic landscape of social enterprise in the Middle East and North Africa. It highlights the diversity of players in the region including social enterprise organizations (in their many forms) and supporting agencies, funders, and regulators. The note also dives briefly into the demographics of social entrepreneurs in the region as well as t...

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Meet the 2025 New Venture Competition Social Enterprise Track Finalists

19 Mar 2025 In February 2025, the HBS New Venture Competition (NVC) received 35 entries to the Social Enterprise Track, from student teams across Harvard University. Sixteen semifinalists presented in early March to...

New Venture Competition Announces 2025 Social Enterprise Track Semifinalists

28 Feb 2025 In February 2025, the HBS New Venture Competition received 36 entries to the Social Enterprise Track, from student teams across Harvard University. After an extensive review and deliberation process with...

The Opportunity for Service and to Create Systemic Change

Vaughn Bryant 20 Feb 2025 Vaughn Bryant currently serves as Executive Director of Metropolitan Peace Initiatives, a division of Metropolitan Family Services in Chicago. Vaughn previously held leadership roles with the Chicago Park District, Chicago...

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27 Jul-02 Aug

Executive Education: Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management

This week-long on-campus program for nonprofit leaders explores how to create social sector organizations that can thrive in the midst of change.