Futuresinfocus

Go to Google and type in the term, social investing. 400 million references will come up but the RISE fund is the largest ($6bn) in the world. Founded by Bono (that one) and TPG the fund is an early explorer in finding the balance between investing for profit, investing to change markets, and investing where social impact really needs the help of businesses in order to get traction. This might be one of the key pathways forward for capitalism to make, or enable direct action but supporting entrepreneurs' ideas that can change the world and thrive financially.The podcast with the managing partner for the Rise fund, Maya Chorengel walks through real-life companies looking to triangulate between social impact, entrepreneurial ideas, and economic opportunity. As social challenges become increasingly more complex and the ability of government to handle them all becomes less viable, social investing may be the key to bringing, assets, ideas, and capital together to solve these on the ground.