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[Article] Better World Books and Alter Eco Are Going on Tour with Lilith Fair
Two Good Capital portfolio companies - Better World Books and Alter Eco - are among a select group of four socially conscious enterprises to be highlighted during the 36-city Lilith Fair tour this summer. 
[Article] The Hub Bay Area: Where Change Agents Share Space and Ideas
The Hub Bay Area (founded by Good Capital) was profiled in a Fast Company article covering the opening of the new Hub SOMA space in downtown San Francisco.
[Press Release] Alter Eco, Inc. Announces Completion of $2 Million Series A Financing
Fair Trade artisan food producer Alter Eco announces completion of financing round led by Good Capital's Social Enterprise Expansion Fund, Renewal2 Investment Fund, and the Serious Change Fund.
[Press Release] Hub World to Enter United States
Hub World announces a new partnership with Good Capital, SoCap Media, and a small circle of angel investors to bring its model of physical platforms for social change to the United States.
[Article] Better World Books Had One Hell Of A Holiday Rush
Robin Wauters of TechCrunch writes about Good Capital portfolio company Better World Books and the phenomenal sales growth it saw in the 2008 holiday season.
A Shining Star of Social Investing Sets: In Honor of Joan Bavaria
November 18th marked the passing of one of social investment's great leaders: Joan Bavaria. Joan was a creative force and a change agent, perhaps best known as the founder of Trillium Asset Management, the Social Investment Forum, and the CERES Coalition. In undertaking to acknowledge her passing, we enlisted the aid of a good, long time friend of hers, Paul Freundlich, Founder of Coop America and Chairman of the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) Stakeholder Council.
[Article] Will Social Capital Be the Next Big Industry to Emerge?
VentureBeat reporter Chris Morrison writes: "Social capital is far from mature, and Jones predicts 'a lot of failures' as the fledgling industry finds its wings, much as the organic food and fair trade markets have been doing for a decade. But those are now mature industries, and their successes foreshadow a permanent place for social investment." Morrison highlights Good Capital and its two portfolio companies as examples of companies leading the way in the social capital "industry".
[ABC News Clip] Investors Focusing on Social Enterprises
ABC Channel 7's Teresa Garcia reports on the Social Capital Markets Conference, interviewing two of Good Capital's partners for the piece.
[Article] A New Approach to Out-of-Pocket Medical Costs
Hartford Courant writer Diane Levick writes about a venture started by Criterion Ventures, a partner of Good Capital, to address the problem of medical debt.
[article] Good Capital Adds Social Ethic to Venture Investments
SF Business Times reporter Sarah Duxbury writes about Good Capital's recent investment in Adina for Life.
[Press Release] Good Capital's Social Enterprise Expansion Fund Joins Adina for Life's
$9 Million Financing Round
Good Capital announces a new investment in Adina for Life, a beverage company that markets organic, Fair Trade-certified, and sustainably sourced coffee and juice beverages from around the world.
[Newsletter] The Good Capitalist
Welcome to the March issue of the monthly newsletter published by Good Capital. This issue highlights three social enterprises that are growing and thriving despite the challenging economic climate: Acumen Fund, the Hub, and Benetech. As always, this issue also includes brief news updates, opportunities, and a listing of events in the social capital sector.
[Venture Capital Journal Article] Wholesome Investing by Joanna Glasner
This cover story reports on several socially responsible venture funds, Good Capital's Social Enterprise Expansion Fund included.
[Blog] Great Article on the Rise of Social Venture Capital, by Nathaniel Whittemore
"The July issue of the Venture Capital Journal has a great article on the rise of social venture capital funds. These funds, which include Good Capital, TBL Capital, Equilibrium Capital, and New Cycle Capital are growing at an unprecedented rate."
[Wealth Manager Magazine Article] "Can Philanthropy and Capitalism Work Together?" by Jim Picerno
"Doing its part to close the gap is Good Capital, a young San Francisco firm intent on surveying the non-profit and for-profit terrain for social solutions while generating a profit for investors who sign on to the cause," writes Jame Picerno in an article that discusses the capital market for businesses that promote human welfare.
[Blog] Finding Good Capitalists
Blair Miller of the Acumen Fund reviews a Good Capital convening in New York City.
[Press Release] Good Capital's Social Enterprise Expansion Fund to Invest
Up to $2.5 Million in Better World Books
Good Capital and Better World Books today announced an agreement that will provide the online bookseller that supports global literacy with up to $2.5 million in growth capital from the Social Enterprise Expansion Fund.
[Inc Magazine Article] Do-Gooder Finance: How a new crop of investors is helping social entrepreneurs
From Inc Magazine, Nitasha Tiku writes, "Over the past five years, at least 15 social venture funds have launched, with the goal of investing in companies that are interested in more than profits. In 2006, Freundlich co-founded Good Capital...which plans to close its first deals early this year."
[Financial Times Article] Philanthropy not just for the ultra-rich
From Financial Times, Sean Stannard-Stockton writes, "Some tactical philanthropists argue that you can make a profit while
advancing your philanthropic interests. San Francisco-based Good Capital
operates like a venture capital fund.
[Press Release] Good Capital welcomes Chief Investment Officer, Marie Trexler.
She will lead Good Capital's investment activities, including the Social Enterprise Expansion Fund LP targeted for $30 million.
[Blog] Kevin Jones interview at TheSocialAge by Susanne Goldstein
Our innovation is in saying that you can invest for good, and even, sometimes do more good than if you?d given the money away. You can increase your positive impact on the world, and in the truest sense, changed the world without it costing you a dime, because you get your capital back, at a rate that beats inflation.
[NPR Radio] NPR's Marketplace: Profiting from social responsibility, an interview with Jay Cohen Gilbert
Capitalism's traditional view is that companies exist to make money for shareholders period. But one group is trying to change that definition. Alex Goldmark reports.
[New York Times Article] Businesses Try to Make Money and Save the World by Stephanie Strom
Great article about the Fourth Sector with quotes from Good Cap's Fund Advisory Board member R. Todd Johnson and strategic partner of B-Corp, Jay Cohen Gilbert.
[Forbes Article] Columnist Victoria Murphy Barret writes Good Capital is pioneering a new approach to feel-good investing: private equity.
[Blog] Phil Cubeta at Giftblog.org gives his assesment of the Forbes article.
Let's hope that early entrants set high standards in daily practice...
[Podcast] Katherine Fulton of Monitor Institute speaks about the "sweetspot" of philanthropy for Stanford Social Innovation Review, a nod to Good Capital.
[Article] Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
Addressing Critical Gaps in Risk-Taking Expansion Capital for Social Enterprise by Jed Emerson, Jim Fruchterman, Tim Freundlich (download pdf)
[Discussion] Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained by the authors on Social Edge
We hope this discussion and the larger paper form something of a manifesto, a challenge to investors and entrepreneurs to step into an evolutionary stance and begin to form a higher functioning social capital market.
[Blog] Kevin Jones Speaks at the Social Entrepreneurship Panel at Stanford
[Blog] The conversation continues, Good Capital Part II
"If social investing has a for profit component and the degree to which the returns are sub market rate is what makes up the "gift", might we see the use of derivatives in the future that would allow for splitting the transaction? " - Sean Stannard-Stockton
[Blog] Philanthropic blogosphere Good Capital Model Discussion Part I
"..., but between a pure philanthropic "give away" and a "pure investment play" there is a wide spectrum. " - Phil Cubeta
[Article] Market-Rate, Schmarket-Rate! The New Risk-Return Paradigm
[Fast Company Article] New Profit. Make money. Change the world. Better yet, says Good Capital, do both.
[Blog] Update on Our Search for Social Enterprises
In the summer of 2006, Good Capital did extensive research for their Social Enterprise Expansion Fund. Wes Selke, Portfolio Analyst, shares our learnings.
[Blog] Deb Parsons speaks at thte 2006 Net Impact Conference
Reflections from the panel - Future of Social Enterprise - What's on the Funders Mind?
[Blog] Good Capital Partner B Corp is now in Beta
[Newsletter Article] Cleantech's Lessons for Social Enterprise
Good Capital principal Kevin Jones interviews Nick Parker of the Cleantech Venture Network to find out what can be learned from his success in turning clean technology into a mainstream investment category and applied to social enterprise.
[Newsletter Article] Legal and Procedural Barriers to Mission Investing Disappear
"Barricades to the flow of capital toward social investments are falling on so many fronts that comparisons with collapse of the Berlin Wall are almost in order," writes Good Capital princial Kevin Jones.
[Newsletter Editorial] Good Capital's Social Enterprise Expansion Fund to Invest Up to $2.5 Million in Better World Books
"The fact that Better World is a category bender, a company that makes you wonder whether you should reconfigure the way you think about giving and investing, is one of the many reasons it appealed to us at Good Capital, " writes Kevin Jones, principal of Good Capital.
[Newsletter Article] Three New Funds Join the Social Capital Marketplace
Good Capital founding principal Kevin Jones reports on the emergence of two new social venture funds and one new microfinance equity fund.
[Newsletter Article] Pending Legislation for Corporate Responsibility in California
Meredith Walters reports on legilation being heard in California that would allow companies to legally recognize the interests of multiple stakeholders, including employees, the community, and the environment, in their charters and bylaws.
[Newsletter Article] Spotlight on Varun Parmar and the Social Capital Index: Let Me Introduce Myself...
Varun Parmar, Research Analyst Intern for the Social Capital Index, introduces himself and explains the importance of the Index for himself and the field.
