The global network we serve
Entrepreneurs
Current and future social entrepreneurs seeking support and efficient ways to build sustainable businesses that influence culture, change lives, and generate quadruple bottom line ("QBL") impact.
Impact Investors
Investors seeking to align their portfolios with their values and donors seeking to expand their philanthropic objectives via enterprise and who need quality deal flow and low-risk ways to explore impact investing.
Impact Investing Service Organizations
Non-profit and for-profit organizations around the world who are serving quadruple bottom line leaders and impact investors and are looking for ways to conduct their work more efficiently and expand their reach and influence globally.
An impact investing marketplace that catalyzes, coalesces, and scales the global impact investing ecosystem
INTEGRATIVE INVESTMENT SYSTEM
End-to-end investment system and personal dashboard to source, vet, close, and manage impact investments
HUMAN FOCUSED DESIGN
Proven motivational principles from the gaming industry to drive frequent, regular, and FUN activity
IMPACT INVESTING CONTENT
Original and curated content, tools, and resources to inform, inspire, and equip impact companies and impact investors
AI & DATA
ANALYTICS
Adaptive services to personalize impact company and impact investor experiences and improve decision-making
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Facilitate connections, co-investments, and collaboration among impact companies, impact investors, and strategic partners
WHITE LABEL SOLUTIONS
Mini versions of the Sapient Marketplace that enable impact investing organizations to enhance, expand, and conduct their work more efficiently
The global challenge that drives us
The world is hurting
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500 million new jobs needed from SME’s by 2030 in developing world alone!
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In the next 20 years, 2 billion+ people will enter societies where there are few jobs
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Unemployment in these countries ranges from 30% to 80%
Entrepreneurs solving these problems are hurting
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Nine of ten startups fail
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The average entrepreneur has already endured 3.8 failures
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The typical business owner earns 35% less over ten years than he or she would have earned working for someone else
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Entrepreneurs are 4 times more likely to struggle with depression than the general population
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75% of VC investments goes to 3 states: CA, NY, MA
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Only 3% of venture capital goes to women led companies, 1.8% to Hispanic led companies, and 1% of Black led companies
Investors are underserved
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There is an estimated $1.3 trillion global funding gap for small to medium businesses
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A promising new paradigm, impact investing, has arisen that combines philanthropy with investment but it is still relatively unknown
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Faith-based impact investing has grown 248% in the past 5 years but still represents less than 10% of the potential market.
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Impact investors report that their greatest challenge is finding quality social impact companies
