The selection criteria at Fledge, the conscious company accelerator, are easy to explain. 1) Team, 2) Impact, and 3) Odds of success. The subtleties within each of these concepts and the whole selection process takes a bit more explanation: 1. Team Unlike most other accelerators focused on social good, Fledge is, behind-the-scenes, a for-profit impact investment fund. We invest...
Stacy Flynn of Evrnu stepped up in front of a crowd of 700+ people at the Social Venture Partners’ Fast Pitch Seattle competition tonight, along with 14 other nonprofit and for-profit innovators, and blew them all away, walking home not only with a $140,000 investment (by far the biggest prize of the event), but also with the Audience Choice award of $3,500 in cash. Fledge, the fledglings...
Watch the Fledge5 “Demo Day” video: Seven inspirational, mission-driven, for-profit companies, aiming to improve the world in seven ways: Making cotton recyclable Making digital billboards social Making China’s buildings greener Bringing affordable, clean-burning cookstoves to every Ethiopian Bringing transparency to government Bringing fresh escargot to America Hoisting Kenya...
The B Corp Best for the World List recognizes those companies creating the most impact for a better world. Once again, Fledge has been recognized as one of the Best for Community Impact.
If you missed the Fledge4 “Demo Day”, no worries, watch it online anytime… featuring: Activate Hub – An online tool for finding the people, organizations and events that impact your community, offline. Broad Street Maps – Bringing mapping solutions to global health organizations Distributed Energy Management – A unique approach to energy conservation EA Fruits...
Originally posted at GoGreen Seattle Our team met up with Michael “Luni” Libes for a one on one interview to find out more about the successful entrepreneur and the driving force behind Fledge. Read along to find out more about what inspires Luni to support young entrepreneurs and how the the “conscious company” accelerator is helping entrepreneurs who are bringing products and services to the...
Seattle Leads the Way in Social Entrepreneurship Doing good and doing business, in the minds of many, are two separate things. But there’s a growing movement to change that, and Seattle is at the forefront of it. This change is being fueled by people who have a new vision for business. One that focuses not just on the bottom line, but on what’s called the triple bottom line: profit, people and...
Twice per year we invite a handful of companies into Fledge. This month is our fourth-ever session, our most sought after ever, and our first truly international group. Six new fledgling, again targeting a wide variety of impacts, markets, and geographies. Most exciting is that three of these companies are actively doing business in Tanzania. Nearly as exciting is that five of the six...
Devin Thorpe, Contributor to Forbes.com 2/03/2014 @ 1:38PM |40 views Social Entrepreneurs In Seattle Are Scaling To Change The World Michael “Luni” Libes is the founder of Fledge, an accelerator for social entrepreneurs in Seattle that has already launched some remarkable social enterprises. Community Sourced Capital is one the “Fledglings,” the startup companies launched at Fledge. The...
“Wow!” sums it up nicely. 114 applicants want to be fledglings. That is a new record for Fledge, up from 99 for the Autumn session, almost double the 65 from last year’s Spring session. What is even more exciting is that these applications are now coming from around the world. 88 cities in 32 countries. For the first time, most of the applications are from outside the USA...