Social Entrepreneur: Conscious Companies | Benefit Corporations | Impact Investing

Aviary is a new venture capital seed fund, focused on mission-driven, for-profit conscious companies. It is run by Luni Libes. Luni was first a guest on Social Entrepreneur in episode 3. He is our first returning guest. The last time Luni was with us, it was to describe how Fledge, the conscious company accelerator, works. Fledge has graduated 52 companies from their accelerator. They have 7 more in the program right now. As part of our #MoneyMonday in May series, we talked to Luni about several topics: The challenge of finding early seed capital for impact entrepreneurs. Why he started a venture capital seed fund. Luni’s plans to expand Fledge to new cities around the world. And his latest book, The Pinchot Impact Index. If you are an accredited impact investor and you are interested in learning more, Aviary is building a community of co-investors. You can contact Aviary through the contact form on their web site at http://aviary.vc. Quotes from Luni Libes, Aviary Venture Capital Seed Fund “What you d