Upcoming Events

Johns Hopkins – SAIS Development Roundtable with GBF:
Join Harold Rosen with GBF and John Hopkins SAIS for a roundtable discussion on the future of social enterprise. This event is free and open to the public.
02/24/2012

Past Events

Impact Investing Summit
Driven with a commercial goal in mind, this year’s Impact Investing Summit will bring together investors from across the financial spectrum including commercial, institutional and private investors as well as the social entrepreneurs and MFIs they invest in. Together, they will arm you with the tools and knowledge you need to commit to tomorrow’s most profitable impact investments from water and energy to health and housing.
9/20/2011 - 9/21/2011

ANDE Metrics From the Ground Up Conference
The 2011 ANDE Metrics From the Ground Up Conference is a two-day hands-on workshop that will take place from June 20 – 21st at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC...
6/20/2011 - 6/21/2011

Join GBF at the SOCAP/Europe Conference
SOCAP/Europe is a content-rich, community-built event bringing the best of the world’s entrepreneurs, practitioners and players in impact investing into one shared space.
5/30/2011

Social Enterprise Awards & Investment Forum 
Join GBF's executive director at the Social Enterprise Awards & Investment Forum (Mumbai, India)
5/5/2011

Non-Profit & Social Impact Roundtable: Social Impact Investing, with Harold Rosen
The Wharton and Harvard Business School Clubs of DC are proud to present "Non-Profit & Social Impact Roundtable: Social Impact Investing, with Harold Rosen."
4/20/2011

New Ventures Global Investor Forum: Green Opportunities in Tomorrow’s Markets
Green Opportunities in Tomorrow’s Markets: Whether you are looking for a potential investment deal or hope to be inspired by the power of entrepreneurship to help solve our environmental challenges, join the New Ventures Global Investor Forum
04/06/2011

“Impact investment” – a round-table discussion on the next next-big-thing for investors in emerging markets. 
The Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI) and the Grassroots Business Fund present: “Impact investment” – a round-table discussion on the next next-big-thing for investors in emerging markets.  Harold Rosen (GBF), Nick O’Donohoe (JP Morgan Chase) and Bob Annibale (Citi) will lead the discussion on February 24 in London.
02/24/2011

How Impact Investing Unlocks New Opportunities for Financial Inclusion
Save the Date (Feb 16): GBF COO Agnes Dasewicz speaks about the importance of impact investing in unlocking opportunities for financial inclusion at Johns Hopkins SAIS. The emergence of ‘impact investing’ has become an important topic in understanding the landscape for development policy. Learn more at this Financial Inclusion Forum of DC event.
02/16/2011

OMJ Business with Impact at the Base of the Pyramid in Latin America and the Caribbean (2/15/11)
Opportunities for the Majority (OMJ) workshop "Business with Impact at the Base of the Pyramid in Latin America and the Caribbean" to be held on Tuesday, February 15th. GBF investee entrepreneur Ray Clavel of Latco International will speak on a panel about providing small producers with access to working capital, modern production processes and higher value-added products.
02/15/2011

Entrepreneur Voices: A Global Entrepreneurship Week Event
Please join the Grassroots Business Fund, the Business Growth Initiative project of USAID, and the International Institute of Tourism Studies of the George Washington University, for a video presentation and discussion in honor of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009.
11/17/2011

6th Annual Satter Conference on Social Entrepreneurs
The 6th Annual Satter Conference on Social Entrepreneurs, hosted by the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at NYU's Stern School of Business, will be held from November 4-6, 2009.
11/4/2011

GBF on Accelerating Enterprise: The Colombia Investor Forum
During the second annual Colombia Investor Forum and Round Table in Bogota, the Grassroots Business Fund (GBF) is pleased to have the opportunity to deliver several presentations and lead panel discussions on its work in Latin America.
04/18/2010

GBF Hosts Annual Capacity Building Workshop for Investees
The genesis of the workshop evolved from the common challenges that GBF witnessed entrepreneurs struggling with as they sought to drive sustainable growth in their respective businesses. The objectives of the workshop were to explore systematic ways of approaching and addressing these common themes, assist the entrepreneurs in adopting a framework to think about these issues, share potential solutions, create synergies, and develop a follow-on program to support the practical application of these solutions.
06/09/2010

Grassroots Business Fund to Launch Operations
The Grassroots Business Fund will officially launch independent operations at a ceremony in Washington.