April 2 – 3, 2012 Pymwymic Impact Days

Pymwymic Impact Days is Europe’s most inspiring and focused gathering for the groundswell movement of people making positive impact with their capital.  We don’t just talk: together, we help fund companies changing the world. Join the (extra)ordinary people making the new economy – inspiring entrepreneurs and next-gen thought leaders, experienced impact investors and new business angels who are together increasing the flow of capital to good. Come & focus on the future: be inspired by new models, find partnerships, participate in positive possibilities arising in Europe, and around the world.

Sessions include:
• The Smartest Under 40s we know talk about the future
• Investing in the future of Europe’s Lands and Waters
• Incubating the next wave of business for good
• France, England and Luxembourg claiming the impact space
• Women making the New Economy
• New education models
• Update on mobile money and just what is “the new economy?”
• Angels Den and Investors Clubhouse: Stories from the Trenches

Pymwymic Impact Days is purposefully designed to create a community of deeper conversation and action, so attendance is limited to 200 people. As last year with our larger SOCAP/Europe conference, we expect to reach capacity – so please register early. (Enjoy EARLY BIRD rates until February 28).

Join us in the historic Hotel the Grand in Amsterdam for the Opening Dinner Event on Monday, April 2nd at 6pm, with keynote speaker Willy Foote from Root Capital; hear the premiere of an initiative to care for Europe’s land and waters; and get a chance to dialogue with experienced family investors Stephen Brenninkmeijer and Lisa Kleissner. Tuesday April 3rd, 9am to 7pm follows with a content-rich deep-dive day of collaboration, debate and action. Come and Pymwymic, to create a better world.

Confirmed speakers include:

Willy Foote – Root Capital – 10 years of leadership building the field
 Julia Balandina – author, ‘Guide to Impact Investing’
Indy Johar - Hub Westminster
Lisa Kleissner – KL Felicitas Foundation
Lucas Simons – ScopeInsight – Young Global Leader
Liesbet Peeters - D.Capital

To register, click here.

Stageplek bij Pymwymic

Ben jij op zoek naar een leuke stage in communicatie en marketing?

Wil jij werken bij de Nederlandse marktleider op het gebied van Impact Investing?
Ben jij een slim en creatief communicatietalent?

Wij zijn op zoek naar een stagiair communicatie en marketing.

Stuur je CV en motivatie naar bert@pymwymic.com

Klik hier voor een uitgebreide omschrijving van de stage

 

InReturn a GIIRS Pioneer Fund

The InReturn East African Fund, which Pymwymic investors have supported from incubation through 10 million dollar Fund,  is pleased to announce that it has been awarded status as a GIIRS Pioneer Fund. GIIRS Pioneer Funds are leading private equity and venture capital funds that make impact investments in companies in both developed economies like the U.S. and Europe, as well as throughout the global emerging markets.

GIIRS is the Global Impact Investing Rating System, an initiative by the Global Impact Investing Network.  For more information on the GIIN, go here. For more info on InReturn, which will be in Amsterdam in November finalizing its third and final fundraising, see here.

SOCAP11 Recap!

By Bert Meijers

As European partners to SOCAP, the Pymwymic team was present in beautiful San Francisco in September to track latest developments arising from SOCAP11. In fact, I was there for nearly six weeks coordinating the first California based Innovation Showcase and Julia went for two weeks to coordinate main stage speakers and presentations. Hot topics were ‘people powered capital’ crowdfunding, next generation of healthy food, cleantech with a cool codename ‘Green 2.0′. The Dutch team learned more about social innovation, Obama and the Tea Party through speakers like Van Jones and Elizabeth Littlefield. Pymwymic partners Margaret and Frank were scouting for investable impact entrepreneurs, and enjoyed some getting-to-know-you conversations with early stage enterprises Wello and fairtrade footballs of Senda Athletics. Click here to view the video of Pymwymic Founder Frank van Beuningen’s plenary speech at SOCAP11. Click here to see more pictures of SOCAP11.

Event update

This month, the Pymwymic team attends the ClearlySo Social Business Conference in London, the ASN Bank ‘voor de wereld van morgen’ prize pitch event, the EBAN Winter University in Brussels, and the Criterion Convergence – Investing with a Gender Lens in Connecticut.

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