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Harnessing for-profit strategies for social good
Fran Seegull (MBA 1998) seeks to mobilize the business world to adjust its thinking on socially mindful investing, also known as impact investing, and "use the financial capital markets and for-profit mechanisms to move the dial on the world's most pressing problems."
Seegull brings extensive experience to her current position as chief investment officer at ImpactAssets, a $120 million donor-advised fund that invests capital for social and environmental impact through public and private debt and equity.
At HBS, Seegull wrote a paper calling for "a different kind of value creation—one focused on social and environmental returns, in addition to financial returns." It became a blueprint for her career. Seegull was vice president of business development at Novica, an e-commerce company connecting artisans in developing countries to businesses and consumers in the United States. Later, she joined Funk Ventures, investing in cleantech, sustainability, and medical technology. In addition to her work at ImpactAssets, Seegull serves as adjunct professor at USC's Marshall School of Business, where she teaches courses on impact investing.
"We are shaping and creating a new industry, and it's an engine for change," she says.
(Published April 2014)
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