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SJF Expert Network News
SJF is proud to be affiliated with a strong network of experts in the fields of resource efficiency & sustainability, technology and impact entrepreneurship.
Ron Gonen has been named New York's deputy commissioner for recycling and sustainability.
Calvert Investments' Co-Founder Wayne Silby is inducted into the Social Venture Network Hall of Fame.
Bruce Usher is teaching finance & sustainability courses at Columbia Business School and is the Co-Director of the Schools' Social Enterprise Program.
Read Jerry Yudelson's article about green building, renewable energy and energy efficiency policies affecting green businesses in Sustainable Industries.
Jonathan Newcomb joins Berenson & Company as Managing Director.
Martin Eakes will be talking about common sense, entrepreneurs and self-help at AdvantageWest's Venture Local conference on Dec. 7 in Asheville.
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SJF Ventures Wins Impact Investing Award
SJF Ventures won the 2012 TBLI ESG Leaders Award at the TBLI fall conference in Zurich, Switzerland. The jury of investment professionals chose SJF Ventures III, LP, as the "Best Impact Investing Product" from a set of funds nominated from the North America and Europe. David Kirkpatrick and Arrun Kapoor from SJF presented at the Zurich conference, which convened impact investment practitioners from around the world.
SJF Ventures has now closed on a majority of its $75 million third fund with U.S. bank, foundation, family office, and mutual fund investors. With the upcoming final closing, SJF expects to add strategic European and Asian investors that are active in impact investing, resource efficiency and sustainability - enhancing SJF's ability to assist portfolio companies in their international expansion.
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SJF Portfolio Companies in the News
 eRecyclingCorps appointed Jean-Francois Rallet Managing Director of European Operations. Rallet most recently served as vice president of Continental Europe for Verizon Wireless. eRC now operates in ten countries at more than 10,000 retail locations. The company is on track to complete more than seven million mobile device trade-ins worldwide in 2012. A recent story in Sustainable Brands highlighted the company's progress in improving the environment and reducing the digital divide.
 BioSurplus will celebrate the grand opening of its 20,000 sq. ft. lab equipment showroom in Boston on Dec. 6. The expansion will also bring lab equipment service & repair to the biotech community throughout the greater Boston area.
 FieldView Solutions was named the Enviro/Energy Company of the Year by the New Jersey Technology Council. The company's data center infrastructure management software has been selected by three of the world's largest banks and nine of the Fortune 250 enterprise organizations.
 ServiceChannel has appointed industry veteran Bob Solomon to be president of the company. Solomon was in charge of Ariba's fastest growing and most profitable unit before joining ServiceChannel. The SaaS company facilitates maintenance work between small contractor companies and large facilities managers and has processed over 30 million work orders and now operates in 24 countries.
 Optoro released a video demo of its processes to help facilitate asset recovery and re-use. The company's SaaS direct-to-consumer remarketing platform is used by major retailers, manufacturers, and third party providers around the country.
 Rustic Crust chipped into the Hurricane Sandy relief effort by sending an oven truck with 1,000 pizzas to storm-ravaged Rockaway Beach in Queens, NY to feed hundreds of residents without power and cleanup volunteers.
 MediaMath has established itself as an early leader on Facebook Exchange. The demand side platform company has been listed on the Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies list multiple times and serves over half of Fortune 500 brands.
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Fall New York Investors' Circle Venture Fair a Big Success,
Save the Date for Spring: May 8-9, San FranciscoTwelve innovative impact entrepreneurs presented at Investors' Circle's successful Fall Ven ture Fair and Forum: From Movement to Marketplace, in NYC last month. IC celebrated their 20th anniversary along with the anniversaries of many other impact-oriented organizations such as Rockefeller Foundation, Social Venture Network and B Corp. Investors' Circle continues to be one of the most active Angel Networks in the country and has funded $153 million into 255 companies over the last 20 years. Read more here.  Investors' Circle Announces Multi-Year Partnership with Duke University, funded by USAID
SJF Institute and IC recently announced a new partnership with the newly launched Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke University (SEAD), a development lab for scaling innovations in global health. The Accelerator has been funded by a $10M grant from USAID as part of their Higher Education Solutions Network (HESN) initiative. SJFI and IC will prepare SEAD entrepreneurs to raise capital, increase the global health deal pipeline, and cultivate a global health-focused investment community. This innovative collaboration is a great sector-specific model that IC is excited to replicate with additional sector tracks.
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SJF Ventures is a venture capital fund focused on delivering superior financial returns through investments in high-growth, positive impact companies. SJF has a twelve-year successful record of assisting visionary and talented management teams in building industry-leading firms. SJF provides strong expertise and networks in the cleantech, sustainability and tech-enhanced services sectors. SJF Ventures aligns best with companies generating $1 to $20 million in revenue seeking expansion equity capital of $1 to $7 million. SJF Institute is an associated nonprofit that connects, inspires and accelerates impact entrepreneurs and the fields that support them. Over the last ten years, SJF has assisted 1,500 entrepreneurial companies through workshops and direct advisory services. Investors' Circle, (an affiliate of SJF Institute), is a network of angel investors, professional venture capitalists, foundations and family offices that are using private capital to promote the transition to a sustainable economy. IC has propelled $152 million plus $4 billion in follow-on investment into 255 enterprises and funds dedicated to improving the environment, education, health, and community.
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