In her book, Adventure Finance, Aunnie Patton Power writes, “The venture capital model doesn’t work — at least not for 99% of startups and small businesses. In this 99% are a lot of companies with incredible potential: businesses headed by female founders and those from diverse racial backgrounds, organizations headquartered outside of venture capital hubs, and purpose-driven enterprises that are creating social and environmental impact alongside financial success. Counter to what the press-savvy venture capital world would have you believe, there are a lot of funding options out there for startups and small businesses…. from revenue-based financing to recoverable grants to redeemable equity to distributed ownership and more.”

In this Deep Dive, Impact Entrepreneur welcomes Aunnie Patton Power to discuss self-assessments that enterprises can do to identify the type of capital that best fits their needs, and the evaluation criteria and innovative finance options funders can use in supporting impact enterprises at varying stages and of different types. Aunnie will share useful resources that help on the funding journey, and answer both funders’ and prospective fundees’ questions about their own approaches.

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