Upstart Co-Lab’s 2021 Impact Report: Investing for an Inclusive Creative Economy details six of the creative economy investments closed by the Upstart Member Community in 2020 and 2021. The report also describes Upstart’s proprietary pipeline of investable opportunities in creative industries including fashion, film & TV, and food, and outlines the five dimensions of people-focused impact that Upstart tracks in all the investments we support: access to capital for BIPOC and women entrepreneurs, quality jobs, vibrant communities, sustainable creative lives, and an inclusive creative economy. Read the report here.

About Upstart Co-Lab

Upstart Co-Lab is disrupting how creativity is funded by connecting impact investing to the U.S. creative economy. Since 2016, Upstart has framed the creative economy as an impact investing priority, garnered international attention for impact investing in the creative economy, and directly connected more than $17 million of impact capital with creative economy opportunities. Upstart Co-Lab is a fiscally sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. Visit www.UpstartCo-Lab.org to learn more.