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Community Equity Capital: The Opportunities and Challenges of Growth
InSight was commissioned by the Annie E. Casey Foundation in 2010 to research and analyze the recent performance of the community development venture capital (CDVC) sector. Our work, which continues in 2011, has resulted in the publication of a report on the challenges of private equity investing in underserved markets and makes recommendations to advance […]
Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
CalPERS California Initiative 2009 – Creating Opportunities in California’s Underserved Markets
CalPERS and Hamilton Lane engaged Pacific Community Ventures (PCV), a leader in measuring and interpreting community outcomes of private equity investments, to collect, analyze and report on the California Initiative’s ancillary benefits. Beginning with Phase I in 2005, this marks the fifth year PCV has collected and analyzed data from California Initiative portfolio companies.
Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
PCV Annual Report 2009: Rising Up In Down Times
Pacific Community Ventures’ Business Advising Program engaged over 100 small businesses and deployed over 120 senior volunteer Business Advisors. InSight evaluated the social impact of nearly $1.3 billion in equity investments in small businesses. With funding from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Annie E. Casey Foundation, InSight is also researching and publicizing practices and policies […]
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PCV Annual Report 2008
We are pleased to report that 2008 was successful for Pacific Community Ventures. Despite an economic environment plagued with losses, fear and contraction, we delivered on our goal of helping small businesses achieve new levels of opportunity in underserved communities, just when those communities needed help most. Revenue and employment at our portfolio companies increased […]
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CalPERS CA Initiative 2008 – Creating Opportunities in California’s Underserved Markets
A first of its kind report highlighting the California Public Employees Retirement System’s $17 billion of investments in California. Chapter I of this report provides an examination of the broad ancillary benefits of all CalPERS investments in California, including public equities, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and fixed income. Chapter II of the report provides […]
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Creating Economic Opportunity in 2008 – PCV Social Return Summary
In 2008, PCV worked with 105 companies in California. Ten of these companies have received a financial capital investment. Nineteen of these companies are members of Business ADVANCE, PCV’s year-long program that delivers strategic advice and practical business education to entrepreneurs building businesses that contribute to the development of California’s economically underserved areas. The remaining […]
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Social Return on Investment Executive Summary 2007
PCV focuses on increasing the number and quality of jobs provided to residents of California’s low- to moderate-income (LMI) communities. PCV measures progress against this goal by assessing the number and quality of jobs provided to hourly workers in its portfolio. Job quality is an indicator of the economic advancement opportunities PCV portfolio companies are […]
Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
PCV Annual Report 2007
At Pacific Community Ventures, we measure our success by others’ success. In 2007– through PCV’s powerful network of volunteers, small business owners, employees, investors and donors – talented workers and entrepreneurs in lower-income areas of California have made their lives better and their communities more vibrant.
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CalPERS CA Initiative – Impacting California’s Underserved Communities 2007
California Initiative portfolio companies operate facilities—and employ Californians—across the state. The tables below showcase the distribution of company headquarters, facilities and employees across California. The maps on pages 8 and 9 provide a pictorial representation of all of the locations where California Initiative companies conduct business—and where portfolio company employees live—in the state.