Marigold Capital

Overview of the Marigold Capital program:

We invest in founders and companies that are tackling some of our biggest social challenges. Our approach applies a social and gender equity lens to our investment decisions and portfolio management and our funding is structured to be more sustainable and holistic than our VC colleagues.

Benefits of the Marigold Capital program:

• Marigold Capital helps funders in various ways by providing outsourced investment management or CIO for hire services, working through syndicated and pooled assets, structured impact investment products, and individual transactions.
• Marigold Capital is also positioned to build or upgrade infrastructure around the investment cycle process, inclusive of impact investment sourcing, due diligence, portfolio construction, deal structuring, committee and advisory governance, portfolio management and value add, and exits.
• This is at the core of why we do how and what we do. In all investments, Marigold seeks:
• Strategies that promote diversity across all levels, not just senior management, including participation in decision-making and ownership;
• Diversity along company supply and value chains; inclusive of diverse decision-makers, producers, employees, distributors, purchasers, and users;
• Companies that offer products/services that benefit marginalized and underrepresented populations;
• Economic advancement; health; education; safety, security, and rights (including domestic);
• Appropriate financial structures and expectations for business models and markets; and
• Empowerment as a goal across all aspects of product/service and company value chains to promote improved policies, programs, and initiatives.

Eligibility criteria of the Marigold Capital program:

• Invests in Sectors such as:
• Health | Mental Health, Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights
• Social Justice and Equity | Education & Advocacy, Financial Inclusion, Journalism & Media
• Ethical Supply Chains | Food Security, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainable Fashion
• If youre interested in how we arrived at the above problem sets, sectors and themes, feel free to contact us and we can discuss our systems mapping thesis development.