![]() In last fall, Shivani Dixit ’20, Diane Moore ’20, and Brette Stockmaster ’20 researched Vega Coffee, a firm that departed from the more technologically oriented start-ups that Mi3 had previously funded. ![]() Every iteration of the course involves students breaking up into teams to do “due diligence” and to conduct extensive research on a social venture, presenting their work to an investment advisory council (IAC) of staff and alums, and deliberating with the IAC over dinner to decide where to allocate their investment dollars. ![]() Supported by Overseas Resources Foundation Limited (ORFL), a private charitable foundation in Hong Kong, the class gives students a chance to invest up to $50,000 per year. Mi3 supports a regularly offered economics course,“Impact Investing,” taught by Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics Shannon Mudd, who also acts as the director of Microfinance, Impact Investing, and Social Entrepreneurial Programs. Caffeine lovers around campus may have noticed purple banners advertising the availability of direct-trade, farmer-focused Vega Coffee at the Coop and the new Library Café, but might not know that the Haverford Microfinance and Impact Investing Initiative (Mi3) helped bring Vega Coffee products to the coffee-fueled college population.
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