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WHAT:
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Investor Showcase event, Global Social Benefit Institute (GSBI®)
Accelerator
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WHO:
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15 social benefit start-up companies
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55 Silicon Valley mentors
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300 impact investors, including business experts, and philanthropists
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WHY:
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Culmination of 10 months of work between Silicon Valley mentors and
social entrepreneurs enrolled in the GSBI Accelerator program.
Social entrepreneurs are seeking funds to grow already successful,
social benefit start-ups, including companies working in:
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• INDIA, providing clean, affordable water for 500,000 villagers
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• HAITI, converting agricultural waste biomass to renewable
charcoal cooking briquettes
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• SOUTH AFRICA, BANGLADESH, and NIGERIA, sending life-saving
maternal-health mobile-phone messages
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• SOUTH AFRICA, producing efficient biomass cook-stoves
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• INDIA, installing 'bio-toilets' to treat human waste with
bacteria
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• NEPAL, training women to sell solar-powered lighting
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• PAKISTAN, offering affordable health insurance
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WHEN:
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Thursday, Aug. 20, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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• 10:15 a.m.: Welcome remarks from Thane Kreiner, Ph.D., executive
director, Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship
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• 10:25 a.m.: Social benefit business pitches (6 minutes each)
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WHERE:
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Santa Clara University (SCU) Recital Hall, 400 El Camino Real, Santa
Clara, CA (News - Alert) 95053
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REGISTER:
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[email protected] or (408) 551-3053
for media only
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DETAILS:
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GSBI
Accelerator website
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NEWS LINK:
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http://www.scu.edu/news/releases/release.cfm?c=22836
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B-ROLL:
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Available on YouTube (News - Alert) at the Miller
Center for Social Entrepreneurship channel
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STREAM:
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Livestream during the event at www.scu.edu/investorshowcase
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CONTACT:
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Pat Haines, Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship, [email protected],
408-551-7118
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Deborah Lohse, SCU Media Relations, [email protected],
408-554-5121
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SPONSOR:
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Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship is one of three Centers of
Distinction at Santa Clara University. The Miller Center accelerates
global, innovation-based entrepreneurship in service to humanity.
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