NESsT and DLA Piper partnered to develop legal fact sheets for Polish and Romanian social enterprises. DLA Piper is a global law firm that has implemented similar initiatives in Great Britain and Belgium, which inspired this program.
Kiva Lenders Fund $50,000 in Loans to Suritex
Through the NESsT-Kiva partnership, Suritex has obtained a total of $50,000 of financing as credit that will allow the company to expand its operations and include more smallholders who can sell their alpaca fiber at a fair price. This was achieved over the course of two Kiva campaigns in September and December.
NESsT & Kiva Partner for Water Access in Peru
NESsT Connects Entrepreneurs with Investors at SOCAP15
This fall, NESsT hosted several promising social enterprises from South America at the SOCAP15 conference in San Francisco. The conference is the annual gathering of the Social Capital Markets, a network of organizations dedicated to increasing the flow of capital to effect social good.
