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Things began in December 2011 as an unnamed social venture with an idea to move more investment capital towards social purpose businesses. Over the course of 2012, Pique Ventures evolved with the vision of creating a community of investors committed to an integrated way of investing.
Pique Ventures develops intriguing [...]
We’re featured on socialfinance.ca today! Brenda Reid-Kuecks, President of Ecotrust Canada, wrote the article for the online social finance community and information hub. Here are some highlights:
A new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development looks at how new businesses and start-ups have been raising money since the global financial crisis in 2009…
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I graduated with a Mathematics degree and worked in industries that were traditionally dominated by men: financial services and investment. I founded Pique Ventures to help change the ratio, by encouraging and supporting women investing in entrepreneurial women. Help build the community of women investors, so that together, we can create a culture of companies [...]
Why invest in a tech company founded or co-founded by women? Check out this infographic from Women Who Tech:
Women do have confidence issues, but so do men, although men tend to disclose them less and embrace risk more. Because of this, women pitch less to venture capitalists, and a smaller proportion of women “angels” back up social ventures.
Servane Mouazan, President of Ogunte, a social innovations development company based in London, UK shares [...]
