by Pique Ventures | Apr 16, 2019 | Fund Your Business, Impact investing, Impact investment, Pique Fund, Tools
Pique Ventures invests in a community of diverse leaders creating technologies with long-term utility and companies that care, connect, and protect. Our Impact Lens We invest in ventures that improve access to essential resources. To us, impact investing is about...
by Pique Ventures | Apr 2, 2019 | Impact assessment and measurement, Impact investing, Impact investment, Pique Fund, Trends
The venture capital model of unbridled capital-fuelled growth has faced some backlash recently (paywall). The conventional model of venture capital gained a reputation for a focus on short-term gains for the few. Harvard Business Review described it this way: “ One...
by Pique Ventures | Mar 26, 2019 | Big Ideas, Events, Impact investing, Impact investment, News, Trends, Vision, Women Investing in Women
“There are trends and then there is the future. At some of the investor events we see advertised, they are focusing on cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and cannabis – these areas are trendy right now, but at Pique Ventures, we notice other technologies that...
by Pique Ventures | Mar 19, 2019 | Diversity, Events, Impact investing, Pique Fund, Women Investing in Women
In January 2019, Pique Ventures hosted its annual investor and community event to celebrate the meaningful connections and purposeful investment activities experienced over 2018. We welcomed members who were newer to the Pique community and those who were curious...
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Feb 26, 2019 | Impact investing, Integrated Investing
I was so dismayed when I read the story about a venture-backed company that went out of business and left its suppliers in the lurch, many of them small businesses. Although venture capital is the source of funding for less than 10% of fast-growing firms, as I wrote...
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Feb 19, 2019 | Impact investing, Integrated Investing, Pique Fund
You’re probably familiar with the term “unicorn” — coined by Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures in 2013 — which is a company valued at over $1 billion by public or private market investors. Critics of the billion-dollar-valuation as the primary indicator of success or...
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