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Some Wisdom from Jenga™: Choosing Better Rules
April 29, 2021
On a windy spring day in Las Vegas, my husband and I were playing Jenga and I stopped the game because I felt his moves were not making sense.
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New Portfolio Company: Zirtue
April 16, 2021
A fintech company pioneering the $200 billion relationship-based lending market by automating the loan process between family and friends.
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New Portfolio Company: OpConnect
April 12, 2021
Turnkey electric vehicle fueling solution that includes smart charging ports, a mobile app enabled software platform for payment processing and energy management.
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MassMutual invests in VC fund targeting founders of color
April 8, 2021
The Boston Business Journal reports on MassMutual's investment in Reinventure Capital through its Emerging Manager program.
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Reinventure Capital Secures Catalytic Investment from MassMutual
April 5, 2021
Institutional Investors Beginning to Recognize Strategic Opportunity Presented by Diverse and First Fund Managers.
You Get The Future You Invest In
Frames of reference
March 30, 2021
Partly because I’m a former aerospace engineer, partly because I’m teaching Innovative Social Enterprises again this term, partly because my family has been tossed into a new context following my dad’s sudden and unexpected death at the beginning of this year, and probably for several other reasons besides, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about frames of reference.
News + Appearances
Ed Dugger hosts Fireside Chat for Shift 2021
March 25, 2021
Ed Dugger conducts a conversation with Dexter Turner, CEO of OpConnect and serial black founder, exploring his journey as first a corporate aerospace engineer and then a tech entrepreneur over the last 30 years.
Ed Talk
The Third Reconstruction, Part 2
January 28, 2021
I imagine what I will tell my grandchildren about the beginning of 2021 when the nation held its breath for nearly two weeks while the forces of who we are battled with those of who we want to be.
Changing the Narrative
Happy new year to our beloved community!
January 5, 2021
Wow. I know the Reinventure team is far from alone in wishing 2020 so long and good riddance. Those of you who are parents, godparents, aunties / uncles, or caretakers to small children will recognize the reference when I say it was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year.
Changing the Narrative
Looking Back & Looking Forward with Carlotta LaNier
December 24, 2020
2020 has certainly been an unprecedented year. No doubt it will stand out in history because of the darker shades it painted the outlook on humanity. I reached out to civil rights legend Carlotta Walls LaNier: what better way to end this year than with the wisdom of an icon?
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Impact Investing in Camels not Unicorns
December 21, 2020
Impact Entrepreneur’s Laurie Lane-Zucker welcomes Reinventure Capital’s Edward Dugger III for an expansive journey through the history of social justice investing and into the present with Reinventure's investment philosophy.
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EY Strategic Growth Forum US 2020
December 18, 2020
Impact Investing panel featuring Ed Dugger and Maya Chorengel of the TPG Rise Fund.