From Competition to the Real World.
Projects that have been proposed at the Sustainable Investing Challenge have grown beyond the competition to make positive impacts on communities worldwide. These ventures started as two page student proposals and have evolved into legitimate actors in the impact space.
We encourage and support competitors in their pursuit of sustainable finance careers post-competition, and the examples below are a testament to the innovation and perseverance of students who have not only chosen to dedicate their professional expertise to sustainable finance, but are doing so through the entrepreneurial pursuit of ideas nurtured in the competition.
Launched Ventures in the News
Carbon Yield
Carbon Yield named a Fast Company 2020 World Changing Ideas Finalist.
Fast Company
Blue Forest Conservation
Innovative Finance Model Accelerates Forest Restoration
US Department of Agriculture
Greenprint Partners
Greenprint Partners’ Nicole Chavas: “Investing in our infrastructure is absolutely essential.”
Karma
Secha Capital
Secha Capital reaches first close of second fund for early-stage enterprises in South Africa
Impact Alpha
Blue Forest Conservation
Restoring US Forests Can Help Restore Our Water Infrastructure
Huffington Post
Greenprint Partners
Nature to Erase Toxic Past at Gary Stocking Factory
Chicago Tribune
Secha Capital
Secha Capital Impact hits first close
Africa Global Funds
Greenprint Partners
Greenprint Partners Wins 2019 US Water Prize
Water World
Launched Venture Profiles
2019 Winner from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
2015 Winner from Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
2019 Winner from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
2019 Winner from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
2019 Winner from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
2014 Winner from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
2019 Winner from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
2012 Finalist from Fuqua School of Business, Duke University