Community Capital Pitches to Investors
Tuesday September 29
10:45–11:45 a.m.
Community Capital pitches are for social venture businesses and community businesses that are raising money through impact investing sources.
Companies
Sibley Simon
President
New Way Homes creates affordable and below-market rate housing.
Gary Peterson
Director of Communications and Philanthropy
California FarmLink’s mission is to invest in the prosperity of farmers and ranchers through lending, education, and access to land.
” We envision a healthy food system where farmers and ranchers have equitable opportunities to build wealth and conserve natural resources. We value equitable access to opportunity, resilient working landscapes, fairness and accountability, and learning from diverse farmers and ranchers.”
Investor Panelists
Jonny Price
Wefunder
Jonny is originally from UK, where he started his career in strategy consulting with Oliver Wyman. In 2011, he joined the non-profit Kiva.org as the Founder and Director of its U.S. lending division, leading that team for seven years. In early 2018, he joined Wefunder (a PBC and C Corp) as Director of Business Development. His primary role is recruiting great companies that are excited to use crowdfunding to raise captial and gain customers. He serves on the Federal Reserve Board's Community Advisory Council, and has a degree in History from the University of Cambridge. His proudest accomplishment is to be the dad of Felicity and Carlyle.
Jennifer Kuyper
Pacific Valley Bank
In her 20 years in commercial banking, Jennifer has helped hundreds of visionary business owners access the capital necessary to launch, scale or grow their business.
She has a passion for community banking and making funding more accessible across a broader base of the population.
She has a passion for community banking and making funding more accessible across a broader base of the population.
Hillary Talbot
Sail Community Capital
Hillary is a community capital advocate and local investor at heart. She founded Sail Community Capital to help startups and small businesses raise the funds to bring their dreams to life. She guides clients through the maze of crowdfunding to select a crowdfunding platform, build their debt or equity offering, and market their raise. Hillary is also building a coalition of local investors who want to create vibrant local economies.
David Apgar
Santa Cruz County Bank
David is Director of Venture Banking at Santa Cruz County Bank. He managed credit risk for $700M
micro`nance fund BlueOrchard and turned around the Inter-American Investment Corporation’s $70M
Haiti SME Fund over the past decade, with extensive prior experience in small-business `nance as an
investment banker and a senior bank policy advisor for the U.S. Treasury.
Since moving to Santa Cruz, David has helped local businesses `nd better ways to grow using the
GoalScreen SaaS he developed from his work as a McKinsey consultant, Corporate Executive Board
managing director, and author (Risk Intelligence, Harvard Business Publishing, 2006).
Jonny Price
Wefunder
Jonny is originally from UK, where he started his career in strategy consulting with Oliver Wyman. In 2011, he joined the non-profit Kiva.org as the Founder and Director of its U.S. lending division, leading that team for seven years. In early 2018, he joined Wefunder (a PBC and C Corp) as Director of Business Development. His primary role is recruiting great companies that are excited to use crowdfunding to raise captial and gain customers. He serves on the Federal Reserve Board's Community Advisory Council, and has a degree in History from the University of Cambridge. His proudest accomplishment is to be the dad of Felicity and Carlyle.
Moderator
Amy Stocker
Slow Money Northern California
Amy Stocker is a founder of Slow Money Monterey Bay and a recent graduate of Middlebury Institute of International Studies where she completed an MBA with a concentration in Social Enterprise and Finance. Amy is currently serving as Business Manager for Gathering for Women, a local nonprofit that provides services to homeless women on the Monterey Peninsula. As a Certified Public Accountant she has previously worked for Deloitte & Touche LLP and prior to attending Middlebury, she served as CFO for Harbinger Group LLC, a local produce company who is a pioneer of innovative products in the produce industry.
