SIFP is a fast-pitch investment forum highlighting New Ideas for Social Impact, presented by Social Venture Partners Seattle.
Social Innovation Fast Pitch on Oct 3, 2011 - Images by Karen Ducey
Our 2011 program has concluded as of the Fast Pitch competition held on the evening of October 3. The evening was a big success from all perspectives (with one possible exception of wireless service provider satisfaction), with estimated peak attendance of 700 highly engaged innovators, connectors, donors, and investors over the course of the 5 hour event. Winning finalists, listed by the amount of each award, with the track in which they competed, are below.
Connections Lead to Impact
Viva Farms, one of the largest networks of farm internships in the world, won big from a monetary perspective, and even bigger from a connection perspective. Here's one of the co-founder's comments:
“We found that the value of participating in the Fast Pitch far exceeded the value of the generous cash prize: the value of the relationships we developed and the feedback & support we received from our SIFP mentors & audience members was immeasurable.”
View videos of all finalists' pitches here. To see a list with linked one-pagers of all semifinalists and finalists who had PosterTables at the reception, click here.
Our final 2011 Report to Donors providing a summary of impact and transparent access at all the feedback received is here.
2011 Winners
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Food N' Me. Food N' Me is an effective nutrition system that changes eating behaviors in children and families. Fighting childhood obesity with pounds of fun! |
For-profit Track | $50,000 |
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FindProz, Inc. FindProz is the marketplace for private instruction
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For-profit Track | $50,000 |
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Viva Farms. Viva Farms is helping launch the next generation of organic farmers by providing land, capital, expertise and dedicated markets. |
Non-profit Track | $30,000 |
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Dynamic Labs. Dynamic Labs will be the soil where seeds of innovations will be systematically planted, fertilized, pruned and harvested. |
Non-profit Track | $20,000 |
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Jolkona. Jolkona helps non-profits improve fundraising efforts by providing a simple online microgiving & reporting platform to crowdsource funds online. |
Non-profit Track | $15,000 |
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Flash Volunteer. Flash Volunteer provides tools to create, discover and easily share local service events via social media, mobile and our unique Cause Crowd feature. |
Non-profit Track |
$10,000 |
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Village. An exemplary health and wellness model simultaneously stimulating healthy mothers, babies, families, providers, healthcare systems and the planet. |
Non-profit Track | $5,000 |
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Audience Choice for Most Innovative: Viva Farms. |
Non-profit Track
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$5,000 |
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Audience Choice for Best Fast Pitch: Viva Farms. |
Non-profit Track
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$5,000 |
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Reach Out. Reach Out brings an innovative approach to day camps, providing 1:1 counselor-to-camper, week-long camps designed to change the self-impression and life-trajectory of disabled, disadvantaged, and homeless youth. |
University Track | $5,000 |
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Biodiesel Cooperative. Student led, student run, biodiesel conversion lab at the University of Washington, procuring used cooking oil on campus, converting it to industry-grade biodiesel and selling it back to the UW to power part of their on-campus diesel fleet.
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University Track | $2,000 |
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SIFF: Sharing Interests Forming Friendships
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$2,000 |
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MoneySense. Building an interactive website and offer training clinics around educating middle school and high school students about financial literacy and the dangers of financial mismanagement.
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High School Track | $1,000 |
