RevHubOC hosts Inaugural Women in Impact Investing Panel

Orange County’s first incubator and catalytic capital fund for social enterprises, RevHubOC has hosted its Women in Impact Investing Panel inaugural while having world of equity and philanthropic impact investment’s top female executives and experts.

The panel has hosted more than 100 attendees at University of California Irvine, Beall Applied Innovation and it spotlighted on increased female representation’s need in key investment sectors. As per the McKinsey report, ventures that are owned by women in the United States continue to receive only 1.9 per cent venture capital funds whereas the total number of businesses led by women has continued to grow over the past decade calculating an increase of 1.2 per cent from 2021 to 2022 in Orange County (First 5 Orange County).

RevHubOC’s panel provided valuable insights on the current impact landscape in order to address this disparity while amplifying female voices in the investment sphere. The panel also included panelist investment theses in addition to the future of funding for impact ventures.

Executive director of RevHub’s Investment Fund, Julie Cranston said, “While Southern California and the entire country have made great strides providing equitable opportunity for all entrepreneurs, there is still much work to be done. As an organization dedicated to creating social impact through for-profit ventures and eliminating systemic barriers to entrepreneurship, RevHub is proud to host events like the Women in Impact Investing Panel that not only elevate voices of women who are the leading experts in the emerging investment space, but also inspire the business community to join us in our mission to prioritize a more regenerative and interconnected view of business, capital and impact.”