Social Enterprise Greenhouse to Host Impact Business Showcase Highlighting Recent Program Entrepreneurs
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Thursday, July 13, 2023
Social Enterprise Greenhouse to Host Impact Business Showcase Highlighting Recent Program Entrepreneurs
PROVIDENCE, RI – Social Enterprise Greenhouse, the state’s leading network of business support for social impact entrepreneurs, will host an Impact Business Showcase on Thursday, July 13 and provide the 9 most recent graduates from its Impact Accelerator program an opportunity to pitch their ventures to potential investors and the public along with 37 Demo tables from participants in other programs. Newport Mayor Xay Khamsyvoravong, Rhode Island Secretary of Commerce Liz Tanner, and Edesia’s Executive Director Maria Kasparian will deliver keynote remarks during the showcase. Edesia is a nonprofit social enterprise based in North Kingstown, RI. They are dedicated to the treatment and prevention of malnutrition for vulnerable people in the developing world through producing a range of fortified peanut-based ready-to-use foods (RUFs).
The Impact Accelerator is one of four programs SEG offers, each focusing on specific areas depending on the need, and skill level of the entrepreneur. The Accelerator focuses on high-potential social ventures that have already generated revenue and provides support to entrepreneurs who are ready to take their venture to the next level.
The showcase will take place at Farm Fresh Rhode Island in Providence’s Olneyville neighborhood. Registration available here.
WHO
- Julie Owens, CEO of Social Enterprise Greenhouse
- Liz Tanner, Rhode Island Secretary of Commerce
- Xaykham (Xay) Khamsyvoravong, Mayor of Newport
- Maria Kasparian, Executive Director of Edesia
- 37 Rhode Island-based social impact entrepreneurs
WHAT
Impact Showcase Event with 9 Rhode Island-based Social Impact Entrepreneurs pitching and 37 demoing their ideas to potential investors and the public.
WHERE
Farm Fresh Rhode Island
10 Sims Avenue, Providence, RI
WHEN
THURSDAY, July 13, 2023
6:00 PM
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