Gillian and Anne discuss reporting in Forbes magazine, Harvard Business Review, and MIT Sloan that impact portfolios and diverse leadership get better returns than conventional ones. Impact investing earns market-rate returns for two-thirds of investors. By comparison, the Kauffman Foundation reported that more than ¾ of conventional VC funds have failed to keep pace with public markets since 1997. Moreover, diverse leadership performs better, according to a stats packed study from Harvard Business Review.
