A venture capital firm and partner for entrepreneurs building scalable, sustainable businesses in a long-term effort to close equity gaps in America.

American Family Insurance Institute

Our mission is to close equity gaps in America.

We invest in visionary entrepreneurs who are building scalable social enterprises in the following areas: economic opportunity for all, healthy youth development, learning and academic achievement, and resilient communities.

We invest at the Seed and Series A stages.

We understand our investment decisions affect the well-being of the companies in which we invest, the communities where they’re working, and beyond –both today and into the future.

We believe in promoting a culture of inclusion, seeking out diversity of all types, and fostering a sense of belonging among all the people, organizations, and communities with which we interact. To further advance awareness and action, we will participate, to the extent of our abilities, in open discussion and reporting across our industry and encourage our peers to do the same.

We believe our focus at the nexus of social impact and venture capital will allow us to make meaningful, lasting contributions to society.

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American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact

Pittsburgh-based Honeycomb Credit raised a $6M Seed+ co-led by SustainVC, Muditā Venture Partners and the American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact:
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Our soon-to-be-released worker survey shows the potential of English upskilling to bridge a critical disconnect between the growing multilingual workforce and the employers looking to fill acute labor shortages. 

Join us on June 11 as we introduce key findings from this report with leading workforce experts Katie Brown, PhD, Yaron Schwartz from Tent Partnership for Refugees , Courtney Vandiford, MBA, MA from Whole Foods Market, and Laura Aka from WorkingNation. 

Learn how English upskilling could be the key to boosting recruitment and retention efforts in your organization. #upskilling #ESL #recruitment #retention https://lnkd.in/eveFUFWp

We had an amazing trip recently to Seattle to visit the The Brotherhood Initiative and The Sisterhood Initiative run by Joe Lott and Rashida Love, Ph.D at University of Washington. These programs empower undergraduate men and women of color to thrive on campus, to create a community of scholars, and to graduate prepared for a lifetime of leadership, service and success. These programs are examples of what #ClosingEquityGaps looks like in real life.

We joined our American Family Insurance colleagues Keena Thaxton, CDP®and Vanessa Valdez of our Talent Acquisition and Inclusive Excellence teams respectively to lead a resume workshop and to do mock job interviews with students. Members of our Western Sales team helped as well. Such a fantastic experience supporting these scholars.

We are proud to announce a partnership with the Community Development Alliance where we will provide mortgage down payments for 10 early childhood educators here in Milwaukee. Dozens of daycare providers have closed because workers can’t afford housing. Thanks to the CDA for showing how #ClosingEquityGaps can work. Brand-new homes!!!

On this #EarthDay, here's our April newsletter highlighting how innovation meets urgency with our colleagues' thoughts on startups reshaping disaster preparedness. And learn why John McIntyre led an investment in Ivy Energy and its groundbreaking approach to making solar energy accessible to multifamily communities. It's now backed by an $18M Series A round. 

More fantastic coverage for our friends and partners at Route 1 MN. This is such a great program working to #CloseEquityGaps when it comes to providing fresh food to everyone.

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