Our Investment Focus

We focus on four investment areas: health, education, food systems & environment and urban revitalization. These are sectors that we strongly believe can be improved through social enterprise and that we are committed to making more socially and environmentally sustainable.

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Capacity Building - Thrive Detroit

We not only provide capital to social enterprises, but we provide entrepreneurs with technical assistance to achieve their desired impact. Read about our work with Thrive Detroit to learn how we tap into the business acumen of fund members and the wider UM community to help social entrepreneurs develop their business models, organizational strength, and skill sets. Contact us today or learn more.

*NEWS* SvF Invests in LearnZillion

The SvF closes its first investment. This is the first ever investment by a socially-oriented student-led venture fund. The SvF joined a syndicate of other investors in a $2.4 million Series A round financing of LearnZillion, a web based educational platform. Read the full press release here.