About Us

In 2010 , the co-founders of Pomona Impact, Mark Jacobson and Richard Ambrose, read a book by Muhammad Yunus called Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism that fueled several long conversations. It piqued our interests and inspired us to do further reading and research on the good that social entrepreneurs were doing around the world and the role impact investing has in supporting these business leaders intent on bringing about positive change. Pomona Impact was founded in May 2011. Three reasons the members of Pomona Impact are excited about impact investing include:

Opportunity to Deploy Capital for Good: Many of us have worked hard to save money and create financial security. And many tend to treat their financial savings with mild neglect, allowing financial advisors to spread it out in financial markets in hopes that it will continue growing. Impact investing provides an alternative; it affords you the opportunity to be proactive with your capital and apply it to businesses that are working to solve social and environmental concerns.This is exciting!

Supporting Social Entrepreneurs: They are the engines for innovation in a field that is in dire need of a new mode of thinking. Working with these talented leaders is both inspiring and invigorating, and provides tremendous motivation at a personal level to find ways to bring about positive change.

Sustainable Model: While donations and grants certainly have a role to play, impact investing done well is much more sustainable since it affords you the opportunity to recoup and grow invested capital.