Family Firm Institute Podcast Systemic Investing: A year-end conversation with 2023 FFI Scholar-in-Residence Jason Jay and John Davis
Dec 4, 2023
Explore the concept of systemic investing and how it drives transformational change within family enterprises. Jason Jay discusses issue-based investing that interweaves capital efforts with impactful outcomes, like reducing food waste. Join John Davis as he emphasizes the power of coalition-building and the necessity of combining financial resources with philanthropy. Discover how families can leverage their long-term commitment and flexible capital for social impact, while also navigating the challenges of governance and focus in their investment strategies.
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Investing For Systemic Change
- Systemic investing deploys capital plus complementary interventions to drive large social and environmental change.
- It creates ensembles of activity rather than betting solely on point solutions to scale impact.
Finks' Food Waste Playbook
- The Finks invested roughly $10 million and catalyzed $1–2 billion a year in follow-on investment into food waste solutions.
- Their issue-based approach combined philanthropy, venture bets, and ecosystem building to scale the sector.
Polycapital Approach Works Best
- Systemic investing uses multiple capitals: financial, human, intellectual, social, and political.
- Successful projects combine policy work, philanthropy, data, networks, and venture capital in coordinated ways.