Celebrating 3 years of the

Upstart Co-Lab Member Community

From January 2020 through December 2022, Upstart advised our Member Community — a group of pioneering impact investors who understand the power of art, design, culture, heritage and creativity — on investing with funds and businesses in the creative economy expected to have commercial success and generate social impact.

Upstart Co-Lab sourced and screened 40 investment opportunities aligned with our Members’ geographic, programmatic, investment and impact priorities.

Learn more about the work of the Upstart Member Community and what’s next for impact investing in the creative economy:

ImpactAlpha:
Upstart Co-Lab’s pipeline of
creative economy deals is now
an investable impact strategy

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Hyperallergic: It’s Time for US Museums to Divest From Immoral Industries

American Alliance of Museums: Museums Discover Impact Investing

ImpactAlpha: Impact investments are beginning to show up in the endowments of U.S. art museums

Philanthropy News Digest: Cultural Capital: The state of museums and their investing

TheNonProfitTimes: Museums Late To Impact Investing Party

Fin News: Museums With Long Road To Reach Impact Investment Adoption Of E&Fs: Survey

artnet: Just a Third of Museums Are Investing Their Endowments in Socially Responsible Ways, a Study Found. Here’s How They Can Do Better

The New York Times: How Museums Invest

Barron’s: Most Museums Don’t Put Their Money Where Their Values Are

Worth Magazine: Museum Boards And Donors Need To Examine Where Endowments Are Invested

Americans for the Arts: How America’s Arts Organizations Can Invest Their Values

The Art Newspaper: How museums can ethically invest their money

American Alliance of Museums: Investing for Values and Mission

The Art Newspaper: ethical investment options should come easy

Financial Times: Museums should lead in socially responsible investing

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