Upstart Co-Lab regularly contributes our perspective and learnings at conferences and on webinars across the U.S. and around the world. Watch the videos to learn what we had to say on the power of the creative economy, the role for impact investing, and Upstart’s Inclusive Creative Economy Strategy in 2024.
Upstart Co-Lab advisory board member Jed Emerson and Laura Callanan spoke at the 16th Deloitte Private Art & Finance Conference on “Why the Creative Economy is the Next Big Thing for Impact Investing.”
Laura Callanan sat down with Ethic cofounder Jay Lipman and Stephen Satterfield, host of Netflix’s High on the Hog and founder of Whetstone Media, to chat about why investors should look to the creative economy.
At the 9th Delphi Economic Forum in Greece, Upstart helped curate discussions on impact investing, culture, and the creative economy.
At the Creative Initiatives and Cultural Policies Forum hosted by the British Council in Cairo, Upstart shared the story of Upriver Studios, lessons learned over the past 10 years, and reasons to be optimistic about the future of impact investing in the creative economy.
At the International Policy Forum on the Creative Industries hosted by British Council in Istanbul, Upstart described the type of impact that investors can achieve in the creative economy.
Laura Callanan and senior associate Aparna Bagade spoke at Columbia University School of Business as part of 2024 Climate + Social Impact Week sharing their personal impact investing career journeys, and describing Upstart’s Inclusive Creative Economy Strategy.