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Announcing Upstart Co-Lab’s
2021 Impact Report:
Investing for an Inclusive Creative Economy

The report details six of the creative economy investments closed by the Upstart Member Community in 2020 and 2021.

It also describes Upstart’s proprietary pipeline of investable opportunities in creative industries including fashion, film & TV, and food and outlines the five dimensions of people-focused impact that Upstart tracks in all the investments we support: access to capital for BIPOC and women entrepreneurs, quality jobs, vibrant communities, sustainable creative lives, and an inclusive creative economy.

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