Drawing on deep experience across asset classes, this fireside promises a candid, collegial challenge of what good growth looks like and what can be done to fuel that growth. With her experiences with crowdfunding at Republic and VC and LLC investing at Carta, Maria Pope will engage Allie Burns, CEO of Village Capital – a global nonprofit unlocking social and financial capital for impact-creating, early-stage startups – in an exploration and examination of the limitations, complements, and alternatives to VC as a primary source of funding for early-stage startups addressing big global issues.