ABOUT THE COMPETITION
Our virtual global competition recognizes the best social ventures that create self-sustainable markets at the Bottom of the Pyramid.
MISSION
The Social Ventures Foundation mission is to facilitate sustainable market creation at the Bottom of the Pyramid by identifying, promoting and facilitating the investment in social ventures that employ the poor to lift the livelihoods of the poor.
OUR APPROACH
EPIC, the End Poverty Innovation Challenge is focused on engaging the next generation of social entrepreneurs from post secondary institutions worldwide in developing the next generation of social ventures that lift the livelihoods of the poor.
SIX STAGES OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ASSESS THE POVERTY REDUCTION CHALLENGES IN YOUR COMMUNITY
CONDUCT A COMMERCIAL PROOF OF CONCEPT
CREATE A SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL VENTURE THAT MEETS A CHALLENGE
EXECUTE SOCIAL
VENTURE LOCALLY
MARKET RESEARCH & DEVELOP A PROTOTYPE , FIELD TEST IT IN COMMUNITY
SCALE NATIONALLY WITH
SOCIAL FRANCHISING
team
TEAM
Marc Blumenthal
Executive Director
Marc has been involved in a variety of startups in the fields of Education, Medical Devices, Plasma Fusion, and Aerospace. He founded SVF in 2017 and has been involved in the enterprise on a full-time basis.
Kristy Noel
Business Manager
Kristy Noel brings a wide variety of business management expertise to the Foundation. She develops and manages the business modeling for V’ice and provides financial management for V’ice Haiti.
Haley Burns
University Relations Manager
Haley is the Community Relations Manager facilitating community partnerships and investments in connection with V'ice and the Social Ventures Foundation fostering a global conversation on poverty reduction.
PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES TO DATE...
Anglia Ruskin University, UK
Bahamas Baptist Community College, Bahamas
Bowdoin College, USA
Bryant University, USA
California Lutheran University, USA
California State University Bakersfield, USA
Case Western Reserve University, USA
College Of The Holy Cross, USA
Dartmouth College, USA
Durham College, Canada
Galen University, Belize
John Paul The Great Catholic University, USA
Kaua`i Community College, USA
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada
Lingnan University of Hong Kong
Mangosuthu University of Technology, S. Africa
University of Basel, Switzerland
Miami of Ohio, USA
Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
North Idaho College, USA
Northeastern University, USA
New York University, USA
Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra, Belize
Rhodes University, South Africa
San Francisco State University, USA
Santa Clara University, USA
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa
Seneca College, Canada
St. Johns College, Canada
Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
University of Michigan, USA
Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala
University of Aruba
University of Bologna, Italy
University of Exeter, UK
University of Liverpool, UK
University of Portland, USA
University of Sterling, UK
University of West Indies, Bahamas
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
University of Southern California, USA
University of San Diego, USA
Warner Pacific University, USA
Ozyegin University, Turkey
Estonian Social Enterprise Network
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, USA
University of Limpopo, South Africa
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Solent University, UK
University of Turin, Italy
Wayne University, USA
Wingate University, USA
Wits University, South Africa
The University of Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas
Asociatia Social Incubator
EDUCATIONAL
ADVISORY BOARD
Busiswe Mandleni
Mangosuthu Institute of Technology,
South Africa
Jeremy Alan Woods
University of California, Bakersfield, USA
Jay Fisher
Durham College, Canada
Cuzette Du Plessis
University of Limpopo, South Africa
Maurizio Sobrero
University of Bologna, Italy
Astrid Delgado
Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala
Leon Dawson
University of West Indies
Ruth Andrews
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Dirk Soma
Kaua'i Community College, Hawaii
Joost Jacobs
University of Aruba
Debbie Magnezy
Northeastern University, USA
Caroline Cannon
Dartmouth University
Aleksandar Erceg
Associate Professor at Ekonomski fakultet u Osijeku, Croatia
Orlando Harris
San Francisco State University
Kamilah Cole
Assistant Director, Center for Undergraduate Research & Creativity at Clark Atlanta University
Hachemi Aliouche
Director, Rosenberg International Franchise Center, University of New Hampshire
