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A Consortium of those Investing in Ukraine On July 13th Altru Institute hosts an afternoon session to continue the Altru Ukraine Project. A consortium of organizations interested in coordinated investment in Ukraine is meeting regularly to learn about promising opportunities in Ukraine. This is the second in a series of monthly meetings to foster collaboration. Charter members of this consortium and meeting series include the Ukraine Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA), Altru Impact Investment Network and Ukraine Business News (UBN). The format is compressed presentations and pitches by organizations and investment projects, followed by networking reception. Venue is…

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, held a meeting with the management of BlackRock, the largest asset management company in the world.

When we began designing the program, our hope was that we could assemble people who truly understood the dynamics and challenges involved to give us the critical guidance to be successful in approaching this effort with intelligence.

We are delighted to have attracted to our Invest in Schools Summit two individuals who are among the most knowledgeable in the United States about federal funding for education.

Moore’s Law states that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles every two years, greatly accelerating the capacity of computing power in less and less space. This has transformed the technology world. Could the medical laboratory space for diagnostic testing follow a similar path? Possibly. Although these labs will not shrink by half each year, they are trending toward smaller, faster, and more accurate testing for the customer. Fast turnaround times are critical for infectious diseases like COVID-19 where time matters. For example, a person with undetectable COVID-19 virus at 10:00 AM could be 100 times more infectious by…

A Consortium of those Investing in Ukraine On July 13th Altru Institute hosts an afternoon session to continue the Altru Ukraine Project. A consortium of organizations interested in coordinated investment in Ukraine is meeting regularly to learn about promising opportunities in Ukraine. This is the second in a series of monthly meetings to foster collaboration. Charter members of this consortium and meeting series include the Ukraine Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA), Altru Impact Investment Network and Ukraine Business News (UBN). The format is compressed presentations and pitches by organizations and investment projects, followed by networking reception. Venue is…

Philanthropic think tank Altru Virus Project has commissioned a team at Yale University to assist in creating a comprehensive resource for organizations focused on the needs of schools K-12 schools.  The Invest in Schools Summit  August 3rd and 4th will be hosted in Washington, DC and produced in the form of an online White Paper which will be provided as an online resource. Updates will be provided in the monthly newsletter called K-12 Rebuild which will be distributed to school districts throughout the US / nationally.  “There is a wide range of organizations seeking to support schools that deserve visibility said Brett Johnson, CEO of Altru Institute, which commissioned the research. “Collaboration and…

We have identified a group of talented people and influential organizations to join with us to develop strategies to support Ukraine. Important considerations: The Ukraine Monitor is a new media enterprise that tracks who is investing what where and why. We will write about the companies, technologies, and innovators shaping the future of the country and provide direction and guidance on how to participate in these opportunities. Expected readership ranges from business professionals, investors, and governments to general citizens worldwide who want to support Ukraine.  This includes the nearly 7 million Ukrainians that have been displaced and looking for opportunities.…