About Criterion Ventures

Criterion Ventures launches ventures that create a better world. They provide consulting services to large nonprofits, foundations, individuals or take equity positions in their own social ventures. They have invested over the years in their core asset-a network of relationships-built not around a set of services, but rather through conversations about possibilities, trust, and shared vision. They have both a reservoir of social capital among the leaders in the social change world and well-honed practices for connecting with them.

As a leader and innovator in the social change space, Criterion Ventures supports the meaningful accreditation of beneficial business practices. One of the ways we connect the work we're doing with larger movements in social change is through our status as a Certified B Corporation. Relationships drive our work forward, and networking is a key way in which resources and ideas converge.

A core feature of their firm is an insatiable dedication to bright ideas and solution-makers. They bring to their clients and partners a wealth of connections, nimbleness to navigate complexity and a deep commitment to social change. They fundamentally believe that the world is already connected, and through invitation we make these connections visible and allow actions to leverage incredible impact.

The Change We Seek™

The world is already connected. Criterion Ventures makes the connections visible so individual actions can have an incredible impact on the critical social issues of our time.

• Criterion's work has, from the beginning, been driven by three core values: grace, hospitality and the power of invitation. These touchstones shape their business decisions and have shaped their methodology. They are, and have always been, value-driven players in a value-driven marketplace.

• Part of Criterion Ventures' identity is defined by their execution of social enterprise: if their client is looking for investors and funding, they will do everything that they can to support him, but they also create social ventures and use their internal services to fortify these ideas into powerful, sustainable forces. This unique approach helps Criterion Ventures understand what is needed in order to launch a successful social business.

Criterion Ventures

• Industry: Management & Financial Consulting
• Product/Services: Consulting
• Location: Haddam, CT
• http://www.criterionventures.com