Durham – In 2023 Durham’s Happy Dirt surpassed $20M in annual revenues distributing organic produce, up more than 5X in 5 years from when Solidarity Capital was privileged to lead the company’s initial growth financing in 2018. Read more about Happy Dirt’s evolution in Business North Carolina’s feature story on the company.
Events slated for Solidarity Capital Group’s 2023 schedule include:
Feb 6, Raleigh – Congregations for Social Justice annual dinner (virtual)
Feb 10, Raleigh – Justice Theater Project (JTP) – The Best of Enemies
Mar 15, Durham – Resilient Ventures annual meeting
Jun 1, RTP – First Flight Venture Ctr low country boil
June 10, Raleigh – JTP Send a Kid to Camp evening & Urinetown the musical
June 13, RTP – Seal the Seasons annual meeting (virtual)
June 28, Durham – Happy Dirt annual meeting
Aug 30, Durham – UWGT: Preserving the Legacy of the Greater Triangle
Sep 8, Asheville – Food Matters Markets annual meeting
Sep 15, Durham – Francesco Collaborative gathering
Sep 19, Durham – SJF Ventures annual LP gathering
Oct 2, Raleigh – Celebration of Dr. Marjorie Debnam, MD
Oct 4, Durham – Resilient Ventures: Black Diamonds Night: Breaking Barriers
Oct 5, RTP – Private Directors Association – 2023 Triangle event
Oct 6, US – Building the Economy of Francesco (virtual)
Oct 20, Raleigh – JTP – Twelve Angry Jurors
Oct 24, Durham – Spotlight Solar celebration @ Fullsteam Brewery
Nov 18, Raleigh – ULI Triangle Emerging Real Estate Trends
Dec 5, Winston-Salem – Beyond the Sanctuary: Metropolitan Village
Dec 6, Cary – RTP Clean Tech Cluster gathering
Cary, NC – Solidarity Capital notched a significant growth milestone this 1Q 2020, surpassing $5M in financings to 20 diverse social impact enterprises. Recent Solidarity led rounds include more than $1.1M for a Durham mixed-income housing acquisition; $0.9M for RTP-based Spotlight Solar’s series A and series seed financings; and $450K for Happy Dirt (formerly Eastern Carolina Organics) in Durham. Solidarity has sourced capital from 59 local impact investors for these recent and prior financings.
Raleigh, NC – Tonight, Solidarity Capital founder Steve Monti was named the recipient of the 2017 Goodmon Award for Economic Development, for leadership building local impact investing as a powerful community serving economic development tool. The award was presented to Steve by Capital Broadcasting Corporation CEO Jim Goodmon and Leadership Triangle CEO Jes Averhart, at Leadership Triangle’s 2017 Goodmon Awards Gala hosted at the Raleigh Convention Center the evening of December 5th. See the award citation and presentation photo below.
2017 Goodmon Award for Economic Development – Award citation & presentation
Events slated for Solidarity Capital Group’s 2022 schedule include:
Feb 7, Raleigh – Congregations for Social Justice annual dinner (virtual)
Mar 16, Durham – Resilient Ventures annual meeting (virtual)
Mar 31, Raleigh – NC B Corps quarterly gathering
May 12, Durham – United Way Greater Triangle open house
May 25, Raleigh – ULI Triangle Capital Markets
Jun 6, Durham – NC B Corps quarterly gathering
Jun 22, Cary – ULI Fenton Tour
Aug 5, Durham – Happy Dirt annual summer gathering
Sep 22-24, Assisi – Economy of Francesco global event
Oct 17-20, San Francisco, CA – Social Capital Markets Summit
Nov 29-Dec 1, Philadelphia – 2022 B Corp Champions Retreat
Nov 30-Dec 2, San Diego – 2022 ASBN (Investors’ Circle) annual conference
Events currently slated for Solidarity Capital Group’s 2021 schedule include:
Feb 1, Raleigh – Congregations for Social Justice annual dinner (virtual)
Mar 5, Raleigh – Social Venture Circle NC local network meeting (virtual)
Mar 17, Durham – Resilient Ventures annual meeting (virtual)
Mar 18, Durham – Happy Dirt Huddle annual meeting (virtual)
Apr 19-22, TBD – Social Venture Circle spring conf (virtual)
Oct 2, Assisi – Economy of Francesco global event (virtual)
Oct 19-20, San Francisco, CA – Social Capital Markets Summit (virtual)
Nov 3, Raleigh – ULI Capital Markets program (in-person)
Dec 8-10, San Diego, CA – Social Venture Circle annual conf (in-person)
Events currently slated for Solidarity Capital Group’s 2020 schedule include:
Jan 31, Durham – Happy Dirt Huddle (Eastern Carolina Organics annual gathering)
Feb 3, Raleigh – Congregations for Social Justice annual dinner
Feb 19, Raleigh – Social Venture Circle NC local network meeting
Feb 28, Raleigh – SCG @ the Justice Theater Project’s performance of SWEAT
Mar 26-28, online – Economy of Francesco, US observances
May 4, RTP – CED’s Venture Connect Online (COVID reschedule)
May 20, Raleigh – Social Venture Circle NC local network meeting
Summer, Cary – Solidarity Capital annual investors’ event (COVID reschedule)
Oct 6, Washington, DC – Economy of Francesco, US gathering
Oct TBD, Raleigh – SCG @ the Justice Theater Project’s All the Way
Oct 20-23, San Francisco, CA – Social Capital Markets Summit
Dec 2-4, Berkeley, CA – Social Venture Circle annual conference
Events currently slated for Solidarity Capital Group’s 2019 schedule include:
Jan 28, Durham – Eastern Carolina Organics annual celebration
Feb 4, Raleigh – Congregations for Social Justice annual dinner
Feb 21, Chapel Hill – NC Investment Forum
Mar 14, Cary – Solidarity Capital Fund annual investors’ luncheon
Mar 15, Durham – Eastern Carolina Organics annual meeting
May 15, Durham – Leadership Triangle summit
Jun 10-11, Washington, DC – Sacred Economy convening
Sep 10-11, Raleigh – Angel Capital Assoc. SE regional meeting
Sep 16-18, Los Angeles, CA – 2019 B Corp Champions Retreat
Nov 6, NYC – SJF Ventures 20th anniversary meeting
Events currently slated for Solidarity Capital Group’s 2018 schedule include:
Jan 16, Raleigh – United Arts Council – State of Arts and Culture in Wake County
Jan 21, Raleigh – the Justice Theater Project’s annual Capri dinner
Feb 5, Raleigh – Congregations for Social Justice annual dinner
Feb 7, Durham – Duke Sustainable Business and Social Impact conference
Feb 16, Raleigh – Solidarity Capital Fund annual review investors’ luncheon
Apr 19, Raleigh – the Justice Theater Project 2018-19 season Friend Raiser
Apr 20, Durham – NC B Corps spring happy hour
Jun 13-15, Washington, DC – Sojourner’s Summit
Jun 16, Raleigh – the Justice Theater Project’s Oliver! VIP night
Sep 12-13, Raleigh – CED Tech Venture Conference
Sep 20, Cary – Bunker Labs Muster RDU event
Oct 1, Durham – Croatan Regenerative Agriculture Investor Network event
Nov 1-4, Brooklyn, NY – Investors’ Circle SVN National Conference
Nov 15, Pittsboro – SlowMoneyNC impact investing workshop
Dec 6, Durham – NC Mutual tower annual holiday celebration
Philadelphia, PA – Today, Solidarity Capital Group was recognized for a second consecutive year for creating the most positive overall community impact by B the Change Media based on an independent, comprehensive assessment administered by the independent nonprofit B Lab. Honorees are featured on B the Change’s digital platform, bthechange.com. See the media release below for more info.
Solidarity Capital Group 2017 Best for the World media release
Events currently slated for Solidarity Capital Group’s 2017 schedule include:
Jan 16, Raleigh – MLK interfaith prayer breakfast, march, and United Way IGN/CE
Jan 18, RTP – Inspiring Capital’s Triangle kickoff at the Frontier
Jan 24, Raleigh – Launch Raleigh kickoff at Shaw University
Feb 6, Raleigh – Congregations for Social Justice annual dinner
Feb 16, Durham – NC B Corps winter social
Feb 18, Raleigh – Impact Investing night at the Justice Theater Project
Feb 24, Raleigh – United Way IGN/College Edition finale at PNC Arena
Mar 22-23, Denver, CO – Investors’ Circle Beyond the Pitch
Mar 28, Raleigh – Launch Raleigh finale at Shaw University
Mar 31, Chapel Hill – SlowMoney investors’ workshop
May 1, Durham – Leadership Triangle commencement celebration
May 16, RTP – CED Founders Day dinner
May 18, Pittsboro – NC B Corps spring social
Jun 17, Raleigh – Justice Theater Porgy & Bess VIP night
Sep 19-20, Raleigh – CED Tech Venture Conference
Sep 21, Cary – Bunker Labs Muster event
Sep 21, Raleigh – NC B Corps summer social
Oct 3-5, Toronto, Canada – 2017 B Corp Champions Retreat
Oct 10, RTP – Big Launch Challenge
Oct 10-13, San Francisco, CA – Social Capital Markets Summit
Oct 13, Durham – Google for Entrepreneurs Black Founders Exchange
Oct 26, Star, NC – StarWorksNC Annual Gathering
Nov 8, NYC – SJF Ventures annual meetings
Nov 9, Durham – Investors’ Circle NC members’ retreat
Dec 5, Raleigh – Leadership Triangle Annual Awards Gala
Berkeley, CA – Today, Solidarity Capital Group was recognized for creating the most positive overall community impact by B the Change Media based on an independent, comprehensive assessment administered by the independent nonprofit B Lab. Honorees are featured in the upcoming fall issue of B Magazine and on B the Change’s digital platform, bthechange.com. They were also honored at the first-annual Best for the World Celebration & Awards Ceremony at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas Business School. See the video and media release below for more info.
Solidarity Capital Group 2016 Best for the World media release
Durham, NC – Investors’ Circle, the world’s largest and most active early-stage impact investing network, recently posted its newest video describing impact investing from the investor’s perspective. View Investors’ Circle: The Investor Journey here. (Approximately 4 minutes running length, on YouTube.)
Events currently slated for Solidarity Capital Group’s 2016 schedule include:
Feb 1, Raleigh – Congregations for Social Justice annual dinner
Feb 7, RTP, NC – Triangle Startup Weekend Social Impact competition
Feb 9, Raleigh – United Way and Solidarity Capital “Tocqueville at the Justice Theater”
Feb 11, Raleigh – Triangle Interfaith Alliance annual dinner
Feb 16-18, Santa Fe, NM – B the Change Media “Community of Purpose” gathering
Apr 16, Asheville, NC – Invested: Church Impact Forum at All Souls Cathedral
Apr 29, Raleigh – United Way of the Greater Triangle Social Innovation Challenge Finale
May 1, Raleigh – Justice Theater Project’s “Still…Life” interfaith forum on the death penalty
May 2-3, Boston, MA – Investors’ Circle Beyond the Pitch
May 20, RTP, NC – United Way of the Greater Triangle Idea Generation Next event
Jun 17, Raleigh – NC Interfaith Dialogue on Business as a Force for Good & JTP Ragtime
Sep 12-13, San Francisco, CA – Investors’ Circle Beyond the Pitch
Sep 13-16, San Francisco, CA – Social Capital Markets Summit
Sep 13-14, Raleigh – CED Tech Venture Conference
Sep 27, Raleigh – Justice Theater Project’s “Nibble and Dined” forum on living wages
Oct 14, Durham – Google entrepreneurs Black founders lunch and pitch day
Oct 18-20, Philadelphia, PA – B Corp Champions Retreat
Oct 21, Raleigh – Solidarity Capital & JTP pre-curtain reception before Nickel and Dimed
