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Featured, Job PostingsIn June SeaMo hosts Unitus, the Seattle based microfinance accelerator that recently announced the opening of a new microfinance center in Africa.
FeaturedFewer than 10 tickets remain for the pre-event reception, so purchase now if you are interested.
FeaturedJust in time for Earth Day, SeaMo will be hosting Microenergycredits.com, a Seattle startup that leverages microfinance for environmental good.
FeaturedPlease join SeaMo at Town Hall in Seattle as we host Matt Flannery, the CEO and Co-Founder of Kiva.org, at 7pm on March 5th. Matt will discuss microcredit as a means of poverty eradication, how technology helps facilitate development, and Kiva’s plans to continue innovating.
Events, FeaturedUPDATE: We had a great event last night, and would love for you to join us at our next event on March 5th. We’ll be featuring Matt Flannery of Kiva.org at Town Hall on March 5th. Tickets are here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/53835 SeaMo is pleased to announce January’s Microfinance and Microbrews at The Pike Brewery (1415 1st ...
Events, FeaturedDon Schlosser, SeaMo’s resident finance expert, is traveling in Guatemala this week visiting projects supported by Global Visionaries and Global Partnerships, two of Seattle’s most exciting development organizations. We’ll be posting his dispatches as they come in.
FeaturedSeaMo is pleased to announce November’s Microfinance and Microbrews at Spitfire (2219 Fourth Avenue, Seattle) on Tuesday, November 11th beginning at 5:30pm. This month we are featuring Evelyn Stark, Senior Program Officer in the Global Development Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Evelyn recently joined the foundation’s Financial Services for the Poor office, ...
Events, FeaturedUBmatrix, a software development company with an office in Bellevue, is participating in a consortium of developers and insurers to standardize microinsurance software platforms. Microinsurance, one of the most promising growth areas in microfinancial services, seeks to provide insurance services to the poor. Full Article Microinsurance can provide a backstop against many of the contingencies ...
FeaturedGreen Mountain Coffee Roasters, who made headlines last month in Seattle by purchasing our own ailing coffee company, Tully’s, announced a $450,000 grant to Root Capital, a microfinance nonprofit. Although it is a philanthropic grant, there is a potential gain for Green Mountain (aside from the tax deduction). Root Capital focuses its microfinance efforts on ...
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