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FundingHope completes seed funding round

FundingHope Completes Seed Financing Round to Fund Development of Investment Crowdfunding Portal

The online impact investing platform completes seed funding round and aims to connect investors with businesses contributing to sustainability in distressed and at-risk communities CHICAGO, Illinois – FundingHope, LLC (www.fundinghope.com) today announced it has received commitments to complete a substantially upsized seed financing round. The funds will be used to further develop and launch its…
investing in a better future

Investing in a Better Future

Without a doubt, the past two years have been difficult for many people and communities across the globe. Yet, from these challenges we see opportunity. Opportunities to grow communities in a more sustainable way. Especially, distressed communities who have suffered the most and continue to face additional hurdles during the recovery process. Impact investors can…
investing in a better future

What are the UN Sustainable Development Goals?

The United Nations established the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. The SDGs address the global challenges we face, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace, and justice. In 2015, the United Nations set out to solve the world’s major economic,…
helping define esg

Helping Define ESG

It is becoming more evident that many so called environmental, social, and governance funds and the companies they invest in really aren’t that socially responsible at all. With $2.8 trillion in global sustainable fund assets, ESG investing is big business and authorities around the world are increasing their pressure on claims that turn out to…
clean water and sanitation increases economic activity

How Clean Water and Sanitation Increases Economic Activity

The cycle of poverty associated with chronic illness is well known. Poverty negatively impacts the health of these regions on several fronts: the persistence of existing infectious diseases including diarrhea, pneumonia and malaria, the advent of new and re-emerging infectious diseases such as SARS, TB and now COVID and an increase in non-communicable diseases including…
how fundinghope reaches the world

How FundingHope Reaches the World

FundingHope is passionately focused on helping to create “the Rise of the Rest” so that entrepreneurs and small business owners can build successful, sustainable businesses and grow prosperous communities. The premise of FundingHope is to help create focus and action in economically disadvantaged cities and towns of all sizes. Connecting the growing number of investors…
FundingHope completes seed funding round

A Message from Co-Founder Dorian Dickinson

I am thrilled to announce my new business, FundingHope, LLC. FundingHope is a unique investment crowdfunding platform that will connect thousands of investors to entrepreneurs and businesses in economically challenged communities who are aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) established by the United Nations. FundingHope is much more than just another company. It is…
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Welcome to FundingHope Insights and Investment Crowdfunding!

Welcome to FundingHope and FundingHope Insights. FundingHope is an innovative, first-of-its-kind investment crowdfunding portal that connects investors with Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) focused on achieving United Nations Sustainable Development Goal targets in economically disadvantaged communities in the US. At this time, FundingHope acts as an investment crowdfunding intermediary and does not offer investment…