In general, social and environmental for-profit ventures produce products and/or services that either focus on addressing the needs of low-income communities or customers with an explicit purpose of increasing the welfare of these groups, alleviate a market failure, and create significant public goods or benefits that are not wholly captured in the price charged by the business, or have attracted funding for the business by investors or grant makers who are seeking measurable social or environmental impacts.
Ventures must be led by Columbia University students, alumni, faculty, or researchers, or be advised by and have significant involvement from Columbia University faculty or researchers. Tamer Fund seed grants will be made to approximately seven ventures each year.
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