CoPeace Launches Regulation CF Equity Crowdfunding Offering to Fund Impact Investing Initiatives
CoPeace Launches Regulation CF Equity Crowdfunding Offering to Fund Impact Investing Initiatives
July 8, 2020
Following a successful private fund raise, impact holding company seeks conscious investors of all backgrounds interested in growing their money through investments in positive-impact companies
DENVER (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – CoPeace, a diversified holding company which invests in growing companies demonstrating positive measurable impact and strong fiscal health, today announced it has launched a Regulation CF equity crowdfunding offering following the validation of its Form C by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The purpose of this offering is to allow both accredited and non-accredited potential investors the opportunity to invest in a holding company that directly invests in for-profit companies seeking solutions to societal and environmental problems, while striving for a competitive financial return.
CoPeace’s Regulation CF equity crowdfunding offering allows the company to sell up to $1,069,920 worth of shares to the public. Shares are priced at $120.00 USD each with a minimum investment of $360 (three shares). The offering will be conducted on a best efforts basis through the Wefunder Portal, https://wefunder.com/copeace.
CoPeace fills a massive gap that currently exists in the competitive landscape of impact investing – one that provides access to the investing process, while prioritizing true impact and emphasizing the potential returns. Currently no services exist for everyday consumers to invest in the impact space without a strong understanding of the industry, financial literacy, and personal wealth. There is tremendous opportunity for CoPeace’s investing model with more than 8-in-10 U.S. investors interested in sustainable investing and the impact investing market seeing explosive growth this year, climbing to $715B as of April 2020.
“Today is an exciting day for CoPeace, as we launch our Regulation CF equity crowdfunding offering to enable investment in not only our company, but ultimately in companies that are actually combating world problems with measurable impact,” said CoPeace CEO Craig Jonas. “There is a common misconception that profits and positive impact are mutually exclusive. The current global capitalism structure prioritizes profits over people and planet. CoPeace is offering a different option, one in which the environment and society are on equal footing with profits. As such, we believe we can help change capitalism and the world for the better.”
CoPeace recently secured $1.6M in a private funding round to facilitate investments in socially impactful organizations and acquire meaningful subsidiaries, as well as contribute to general operating costs. Capital raised through Regulation CF equity crowdfunding offering will support CoPeace’s current portfolio of three companies centered on climate crisis solutions, cleantech innovation, and economic equality opportunities, while helping expand their holdings to include themes of public health, education, and financial accessibility.
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CoPeace Secures $1.6M in Private Funding Round to Facilitate Investment in Profitable, Positive-Impact Companies
CoPeace Secures $1.6M in Private Funding Round to Facilitate Investment in Profitable, Positive-Impact Companies
June 23, 2020
First-of-its-kind holding company creates opportunity to invest in businesses focusing on climate crisis solutions, cleantech innovation, economic equality, and more
DENVER (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CoPeace, a diversified holding company which invests in growing companies demonstrating positive measurable impact and strong fiscal health, today announced it has secured $1.6M in funding through a private capital raise. The round included more than 48 influential individuals from within their private network of investors, including family/friends and successful entrepreneurs and businesspeople.
CoPeace is the first holding company to provide an accessible means to invest directly in for-profit companies seeking solutions to societal and environmental problems, while striving for a competitive financial return. As a holding company, CoPeace utilizes investor capital to purchase controlling interest in complementary, purpose-driven holdings through a unique investment approach that creates a path for nearly anyone to participate in impact investing, including communities often overlooked in traditional investing.
“With the support of our investors, CoPeace will use this funding to make investments in socially impactful organizations and acquire meaningful subsidiaries, as well as contribute to general operating costs,” said CoPeace CEO Craig Jonas. “The mission behind everything we do at CoPeace is to continue democratizing impact investing and help individuals of all investing backgrounds grow their money for good. Many self-described ‘impact’ investment opportunities available today are not truly aligned with achieving impact goals, prioritizing financial return over effective impact. The CoPeace approach considers stakeholders, not just shareholders, when making investment decisions, and empowers investors to build wealth while making a difference.”
CoPeace uses a Head + Heart + Math formula when vetting potential partners to identify companies with innovative, marketable concepts and a strong leadership team, who are combating world problems with measurable impact and are projected to have positive growth and potential target returns. Currently, CoPeace’s portfolio includes three companies, Advanced Sustainable Technologies, CoFi LLC and Uncharted Power, all of which focus on climate crisis solutions, cleantech innovation, and economic equality opportunities. Future holdings will fall under the themes of public health, education, and financial accessibility.
“It is an honor to have CoPeace as a part of the Uncharted Power community,” said Jessica O. Mathews, Founder & CEO of Uncharted Power. “The CoPeace team members have provided guidance that has been invaluable to our growth. Knowing how deeply their values in solving environmental and social issues align with ours makes working with them all the more powerful.”
According to Morgan Stanley’s 2019 study on investor interest in sustainable investing, more than 8-in-10 (85%) of U.S. individual investors expressed interest in sustainable investing, yet 65% cited a lack of available products as the barrier to including sustainable investing in their portfolio. CoPeace fills a much-needed void that currently exists in the competitive landscape of impact investing – one that provides access to the direct investing process, while prioritizing true impact and profit.
Ed Tepper Joins CoPeace as COO
Ed Tepper Joins CoPeace as COO
Jan. 22, 2020
Tepper Brings Over Three Decades of Executive Experience to the Impact Holding Company
DENVER – Ed Tepper has been named the Chief Operating Officer of CoPeace, an innovative impact holding company, CoPeace announced Tuesday. Tepper brings over 30 years of results-oriented and hands-on operations and financial management experience to the CoPeace executive team.
“It is a distinct honor and privilege to join the CoPeace executive team, board of directors, and investor group,” Tepper said. “I believe CoPeace addresses important market needs by investing in companies that strive to do good every day, making these investment opportunities available to everyone, and holding itself to the highest standards of conduct, fairness, and transparency.”
A self-described technology enthusiast and early adopter, Tepper has thrived in high-growth environments across multiple industries and has devoted most of his career to growing entrepreneurial and middle-market businesses. He was instrumental in the restructuring and restoration of profitability of two domestic and global manufacturing and distribution businesses.
“Ed brings a great energy and attitude to the CoPeace team, in addition to his years of management experience across multiple industries,” CoPeace founder and CEO Craig Jonas said. “Ed has an outstanding track record of developing, motivating, and leading top-performing teams.”
Tepper co-founded an advanced digital media services company, serving an elite clientele, including HBO, Showtime, A&E, and academy-award-winning filmmakers. He was co-founder and CFO of an Emmy-winning team recognized for bringing revolutionary enhancements to live sports broadcasts, including American football’s yellow first-down line and baseball’s pitch zone.
Previously, Tepper was COO of Sterling Ventures, an investment arm of a prominent New York real estate firm that also owns the New York Mets baseball team. Early in his career, he was an economist for Merrill Lynch and The Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Tepper earned his M.B.A. in finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and holds a B.A. in economics from Washington University in St. Louis, where he was a 3-year letterman on the men’s tennis team.
Tepper has served as a judge for the Penn-Wharton Startup Challenge since 2004. He also sits on the Board of Directors of The Tepper Family Foundation and the Chester-Mendham Little League. He is a proud father of three, a youth baseball and soccer coach, and resides in the New York metro area.
About CoPeace
CoPeace is a unique holding company, building a portfolio of carefully selected for-profit companies having measurable social and environmental impact. Investing in CoPeace is available to everyone.
CoPeace has raised capital from its private network of investors and plans to launch a direct public offering under Regulation A later this year, providing an investment opportunity to the general public.
As a designated Certified B Corp and a public-benefit corporation (PBC), CoPeace is committed to acting morally, ethically and responsibly in regard to society, the environment, the natural world and the world at large. CoPeace joins an exclusive community of just 2,500 B Corps and is one of approximately 400 B Corps also registered as a public-benefit corporation.
For more information about CoPeace and how you can grow your money for good, visit copeace.com.
CoPeace Announces Strategic Partnership with NABC
CoPeace Announces Strategic Partnership with NABC
Jan. 15, 2020
CoPeace to Sponsor NABC Guardians of the Game Awards for Service, Advocacy
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – CoPeace will partner with the National Association of Basketball Coaches to honor men’s college basketball coaches with the NABC Guardians of the Game Awards for advocacy and service, it was announced on Wednesday.
The awards will be presented at the 2020 AT&T NABC Guardians of the Game Awards Show on April 5 in Atlanta. The event takes place alongside the annual NABC Convention and NCAA Men’s Final Four.
Guardians of the Game is a national awareness and education program of the NABC. The goal of the program is to focus attention on the positive aspects of basketball and the role coaches play in the lives of student-athletes, in addition to the contributions coaches make to their communities. The Guardians of the Game pillar awards emphasize the NABC’s core values of advocacy, education, leadership, and service.
The advocacy award is presented annually to the coach who best advocates for the game of basketball, student-athletes, and coaches, providing leadership and guidance on issues affecting the basketball community. The service award is presented to the coach who best serves as a community leader and who helps enhance their communities through civic involvement.
CoPeace is a unique holding company, building a portfolio of carefully selected for-profit companies having measurable social and environmental impact. CoPeace offers leaders in sport the unique opportunity to invest directly in positive impact companies and become role models for sustainable investing.
CoPeace has raised capital from its private network of investors and plans to launch a direct public offering under Regulation A early this year, providing an impact investment opportunity to the general public.
CoPeace is designated as a Certified B Corp and a public-benefit corporation, acting morally, ethically and responsibly in regard to society, the environment, the natural world and the world at large. CoPeace joins an exclusive community of just 2,500 B Corps and is one of approximately 400 B Corps also registered as a public-benefit corporation.
For more information about CoPeace and how you can grow your money for good, visit copeace.com.
About the National Associate of Basketball Coaches
Located in Kansas City, Missouri, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Forrest “Phog” Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men’s basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today’s student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. Additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, can be found at www.nabc.org.
CoPeace Designated Certified B Corporation
CoPeace Designated Certified B Corporation®
Sept. 12, 2019
CoPeace Recognized for Commitment to Social and Environmental Good
DENVER – CoPeace™ (Companies of Peace) – a first-of-its-kind impact holding company – was designated as a Certified B Corporation®, earlier this month. As a Certified B Corp, CoPeace meets the highest verified standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability.
The community of B Corp companies works toward reduced inequality, lower levels of poverty, a healthier environment, stronger communities, and the creation of more high quality jobs with dignity and purpose. By harnessing the power of business, B Corps use profits and growth as a means to a greater end: positive impact for employees, communities, and the environment.
“We are honored and excited that CoPeace is now a fully Certified B Corp,” said Craig Jonas, CoPeace CEO and founder. “The B Corp community is ushering in the next wave of capitalism, which reflects a desire to have a positive impact on the world. It’s a great opportunity to connect with like-minded organizations and show our investors our continued commitment to true impact and positive financial returns.”
CoPeace’s designation as a Certified B Corp complements its filing as a public-benefit corporation, acting morally, ethically and responsibly in regard to society, the environment, the natural world and the world at large.
The B Corp assessment process measures a company’s performance in five categories: governance, workers, customers, community, and the environment. CoPeace joins an exclusive community of just 2,500 B Corps and is one of approximately 400 B Corps also registered as a public-benefit corporation.
CoPeace is a unique holding company, building a portfolio of carefully selected for-profit companies having measurable social and environmental impact. Investing in CoPeace is available to everyone.
CoPeace has raised capital from its private network of investors and plans to launch a direct public offering under Regulation A later this year, providing an impact investment opportunity to the general public.
For more information about CoPeace and how you can grow your money for good, visit copeace.com.
CoPeace Adds Financial Analysis Service, CoFi, to Growing Portfolio
CoPeace Adds Financial Analysis Service, CoFi, to Growing Portfolio
Aug. 23, 2019
CoFi Will Target Companies Demonstrating Positive Social or Environmental Impact
DENVER – CoPeace (Companies of Peace) – an innovative impact holding company, introduced its newest subsidiary CoPeace Finance LLC (CoFi) – a financial analysis company offering projections and financial models to clients.
CoFi provides financial consulting and interim CFO services to businesses demonstrating positive social or environmental impact. CoFi offers services including economic forecasts, cash flow analysis, revenue and cost projections, solvency analysis, capital structure and business strategies, and pro forma summaries.
“CoFi was developed to offer affordable, transparent financial analysis to members of the entrepreneurial community,” said Craig Jonas, CoPeace founder and CEO. “As we continue to evaluate potential holdings in our own portfolio, we found many businesses are seeking the financial expertise CoPeace is able to provide. We took the model and developed an LLC that could support the demand for such a service.”
CoFi is the first fully-owned subsidiary of the CoPeace portfolio and the third addition in the last five months. CoPeace recently added Uncharted Power and Advanced Sustainable Technologies – complementary companies in the clean energy industry – to its growing portfolio.
CoPeace is an innovative impact holding company, driving mission-grounded change through its growing portfolio of complementary subsidiaries, while creating a more inclusive investing space. CoPeace is structured as a public benefit corporation and received pending B Corp status.
CoPeace has raised capital from its private network of investors and plans to launch a direct public offering under Regulation A later this year, providing an investment opportunity to the general public.
For more information about CoPeace, visit copeace.com. For more information about CoFi, visit www.copeacefinance.com.
CoPeace Announces Addition of AST to Portfolio of Companies
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CoPeace Announces Addition of AST to Portfolio of Companies
AST Complements Company’s First Holding, Harlem-Based Uncharted Power
DENVER – CoPeace (Companies of Peace) – an innovative impact holding company, announced its second addition to the CoPeace finance portfolio in Advanced Sustainable Technologies (AST) – a waste management company specializing in processing hazardous waste using plasma gasification.
CoPeace has established a capital investment in AST for the construction and operation of an AST plasma gasification facility in Israel.
“AST presents a great opportunity to expand our portfolio into the cleantech industry in a way that is very complementary to our first holding, Uncharted Power,” said Craig Jonas, CoPeace CEO and founder.
AST is a cleantech company specializing in plasma gasification to process hazardous waste and generate electricity. The Israeli plant will be utilized by government and private entities to process hazardous waste in a sustainable way.
“We have been evaluating AST for several months,” Jonas said. “We’re excited about its potential to remove hazardous waste from the environment, while creating electricity for use in the region. One of the most exciting things about this plant is that the recipe can be repeated in the U.S. and globally. There is a clear need to deal with our waste in better ways.”
“This venture presents an incredible opportunity to tackle uncharted niches in the Israeli waste management industry,” AST CEO Dan Levin said. “We are offering treatment to hazardous waste which has been accumulating for decades in chemical plants without any treatment, or otherwise sent abroad to be treated in more advanced European countries.”
AST is developing a new generation of waste management facilities which are environmentally-friendly, safe, and financially-viable. Utilizing proven plasma technology, AST designs, builds and operates turnkey plasma waste management facilities for corporate clients and governments.
“With our advanced solutions we can prevent hazardous waste from being sent outside of Israel,” Levin said, “and give the industry a viable solution to treat its waste at a reasonable cost with an eco-friendly process.”
CoPeace announced its first portfolio holding in May, an investment in Harlem-based energy and data startup – Uncharted Power.
CoPeace is an innovative impact holding company, driving mission-grounded change through its growing portfolio of complementary subsidiaries, while providing a more democratized, inclusive investment opportunity. CoPeace is structured as a public benefit corporation and received pending B Corp status.
CoPeace has raised capital from its private network of investors and plans to launch a direct public offering under Regulation A later this year, providing an investment opportunity to the general public.
For more information about CoPeace, visit copeace.com. For more information about AST, visit www.astplasma.com.
CoPeace Announces Strategic Investment in Uncharted Power
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CoPeace Announces Strategic Investment in Uncharted Power
May 14, 2019
NEW YORK – CoPeace (Companies of Peace) – an innovative impact holding company, announced a strategic investment in Uncharted Power – a power and data technology company addressing the infrastructural issues for the generation, transmission, and storage of power to underserved communities. This investment marks the first holding for the CoPeace finance portfolio.
Uncharted Power was specifically selected by CoPeace for its proprietary technology and active solutions towards critical social and environmental issues facing the world. In addition, CoPeace analyzed the long-term profitability and impact potential of Uncharted Power. Given CoPeace’s management expertise, the two will partner on the exploration of project finance opportunities for domestic infrastructure projects.
“After evaluating over 100 companies, we determined Uncharted Power presented an incredible opportunity as our first strategic partner in our new portfolio. Jessica O. Matthews and the team at Uncharted Power have a brilliant system of solutions for our country’s growing infrastructural needs. We are impressed with their technology’s innovative and unique approach to providing power and data to under-served communities in a way that is proactively combating the climate crisis,” said Craig Jonas, CoPeace founder and CEO.
In 2016, Jessica O. Matthews, Uncharted Power’s founder and CEO, raised what was at the time, the largest-ever Series A by a black female founder. Under the Ford Freedom Award winner and Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient’s leadership, the company continues to accumulate a myriad of accolades and recognition. It was most recently featured on TBS Network’s prime-time show, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, discussing the existing biases in tech and innovating for the global economy.
“It is important as we continue to accomplish our mission of decentralizing and democratizing power, that we partner with firms with a similar ethos and approach to the future of infrastructure,” said Matthews. “We could not be more pleased to welcome CoPeace to the Uncharted Power community.”
Based in Harlem, New York, Uncharted Power provides infrastructure solutions for cost-efficient energy, along with data transmission and storage, utilizing its cutting-edge hardware and software technology. Additionally, Uncharted Power addresses the exigent climate crisis with its renewable energy focus.
CoPeace is an innovative impact holding company, driving mission-grounded change through its growing portfolio of complementary subsidiaries, while creating a more inclusive investing space. CoPeace is structured as a public benefit corporation and received pending B Corp status.
CoPeace has raised capital from its private network of investors and plans to launch a direct public offering under Regulation A later this year, providing an investment opportunity to the general public.
For more information about CoPeace, visit copeace.com. For more information about Uncharted Power, visit www.u-pwr.co.
Jed Emerson to Serve as Senior Strategic Advisor
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Jed Emerson to Serve as Senior Strategic Advisor at CoPeace
Jan. 30, 2019
DENVER – Jed Emerson will serve as a senior strategic advisor to CoPeace, founder and CEO Craig Jonas announced Wednesday. Emerson, a thought leader in the field of impact investing, will advise CoPeace and provide strategic guidance.
Frequently referred to as a godfather of impact investing, Emerson has spent nearly 30 years promoting the good work and promising practices of many of the innovators in the field — and is recognized as a significant practitioner among those championing new approaches to investing, wealth management, and entrepreneurship.
“We’re incredibly excited to be partnering with Jed,” Jonas said. “He’s a great asset and brings a wealth of experience and knowledge about the impact investment space. We’re thrilled to have his support and guidance as we build this CoPeace venture.”
As originator of the term “blended value,” Emerson has spent over two decades exploring how capital investment strategies may be executed to create multiple returns. He has held appointments at Harvard, Stanford, and Oxford business schools and written extensively on impact investing, social return on investment, and related areas.
“I’m especially excited to be joining forces with CoPeace,” Emerson said. “The venture offers a sound approach to aligning the interests of impact investors with those of innovative entrepreneurs through an investment structure focused on the creation of long-term value, as opposed to short term profits.”
CoPeace, a public benefit corporation, is a first-of-its-kind impact holding company. CoPeace views its role and responsibility as a partnership with subsidiaries to create impact for the greater and further-reaching good. This model allows CoPeace to craft a portfolio of companies working towards complementary missions in any given social or environmental subsector, and ultimately to amplify its collective impact output. CoPeace plans to democratize impact investing, leveraging recent updates to legislation, to allow everyday people to use their money as support for the values and solutions they want to see more of in the world.
Impact investing is a growing field, attracting participants from all market segments and walks of life who want to use capitalism as a force for good. Generally, impact investing prioritizes, or at least considers, longer-term impact gains over shorter-term financial gains. Through financial backing, CoPeace fosters sustainable and mission-driven companies in an effort to make the world a more inclusive, peaceful place for future generations.
An impact investing alternative as a modernized holding company
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An impact investing alternative as a modernized holding company
Nov. 29, 2018
DENVER – Impact investment is a booming segment of the finance industry, as investors address the importance of longer horizons and acknowledge the responsibility the business community has to a global society. Companies of Peace, or CoPeace, support a responsible free market in a way that makes the world a more inclusive and peaceful place for future generations.
As the impact market grows and matures, new models are being pursued that provide evolving and organizing principles. CoPeace utilizes a modernized holding company structure for growing businesses that demonstrate measurable impact. CoPeace serves a network of investors who are socially, environmentally, and politically conscious. Consequently, CoPeace helps to direct these investments into companies that practice corporate responsibility and impact the world in a positive manner.
CoPeace is a public benefit corporation that provides sophisticated financial capabilities, management, along with an umbrella-marketing approach for impact businesses much like a modern Berkshire Hathaway. In addition, attracting impact synergy between responsible companies that share common resources is one of the model’s more powerful advantage.
The company is seeking investments in solid, single-type businesses with 20% internal rates of return instead of risking bets on the next unicorn investment. As Dr. Stephanie Gripne has often been quoted as saying, “Zebras fix what unicorns break.”
As a holding company, CoPeace has the ability to represent multiple companies working together as an investment strategy; growing those companies through cohesive marketing and fiscal expertise, thereby facilitating a positive return with true impact.