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My Pick of the Week: Ovanova (for Solar for Smith’s Supermarket)

Every Friday, I pick an investment opportunity from the list of offerings that my colleague Chandan prepares and publishes on Monday. I’ll look for both social impact and investment profit potential.

This week’s pick, Ovanova (for Solar for Smith’s Supermarket), is taking advantage of Federal REAP grants to install solar panels on rural properties where there isn’t a lot of that going on. This investment directly helps to fight climate change. The company is raising debt capital capital on Climatize. Please consider Investing.

Note that Climatize now has a fully functioning website. Launched over a year ago with just an IOS app, the company got the Android app up and running earlier this year and added the web app this week.

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Devin Thorpe Champion of Social Good

Devin is the CEO of The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation helping diverse founders and social entrepreneurs raise capital via impact crowdfunding. He is also a bestselling author who calls himself a champion of social good. His most recent book, How to Make Money with Impact Crowdfunding, is an investment guide for everyone. He has produced about 1,500 episodes of his show featuring luminary change agents, including Bill Gates. His books—read over 1 million times—help people do more good. He has helped nonprofits raise millions of dollars via crowdfunding. He draws on his experience as an investment banker, CFO, treasurer and U.S. Senate staffer. He earned an MBA at Cornell. Frequently finding himself on airplanes, Devin is grateful to be middle-seat-sized.