Social Good Venture Meets Venture Capital at Utah Conference

Feb. 5, 2013 - PRLog -- BOISE, ID (February 5, 2013) – In the 29-year history of the Investor’s Choice® Venture Capital Conference, Bradley Bertoch has never seen a presenting startup the likes of Social Good Network.

“This is new territory for the conference.  We’ve had hundreds of startups present their ideas to investors, from cleantech to life sciences, but never one with a mission to ‘make money and do good,’” said Bertoch, president and CEO of the Wayne Brown Institute, which organizes the annual event to be held this year on Thursday, February 7, at the Zermatt Resort and Spa in Midway, Utah.

Social Good Network fulfills its mission through a creative suite of web apps and fundraising tools it gives away for free to nonprofits.  The proprietary web apps increase direct donations for nonprofits and measure and reward socially good actions by individuals.  Social Good Network also empowers nonprofit supporters to turn everyday actions into donations via a free web community, socialgoodnetwork.com (http://www.socialgoodnetwork.com).  The site enables people to advocate, share, and turn their online purchases into donations for their favorite causes at no extra cost.  

“We see a rare opportunity to use innovation, the Web, and a free-market approach to create positive social impact in the world,” said Russ Stoddard, Social Good Network Chief Do-Gooder and co-founder.   “We’re helping hundreds of nonprofits successfully raise funds and awareness for the critical services they provide in our communities.”

About Social Good Network

Social Good Network is an innovative online fundraising platform for nonprofits and their supporters.  Its patent-pending web apps help nonprofits increase fundraising and awareness, and its free web community socialgoodnetwork.com connects nonprofits, individuals, and brands through social media, sharing, shopping, and everyday acts of goodness.  The company was co-founded in 2011 by Chief Innovator Antonia Chappell and Chief Do-Gooder Russ Stoddard, and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

About Investors Choice® Venture Capital Conference

Hundreds of investors from around the West will gather to listen to startups pitch their ideas at The Investors Choice® Venture Capital Conference (http://www.venturecapital.org). The Wayne Brown Institute, which is the oldest and most successful nonprofit venture accelerator in the country, organizes the conference.  The event provides unique opportunities for high-growth companies to participate in the angel/venture capital process, as investors meet with companies seeking capital.  The Wayne Brown Institute is located in Salt Lake City, Utah.