Mark W. King

Impact Investing Roadshow

Business EN ↓ 6 episodes

Listen in as impact fund managers dissect a single deal to reveal their investment thesis, impact mission, deal execution, and relevant experience and expertise. We examine deal criteria, negotiated terms, and due diligence and approval processes. Then we look at how they support the multi-bottom line goals of their portfolio companies.

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Mark W. King

Episodes

Investing in People, Not Unicorns - Mark Phillips - 11 Tribes 28.03.2026 56:17

Mark Phillips, Founder of 11 Tribes Ventures, joins Impact Investing Roadshow to discuss his firm's founder-first venture capital thesis and their investment in NQS (National Quality Systems), a vertical AI platform transforming trauma registry management for U.S. hospital emergency departments. Get The Full Episode Notes Here Mark Phillips Founder, 11 Tribes Ventures Email | LinkedIn | Website Ma...

Rehabbing & Flipping Churches - Narthex - Rob Boyer 21.03.2026 47:26

Rob Boyer, CEO and founder of Narthex Properties, joins Impact Investing Roadshow to discuss his firm’s mission of acquiring and repositioning underutilized historic church properties as thriving faith-based community hubs—illustrated through the Our Lady of Lourdes transaction in Raytown, Missouri. Get The Full Episode Notes Here Guests: Rob Boyer: CEO and Founder, Narthex Properties Email | Link...

AI for Main Street - Fireroad - Christy Johnson 12.03.2026 51:45

Christy Johnson, Founding Partner of Fireroad Ventures, discusses the firm’s thesis around applying AI to small and local businesses and digs into their pre-seed investment in Ando, a workforce scheduling platform designed to improve job quality and scheduling flexibility for the 82 million hourly W-2 workers across food service, hospitality, and transportation. Get The Full Episode Notes Here Gue...

Employee-led Buyouts - Apis & Heritage - Phil Reeves and Michael Brownrigg 04.03.2026 56:20

Phil Reeves and Michael Brownrigg, co-founding partners of Apis & Heritage Capital Partners, discuss their employee-led buyout (ELBO) strategy that converts lower middle-market businesses to employee ownership. They detail how they sourced and structured the Blooming Nursery transaction (Cornelius, Oregon), including screening criteria, diligence on agriculture-specific risks like seasonality...

Making Housing Affordable - Sycamore Equity - Glenn Bean and Ian Noyes 25.02.2026 57:31

Glenn Bean and Ian Noyes of Sycamore Equity examine a shared-equity housing model designed to bridge the gap between what nonprofit and church staff can afford and local housing costs. Bean and Noyes explain how equity sharing agreements provide 10–30% of a home’s value at closing to reduce mortgage burdens, typically targeting 3–9% IRRs, with capital recycled upon sale or refinance to build a hou...

You Deserve A Better Impact Investing Podcast! 24.02.2026 1:35

Impact Investing Roadshow transforms the way we discuss impact investing. Unlike typical investment podcasts with scripted questions and high-level generalities, the Roadshow features in-depth conversations with impact investment fund managers who talk you through the execution of a single deal. Inspired by the 'Song Exploder' podcast format, the Roadshow extracts the essence of an impact fund man...