Capital, Markets and Economics

Increasing wealth and creating jobs in the United States begins by connecting investors with high-potential start-up and early stage companies. Kauffman Foundation research and programs have built the nation’s first network of angel investor organizations, trained future venture capitalists and future leaders of high-growth companies, and studied the history and performance of investments in minority-owned enterprises.

Initiatives

  • This study, funded in part by the Kauffman Foundation, examines the track record of women's business enterprises seeking access to corporate markets.

  • The Angel Capital Education Foundation (ACEF), founded by the Kauffman Foundation, is a charitable organization devoted to education of angel investors and to collecting and disseminating data and information on angel investors and angel investing groups.

  • Kauffman's blog at growthology.org shares thoughts and ideas to enhance faster economic growth, greater individual opportunity, smart government policy, and the expansion of human welfare.

  • The Kauffman Fellows Program provides firsthand experience in the venture capital process for exceptional men and women.

  • This initiative provides for the development of one-stop economic empowerment centers to provide business training, counseling, financing, and procurement opportunities to minority and urban business owners.

Highlights

  • Watch a discussion of the financial crisis with Harold Bradley, chief investment officer at the Kauffman Foundation; Bob Litan, vice president of Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation; and John MacDonald, vice president and treasurer at the Hall Family Foundation.

     

Featured Resources

  • cover_w_shadowIn this book, the authors document four different varieties of capitalism, some "Good" and some "Bad" for growth. The authors identify the conditions that characterize Good Capitalism—the right blend of entrepreneurial and established firms, which can vary among countries—as well as the features of Bad Capitalism.

  • Bob Litan, Vice President of Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation,  joins a panel of experts to tackle the impending budget crisis that entitlement spending could cause with an online forum on NewTalk.org. The debate includes the sustainability of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security and possible solutions.

  • The archive of the Webcast: The Next President and the Entrepreneurial Economy. This event originally took place Live from the Inc. 500/5000 Conference in Washington, D.C., Friday, September 19.

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