Dave Kirkpatrick is Managing Director and co-founder of SJF Ventures, a positive impact growth equity fund with offices in Durham, New York City, Seattle and San Francisco. SJF was founded in 1999, has 80 portfolio companies and is investing from its fifth fund. SJF assists and invests in mission-driven enterprises with unique innovations which create strong competitive advantages. The SJF portfolio includes Terabase Energy, Ambient Fuels, ShipMonk, Springboard, Waycare, Voltaiq, mPulse Mobile, Seamless Docs, Jopwell, TemperPack, LeadGenius, Cecelia Health, Novinium, Solera Health, Voxy, TransLoc, NEXTracker, Validic, EnTouch, Easy Metrics, Vital Farms, BioSurplus, Community Energy, Living Earth, Hyla Mobile, Optoro, ServiceChannel, CleanScapes, groSolar, and Rustic Crust.Specialties: growth equity, venture capital, resource efficiency, recycling, energy efficiency, cleantech, renewable energy, community development, entrepreneurship, solar energy, socially responsible investing, impact investing, positive impacts