# Venture capital firm to fund socially beneficial Internet companies

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/04/02/venture-capital-firm-fund-socially-beneficial-internet-companies/
- Published: 2000-04-02T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Internet venture capital firm Flatiron Partners is starting two funds with some
$5 million, devoted to applying the methods of the “New Economy” to social problems.

Read Internet Millionaires Take a New Approach to Charity by Saul Hansell at the
New York Times.

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