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investorScreens

This document is intended to be used by start-ups to make sure their funding is aligned with their company's values. This screen provides some transparency while maintaining LP anonymity.

What percentage of funding comes from:

• How Many LP's?
• Pensions:
• Insurance companies:
• Wealthy Individuals
• Non-governmental foundation:
• US government organization (non defense):
• US government organization (armed, i.e. defense, military, CIA, NSA, FBI):
• Foreign states (non military)
• Foreign militaries (armed/defense)
• University Endowment
• Foundation Endowment

For each source of investment:

Entity Type (from above list):

Did this entity create its wealth through:

• Illegal Activity (in location the entity operated):
• Tobacco:
• Gambling:
• Alcohol:
• Fossil Fuels:
• Defense/Weapons/Surveillance:
• Consumer Weapons:
• Animal Testing:
• Adult Entertainment:
• Interest/Loans
• Prisons

Does this entity have any documented history of:

• Human Rights abuse
• Fair-trade abuse
• Worker exploitation
• Human-Trafficking
• Union suppression
• Material/Political support for ICE / deportation centers
• Material/Political support for policies against affordable housing
• Anti-LGBTQ policies or support for Anti-LGBTQ policies
• Environmentally compromising activity (Oil-Spills, illegal dumping)
• Violating or exploiting natural resource rights (e.g. water, land-use)

Does this entity have any negative articles associated with it which are found within the first 2 pages of a Google search of the following terms:

• When searching for "Entity Name + Human Rights"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Illegal"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Criminal"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Sexual Misconduct"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Sexual Harassment"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Sexist"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Racist"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Bias"
• When searching for "Entity Name + homophobic"
• When searching for "Entity Name + transgender"
• When searching for "Entity Name + misogyny"
• When searching for "Entity Name + abuse"
• When searching for "Entity Name + worker rights"
• When searching for "Entity Name + sex-trafficking"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Prison"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Surveillance"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Union"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Deportation"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Detention"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Ice"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Incarceration"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Rent-Control"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Regulation"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Gentrification"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Opioid crisis"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Cigarette"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Nicotine"
• When searching for "Entity Name + drug pricing"
• When searching for "Entity Name + predatory loans"
• When searching for "Entity Name + pollution"
• When searching for "Entity Name + arms"
• When searching for "Entity Name + gun control"
• When searching for "Entity Name + birth control"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Fossil Fuel"
• When searching for "Entity Name + Carbon Emissions"
• When searching for "Entity Name + animal abuse"
• When searching for "Entity Name + gambling"

If a negative article was found:

• Which search term was the negative story found for?
• Was a negative story published in another reputable source (see reputable source list) about the same subject?
• Was the subject matter denied by the entity?
• Did the entity respond with a statement about the subject matter?
• Did the entity respond with a policy change about the subject matter?
• Did the entity participate in a lawsuit regarding the subject matter?
• (If Yes to lawsuit): Did this result in a settlement?
• (If Yes to lawsuit): Did the entity serve a legal punishment?
• Was the subject matter addressed by the entity in a statement?
• How long ago was the subject matter?

Reputable Source List:

• New York Times
• AP
• Reuters
• BBC News
• Fox News
• Washington Post
• USA Today
• Wallstreet Jounral
• LA Times
• New York Daily News
• New York Post
• Boston Globe
• San Francisco Chronicle
• Chicago Tribune
• British Daily Mail
• MSNBC
• CNN
• ABC News
• Fox News
• CBS News
• Huffington Post
• New Yorker

(based on 25 most popular from Pew Research excluding news aggregators and the addition of the Associated Press and the New Yorker. : https://www.journalism.org/2011/05/09/top-25/)

Questions from Joi 2019/10/22

• Who does the auditing - the fund or some 3rd party auditing org?
• Are there certain countries that you would ban all together?
• Is the idea to have a common set of questions for all funds and create a shared system?
• Is this like ESG https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/environmental-social-and-governance-esg-criteria.asp - Notable that J&J is classified as an ESG.
• What about nested situations like funds of funds?