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Upswing Working Capital Loan
10,000
Student-demanded service hours intended with this investment
Financing Workforce & Talent Innovators
Our Approach
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Innovative training and supportive service providers across the education, training, and workforce landscape are building effective solutions to help learners access jobs with upward mobility potential. At Social Finance, we partner with these providers to address their capital needs and help scale promising solutions.
From supporting employers who want to expand their in-house upskilling programs and talent pipelines, to offering patient working capital to training providers with strong track records of learner success, we’re deploying impact capital to the places in our workforce system where it is needed the most.
How It Works
Featured Work
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Colorado Pay It Forward Fund
4 New Employees
Hired by training provider CrossPurpose to scale their programming, thanks to a zero-interest working capital loan
I started Upswing to help students from communities like mine to get a fair opportunity at upward mobility. Too many students quit due to challenges outside of the classroom. Thanks to our partnership with Social Finance, our work can continue towards making their dreams a reality.Melvin Hines
CEO and Co-Founder of Upswing
Our continued success as an organization is dependent upon deep partnerships with our employers. Thanks to the support of the Colorado Pay It Forward Fund, we have seen a significant increase in employer engagement and a surge in employer investment into our mission.Steve Steele
Vice President of Admissions, Recruitment, & Career Advancement at CrossPurpose