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SFU Beedie’s student-managed funds to drop fossil fuel investments

Dec 8, 2021

SFU Beedie’s two student-managed investment funds are set to become fossil-fuel-free, in line with the university’s commitment to full divestment from fossil fuels announced on November 2, 2021. The $22.4 million Student Investment Advisory Service (SIAS) fund, run by students in SFU Beedie’s MSc in Finance program, and the $8.02 million Beedie Endowment Asset Management (BEAM) fund, run by undergraduate students, have both made the commitment to divest by the end of 2022. Both BEAM […]

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RADIUS venture go2gether launches pilot with Vancity

May 15, 2014

Real-time carpooling app go2gether, a client of The Beedie School of Business’ social innovation venture incubator RADIUS, has secured an eight-month pilot contract with Vancity credit union.

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RADIUS venture go2gether partners with SFU

Jan 31, 2014

A real-time carpooling app and a client of the Beedie School of Business’ social innovation lab and venture incubator RADIUS, has signed an agreement to make Simon Fraser University its first customer. go2gether is a social enterprise that utilizes a web application to provide an automated carpool matching service. As part of the inaugural cohort of RADIUS Ventures, go2gether has already been providing SFU students, staff and faculty with ride-sharing services on a trial basis […]

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