“As a small business investor, we go to market with a social responsibility that is primarily geared towards investing in quality jobs,” said Tim Bubnack, Managing Partner, HCAP Partners. “Our founders wanted to get capital into the hands of small growing businesses, but they also wanted to have a positive outcome on all of the employees and all of the stakeholders of the businesses they were investing in.”

Watch the video to hear Bubnack explain HCAP’s Gainful Jobs approach. This is an investment strategy that uses Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles to create personally tailored roadmaps that help their portfolio companies improve job quality while providing capital for growth. The interview was conducted by Brandon Zero, Senior Editor, Mergers & Acquisitions, for our PE Innovators in ESG Speak virtual event.

For more, read Introducing the 2021 Private Equity Leaders in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and HCAP Named to 2021 PE Innovators in ESG.