About Lassen Investments

Lassen Investments seeks to create positive environmental and social impact by making targeted investments in early-stage social ventures, with particular interest in small-scale urban interventions, eradication of extreme poverty, and environmental markets.

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Get in touch

Please direct any inquiries to Dan Luscher: dan@lassen.li.

 

Investments

Vega Coffee aims to change the coffee industry by empowering coffee farmers to roast, package, and sell their own specialty coffee directly to coffee lovers. This better connects coffee drinkers to coffee farmers and increases farmer earnings by a factor of 4. Vega Coffee has a roasting and processing center in Esteli, Nicaragua and sells through online coffee subscriptions and B2B channels.

Lassen Investments made an early stage equity investment in Vega Coffee.

 

Visible Clothing is a UK-based ethical clothing manufacturer founded after the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh. Visible's mission is to build a sustainable business where everyone is treated fairly, while providing visibility into the practices of the clothing sector. Visible's fair trade certified factory is in Dharamshala, India.

Lassen Investments made a debt investment in Visible Clothing.

 

Maker's Common was the first investment-crowdfunded restaurant in California. Created by the team behind San Francisco’s Mission Cheese and opening in Berkeley in 2017, this eatery and market featured cheese, beer, wine, charcuterie, and more in a space that paid homage to the makers of delicious food and beverage. Maker’s Common closed in 2018.

Lassen Investments made a debt investment in Maker's Common through an innovative California Direct Public Offering (DPO).