Good Capital

Online Used Bookseller Better World Books Gets $4.5 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 8, 2008 - 6:45am.

Mishawaka, Ind. - Better World Books, an online bookseller that collects donated books and sells them online to fund literacy initiatives worldwide, has raised $4.5 million in its first round of funding, led by Good Capital, whose Social Enterprise Expansion Fund provides funds to businesses that deploy market-based solutions focused on poverty alleviation, healthcare and education.