What is up you guys, welcome back to another way. If you are new to the channel, I am Goldpony at the new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the brand new 2023 Acura MDX courtesy of Bobby Ray Hall Acura and McKennaxberg PA. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And so today we are in the 2023 MDX because my mom owns one. She has owned one for quite a while now. It has been reliable for her. It has definitely lasted, I feel like she's had at least 10 years at this point. But anyways, not only that, Acura now offers two years or 24,000 miles of free complimentary maintenance with all their new vehicles as well. So you got that going for it. So ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering feel, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so there are several different trim levels for the 2023 MDX. You got the base setup starting at $49,550, technology for 54,250, A-spec for 59,950, advanced, which is the one we are in today, starting at 63,500, Type S for 67,850 and the Type S advanced for $73,200. And so there's first two trim levels come standard with front wheel drive. You can add all wheel drive if you wanted to that gets for $2,200. But all of the other trim levels after those first two come standard with all wheel drive. So you don't have to add any money to those. But anyways, as you can imagine with all of those trim levels, there are actually two different power plants available for the MDX. First one belonging to the non-Type S trim levels like we have today. That one is powered by a 3.5 liter naturally aspirated V6, putting out 290 horsepower at 6,200 RPM, 267 pound-feet of torque coming in at 4,700 RPM. Power sent to the front wheels are all wheels to retain speed automatic with paddle shifters, which as always we will be testing out here in a little bit zero to 60 time coming in at approximately 5.7 seconds. That is plenty respectable there with MPG numbers coming in at 19 in the city, 26 on the highway for the front wheel drive, 19 city, 25 then on the highway for the all wheel drive taking premium unleaded fuel. But so then there is that under engine configuration of course belonging to the type S trim level. That one is powered by a three liter turbocharged six cylinder putting out 355 horsepower at 5,500 RPM, 354 pound-feet of torque coming in at 1,400 RPM. Power sent to all four wheels to yet again 10 speed automatic with paddle shifters, zero to 60 times slightly quicker at 5.5 seconds. MPG numbers coming in at 17 in the city, 21 on the highway taking premium unleaded fuel. So before we do any kind of fun acceleration or paddle shifter test here in our MDX, I wanted to mention to you guys the drive modes.  And that essentially allows you to toggle between all of the drive modes, including snow, comfort, normal sport and individual. And actually the type S is going to add a couple of those including sport plus and lift because you get an air suspension. But anyways, we'll get more into that in a little bit but just the things like the shift points with throttle response, steering sensitivity, all wheel drive system engagement and in the case of the type S, the ride height as well. And so like I said with the shift buttons there are shift buttons. It's not like a traditional shifter. So you actually press D for drive and it's for neutral R for reverse and P for park. So that's how that's going to work. But anyways, now that we've got all of that out of the way what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find it straight away. Let's put the paddle shifters here to the test first. I'm going to put it in full manual shift mode. You do that, you just press the D slash S button and then hit the paddle shifters is going to tell you what gear you were in up on the digital gauges up here and the gauges are digital and we'll cover those as well. But anyways, let's go ahead and find this straight away. Let's put these things to the test and let's see how quickly they are going to react for us here. All right, so just put it in first gear here. We are at a standstill in three, two, one, yo, baby. Oh, it's shifted. All right, so not only will it shift for you if you let it get a little bit too high in the RPMs but there's a slight delay to the paddle shifters. And honestly, it's kind of what I expected for a, for an SUV, but oddly enough the RDX paddle shifters are actually kind of quick. So they're quicker than the MDX. So I kind of had hope, but yeah, there's a slight delay and it does shift for you. So that's unfortunate. Anyways, I'm just going to go ahead and press the D button again, give back full control to the MDX. And let's do a quick little acceleration with it is for driving mode. And let's see how quickly the MDX here can get us up to speed. All right, and three, two, one, giddy up. Yeah. It's actually quick. It's very quick. Yeah, buddy. You're not going to have any issues emerging onto the highway. What I love about naturally aspirated engines because everything is turbo charged these days. There is no turbo delay. There's no turbo lag. So it was an instant acceleration. So you're not going to have any issues emerging onto the highway. That was, that was a fun acceleration. I got it. Anyway, let me go ahead and get it back out of that sport driving mode. I'm actually going to put it in comfort here. But anyways, to go along with that acceleration is always braking is equally important as we come up to the stop sign here. That was plenty fine. Braking feels excellent. But anyways, up front, you're going to find 13.8 inch ventilated front discs and the back 13 inch solid rear discs. Again, braking feel is great. You actually get Brembo four piston front calipers with the Type S as well. And if you wanted that number, that 60 to zero number comes in at 118 feet, which is sports sedan good, baby. Because let me tell you, typically in SUVs you find 130's. My own personal Hyundai Santa Fe, my three row Santa Fe comes in at right around 130 feet. So 118, that is typically what you find in sports sedan. So that is a brilliant number. And like I said, braking feel is excellent. Kind of leans on the firmer side of things. Instantly brings you to a stop. So for safety reasons, I love the braking feel in the MDX. Anyways, then touching on suspension and handling up front, you're going to get a double wishbone type front suspension in the back independent multi-link rear suspension, front and rear stabilizer bars. But you know what else comes standard on this thing? To my surprise, an adaptive damping suspension. So a lot of times that'll be optional. So or upper trim levels will get it. But with the MDX, it comes standard. So essentially what that is, is it's going to monitor each shock absorber individually, not only adjusting to the road of perfection, it's giving you a smoother ride, but it's also going to tighten up the suspension during heavy cornering, really giving you the best of both worlds. So improving handling there as well. So for that reason, I love adaptive damping suspensions. And I feel like I've driven enough vehicles at this point you can noticeably tell the difference between one that has it and one that doesn't have it. So I love that that's going to give you that smoother ride. Actually like I mentioned to you at the beginning of this video, the Type S is going to give you an adaptive air suspension with auto leveling. Meaning when you get up to higher speeds, it's going to lower the suspension a little bit, giving you better air dynamics. But you also have the ability to raise and lower it yourself if you wanted to as well. So that is pretty dark hole. Anyways, as far as ride quality goes, it's been 100% perfectly fine. I'm a short little test drive here today. We got a little bit of a bump here. It's great, honestly. It's absorbing the road of perfection perfectly. And like I said, I did put it in that comfort driving mode right now. So again, ride quality has been perfectly fine. And actually, let me go ahead and put it back in sport real quick. Instantly noticeable heavier steering feel. I will say that because I wanted to test out the steering sensitivity there. It is a much weightier steering feel when you put it in that sport driving mode. And then when I take it back out, it does instantly loosen up. So honestly, I love the steering feel in the sport driving mode. And honestly, it's not bad in the comfort but it is a noticeable difference. I will say that. Anyways, the touching on cabin noise are going approximately 40 miles per hour right now. There is ever so slight bit of road noise. There's no wind noise whatsoever. So I'm a big fan of that. So acoustic laminated front windshield and front side glass is definitely going to contribute to that. You usually don't get the front side glass coming standard, but the windshield almost always a luxury vehicle. So for those reasons, it's a very serene cabin here in the MDX. I will say that touching on visibility. I got the third row up right now and there's third row headrest as well. So that is going to impede visibility slightly. If you don't have any third row passengers, you're either going to want to fold down those third row headrests or completely fold down the third row. And that's going to make visibility 100% on point. So you shouldn't have any issues there as long as there's third row headrests starting up because they do block a little bit of the view there. But I will also say though, rain sensing windshield wipers are going to come on the technology trim level and up. So if the MDX detects any kind of mist or rainfall, it's going to automatically turn on those windshield wipers for you. So that is pretty cool. And a head up display is going to come on the advanced trim levels, which is what I'm currently looking at even through my sunglasses. I can still actually see it, which isn't always the case, but that gives you your speed, speed limit and safety features projected up onto your windshield. So that's pretty darn cool as well. But that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2023 Acura MDX. All right, so here she is you guys, the new 2023 Acura MDX finished in majestic black pearl. Cool name for an exterior color, but let's go ahead and start with where this one is actually made. Taking a look at the VIN. First character is the number five, indicating that this one is built and assembled in America, made in America. It's specifically Ohio in case you were curious, but let's go ahead and start up front on this one. Type S badging of the front grille. If you go with the type S trim level, obviously we don't have that, but massive front grille with a massive Acura logo. Acura always makes their logo super large. So definitely can't mistake that for anything else. To the sides, July LED headlights with LED daytime running lights. Of course, a super bright illumination there. Automatic feature coming with that, along with automatic high beams. So if you have your high beams on a night and it senses a vehicle coming in the opposite direction, it's gonna automatically dim them back to low beams. Then when that vehicle is gone, it's gonna automatically bounce it back up the high beams. So nice little convenience feature there. And then LED fog lights coming with the A-Spect trim level and up. You guys can see that down below there, but also front air curtains to the sides there helping direct air around the wheel and tire combination. But very masculine, very aggressive looking front end. So I'm actually a huge fan of the looks. And I love this majestic black pearl color that we have here today too. It looks very darn good in black. But anyways, that pretty much rounds out the front end of the MDX. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the side. All right, so now since we are around to the side of this one, let's go ahead and start all the way to the top. You do have some aluminum roof rails finished in silver. Looking dang good up there.  We have, it's actually like a brushed chrome or a matte chrome if you will. But rear privacy glass does come standard. Take a look at the side mirrors. They are body colored power adjustable side mirrors that are heated with LED integrated turd signals. There is a reverse gear tilt down feature that comes standard as well. And the power folding feature that's gonna come on the technology package or trim level and up. So that's how that's gonna work. But do you like the chrome accent kind of found on the side doors there as well? That looks pretty darn good. Then making our way to the wheel configuration. 19 by 8.5 inch alloys coming for the base trim level. Then 20 by nine inch alloys coming for the technology A-spec in advance. That is what we are looking at right now. And actually like the design to them as well. Think it looks pretty darn good. And then 21 by 9.5 inch alloys. So they're getting larger and wider as well for the type S trim level. So that is for some added grip of course. But anyways, that pretty much rounds out the side profile. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the back. All right, so now since we are around to the back of the MDX all the way to the top you will find a body color shark fin antenna. Just below that rear spoiler with an integrated brake light. Just below that rear window wiper. You got some LED tail lights looking dang good for added illumination at night. I love the look of that. All the way to the bottom though check out these exhaust outlets. They are massive, at least the design to them. So I like them, but dual exhaust outlets with satin chrome tips. I did want to also mention if you were to go with the type S you're going to get quad chrome tips. So even more aggressive looking exhaust outlets. But anyways, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next is always here is that exhaust clip. All right, so now since we are around to the back of the MDX when it comes to opening that rear tailgate it is a power tailgate that does come standard for all trim levels. But for the advanced trim levels you're going to get a hands free power tailgate. So if your hands are full with groceries for kids or whatever just simply kick your foot underneath of that rear bumper it's going to automatically open up for you. But once opened up, yes the MDX is a three row SUV. So behind that third row it's going to come in at 16.3 cubic feet. If that was not enough space of course the rear seats do fall down behind the second row it's going to come in at 39.1 cubic feet with all rows folded 71.4 cubic feet. So not the most space out there not as much as a Honda pilot but it's a decent amount. So cargo lining can be found back there grocery bag hooks there's chrome plated tie down anchors there's a cargo cover available. There is some in-floor storage and actually a decent amount as well behind that third row. So that was pretty cool. That's going to add some storage maybe for an ice scraper or a tire inflator kit or something like that. So pretty much everything you possibly want in the cargo area at least but then making our way to the third row leg room surprisingly coming in at 29.1 inches. So I've seen that third row come in at worst that's why I put it that way. So I'll give this a shot for you guys for reference I'm an even six feet tall this is how much space I had in the third row at least. So not the most for an adult but I do actually think a kid should be able to fit back there. And cool thing is third row passengers not only get cup holders but they actually get USB charging ports for both sides as well which surprised me.  So I like that. But anyways then making our way to the second row leg room coming in at 38.5 inches for reference again I'm an even six feet tall it's how much space I had back there. TriZoom climate control is going to come standard for all trim levels I want to mention that because the rear passengers then can set their own temperatures so that's pretty cool. As far as rear ventilation goes there is some for the second row passengers basically and that gets pushed to the third row but USB charging ports of course coming standard for all trim levels across the board also for their second row passengers so second and third row. 120 volt power outlet coming with the advanced and type S trim levels so if you wanted to charge up maybe a hair straightener or drill or something like that you can do that so that's pretty cool. Heated second row seats then coming for the advanced trim levels so we got those as well spoiling the rear passengers a little bit and then if you were to go with the technology trim level enough you're also going to get rear window sunshades which again we have so I always like that feature because whenever you get Chick-fil-A and your kids are eating in the back seat of the car sometimes you park in a parking lot to actually eat it and one of the kids always has the sun in their eyes so rear window sunshades are helpful for those kind of things but anyways they're making our way up to the front seats leather at finish is going to come with the base trim level Milano premium leather for the technology trim level and up you're going to get a leather suede combination for the A spec and type S trims 12 way power adjustable front seats with power lumbar does come standard 16 way power adjustable front seats with power thigh extensions and power side bolsters for the advanced trim level so I like that memory settings are actually going to come standard on every single trim level across the board for not just the driver but the passenger as well that's something Mercedes kind of pioneered I think and still very few manufacturers do that so I love that Acura is doing that here heated front seats coming standard for all trim levels across the board and then ventilated front seats for the A spec trim level and up but Acura always does a very good job with their seats lately mainly because they're vertical seams in them as opposed to horizontal seams which pretty much every other manufacturer does maybe with the exception of Lexus sometimes but still the vertical seams don't create any awkward pressure points that the horizontal seems typically do so for that reason seating was plenty comfortable for my six foot self so big fan of that but then take a look at the steering wheel it is tilt and telescoping it is actually power adjustable for all trim levels across the board that's pretty cool leather wrapped for all trims as well you will get a flat bottom steering wheel for the A spec and type S trim levels and then heated steering wheel is going to come with the advanced trim levels and I do have that on because super cold here in PA 22 degrees oh it went up cool it was 16 degrees earlier but anyways then make your way to the startup let me start by showing you guys the key here you got your Acura logo on the one side Acura spelled out on the side of the key and on the other side all of your buttons lock unlock the button to pop the rear tailgate and the engine hold button that's going to be a remote start which comes on the advanced and type S trim levels but it is all keyless entry with the push button start for all trim levels across the board so all I'm going to do here simply put my front of the brake and press that silver and red engine start button located just to the left of the air vents but so then once started up Acura did a dang good job at their gauge cluster here 12.3 inch digital gauge cluster does come standard for every single trim level across the board I gotta love that and the cool thing is when you actually change the drive modes it changes the color and kind of the readout of those gauges as well so if I put it in comfort it's going to kind of just give me this blue hue when I put it in normal it's going to give me a tachometer to the left speedometer to your right and a white hue if I put it in sport it's going to kind of make the tachometer front focus with a digital speedometer finished in a red hue so basically a bunch of different looks for each individual driving mode and that's what that sound is you guys are hearing in the background it's me changing the drive mode so I love that and of course you can control what is on that digital gauge cluster with the steering wheel mounts controls found on the right side of the steering wheel as well giving you things like your oil life we're at 100% right now so that's pretty cool I always like that tire pressure information how many miles you have left until you hit empty outside temperature the list goes on basically everything you possibly want on those digital gauges there so a very good job out here but then making our way to overall interior quality panoramic moon roof is going to come with all trim levels across the board gotta love that homelink controls are up to three different garage doors found just below that frameless rear view mirror also coming standard for all trim levels wireless phone charger coming standard for all trim levels tri-zoom climate control standard for all trim levels as well technology trim level and up is going to give you 27 colors of ambient lighting that's pretty cool that frameless rear view mirror I was mentioning that is also auto dimming so if somebody has their high beams on behind you that's going to take care of that for you brushed aluminum trim is going to come standard but there's open pour wood trim for the advanced trim levels that's what we have with us here today of course stainless steel pedals is going to come with the A-spec and type S trim levels and again overall interior quality is dang good I have only one constructive criticism when it comes to the interior quality is there is a heck of a lot of matte plastic just around the cup holders and the touchpad controller and the volume dial here I don't like matte black plastic they could have either finished in this and then gloss black like they did around the shift buttons or they could have put maybe a texturized plastic silver finish with the design to it maybe it still can be plastic but the matte plastic that's what's in budget cars and that should not be the case in the MDX but the rest of it though is phenomenal I like the wood trim I like the texturized matte wood trim I should say I like all the gloss black finishes like the contrast stitching I like the two tone color theme that we got going with the saddle brown leather and the black leather as well so everything else is great I only got that one constructive piece of criticism there but let's take a look at how much center or armrest space we have here a decent amount you got a USB charging port and 12 volt power outlet and actually some LED lighting in there as well which typically don't find so overall it's plenty fine for me but so to make our way to the infotainment screen now there is a 12.3 inch infotainment screen to match the 12.3 inch gauge cluster as well it is not touch screen it is a little too far of a reach to be touch screen quite honestly everything is controlled by using the touchpad controller and buttons located just behind the shift buttons there so Bluetooth and audio streaming does come standard wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay both of them are wireless that is usually not the case on I would say 90% of other vehicles right now so that's pretty cool factory navigation system coming with the technology trim level and up can adjust your climate control settings up there as well along with your radio information so let's get to the sound systems here so there are actually three different sound systems available for the MDX base setup is going to give you nine speakers technology trim is going to give you a 12 speaker ELS studio sound system and then for the A-spec trim level and up you're going to get a 16 speaker ELS studio sound system and ELS studio has been absolutely crushing it lately so what do you guys say I'm going to turn down the heat here let's go ahead and turn on the radio see what we got playing today and let's test out our 16 speaker ELS studio sound system that we have with us here today as I see a bald eagle fly by that is an incredible sound system kind of base with that thing clarity was 100% on point as well ELS studio just gets better and better honestly I think I still like it the best in the entire believe it or not and the RDX is really good with ELS as well so excellent sound system without a doubt but anyways lastly I wanted to mention you guys on that infotainment screen at least is when you do put the MDX in reverse you will find a rear view camera coming stated across the board and a surround view monitor with the advanced trim levels giving you that bird's eye view to the right there which is always is going to lead us into safety and so first let me start by saying IIHS top safety pick plus which is the very highest designation given by IIHS that pretty much does it all right there front side side current airbags driver and passenger knee airbags as well in the back you're going to have latch AKA lower anchors to tethers or children for the rear car seats rear child door locks tire pressure monitoring system but also coming standard for all trims across the board blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert collision mitigation braking system adaptive cruise control lane keep assist road departure mitigation system traffic jam assist traffic sign recognition forward collision warning and lane departure warning then as well so overall when it comes to my final thoughts here of the MDX great safety of course IIHS top safety pick plus good handling as well especially in that sport driving mode it really gives you a nice steering feel to this thing excellent sound system ELS studio I think is my new favorite sound system for all manufacturers out there so that is pretty darn good digital gauges look dang good as well I gotta say I like how they differ slightly depending upon the drive mode that you put it in and I also like that they kept the non type S trim levels as not turbocharged that they're naturally aspirated so naturally aspirated engines typically having longer shelf life so I guess you could say then other turbocharged counterpart so I like the reliability and like I said my mother's had hers for like a decade now so it's been perfectly fine so reliability is always important the only constructive criticism I can think of is I don't know if it's constructive criticism for the MDX specifically as it is just for Acura as a brand is they need to get a bigger SUV so even the Honda Pilot has what 87 cubic feet now of total cargo space whereas this thing is still right at around 71, 72 cubic feet they need something to compete at that particular size SUV here at least in the US and I think that's what they're missing so they either need to make the MDX a little bit bigger or they need to make another something DX ZDX or whatever you want to call it Acura just to give what most Americans are looking for I think which is just a lot more space in SUVs so anyways that's my constructive criticism let me know what you guys think in the new MDX in the comment section below feel free to follow me on social media if you want to see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're new car reviews 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Hello, people of the internet! My name is Johnny. Welcome back to Bendy and the Dark Revival. By the way, I've turned down the graphics just a little bit because I think at the start when I was trying to record my camera was lacking. Once again, I don't know why that keeps happening, but it seems like it's fixed now, but if it does lag just a little bit in this video, I do apologize. But this is the very start of chapter 5. We just got off the train with Wilson, and he wants our help with something. There's something about preserving his father, I think. Hello? Jeez, sorry, jeez. Alright, anything in...whoa, hello. Anything in here? No. Let's head out this way, see if there's anything on this side of the tracks. It does look like there is a note. Old Track 77 is a quiet place these days. Ever since that terrible crash a few years back, people don't like to hang around. Too many strange things keep happening on this platform. Last week, one of the rail men told me they had reports of some train going through that wasn't on the schedule. There were figures standing in the cars, staring through the windows, but it never stopped to let no one off, just kept on going straight through. Some say it was the Silver Lane Express, the train that crashed, by Kitty Thompson. Hmm, paranormal? We saw her in the locker rooms when we had to find Wally Franks' code. And he was like, ah, it's that code, like, eight lockers down from the pretty lady poster. I don't know if Wally's just a simp, or if Diana means something. Anyways, let's press on. Anything in here? Absolutely not. The street exit. Ooh. Hey, get your hands off him. I tried to help you, dude, I'm sorry. Let's keep on going. Another area. Is this the same place? I do think it is. Same thing down here. Hmm, yes. Ooh, wait, we're on this side now. Pass the barriers. Another illusion of living book. Okay. And that is it. Awesome. Let's go find Wilson then, I guess. Up these stairs. Oh, hey. Hello. Um... Yes, that was your exit door. There goes the dialogue, too. Okay, I see those flashing rainbow lights that we saw outside the gent building that killed Bendy, or killed Bendy, brought him down to his cartoon Bendy form. Hey, did you follow me in here? Oh boy, I don't like the look of this. What if I don't want to? By the way, I did up the graphics again, because it looks like the camera's running smooth. So hopefully it didn't lag in the intro. Hold on, let me just check. Ooh, the Tommy gun. And an axe. I wonder if I can pick those up somehow. Whoa! I don't have any... Oh, my pipe. I don't know, I feel like an axe, a gun. Pretty different from a pipe. I don't like the look of this. Oh, whoa, hello. I guess it was that simple then. Can I take my pipe back? No. Hmm, can't take anything, okay. In we go, I guess. Wilson, the man who killed the ink demon. Wilson knows all. Hello, Wilson. Yeah, that's what they talked about in the experiment log. Bendy! Hey! Oh my god, look at that art. Wait, that's actually really sick. The south wing, the north wing. Can I speak to Bendy? Hello. Hello. Oh. Hi, Bendy. Oh, he just admitted. Different from my Bendy. Thank you. Sorry. That is a bit of a weird stance to take, Wilson. Would you have believed me? Probably not. Ooh, I can't use my linker anymore. Hello.  I can't tell if that's a mask. I think that might be a mask. Anyways, to my room. What's wrong with the north wing? Am I allowed to explore different areas? I'm going to assume so. It's a bench. Ooh, I can sit. Thank you. Locked door. Ooh. It did highlight it, but it's still locked. Nothing yet. Hold on, I'm going to go look at his laboratory. Ooh. That's blocked off. Okay, you ready? Am I going down here? Am I going down here? Oh, no. Okay, yeah, no, sweet. What's down this way? More rooms. Whoa, lag. Locked. That's interesting. I do love her animations. The animations in this game are literally top-notch. So goddamn good. Ooh, this is nice. Yo! Thank you. This is actually a really nice place for sleeping draft. Pinch of salt. Cocoa powder. What is that for? Ooh, very quiet, but peaceful. I like it. Door. Nothing in the drawer. There's a book too. Whoa, hello. The mug and the maid in volume one. This seems like an actual book in universe. I'm not reading that. I'm sure you can find it on a wiki or, I don't know, maybe like Cocoa listed off the fourth thing. I'm not reading that whole thing. Hello, Benny. Oh, wow. Do you trust Wilson? This is the realm of the ink demon. The shadow hangs over us all. I don't trust anyone. But Wilson takes care of me. Keeps me safe. He once said I remind him of something he called his mother. Oh. Tell me, is that a good thing where you two are from? Bro, meetly, you know what you're doing, calling her mama. Okay, I'll be back then. I want to make sure you get some sleep once you got here. So get nice and comfy and relax. I left something on the table that might just help you nod off. It's my own recipe. It's very fast. Just follow the instructions. Carefully. Oh boy, I better not mess it up. Of course. If you need anything else, I'll come straight away. I'm always up. Besides, Betty is an actual decent character that actually tries to help us out and not backstabs us and gives us to Wilson. What's this? What's a gilsin? Find a gilsin? That's a good question.  No. Okay, another drawer. Oh boy, not in that drawer. Is it in here? I can't even open those. Cabinet? Absolutely nothing. I feel awkward, Audrey. I didn't know it would actually... That was a bit awkward. All right, well, we don't look too bad for our current situation. Any more gilsin? I genuinely have no clue what that is. Oh, I can leave. I can leave. I bet everything's still going to be locked though. Ooh, hello. Wilson audio log. Can't solve anything. So Alan Gray actually came around trying to get back everything that the Gent Corporation had helped out Joey Drew Studios with. Or not Joey Drew, but Orchgate. You know what I mean. The library's open. Hello. Aetheria About Spaces by Alan Gray. Chapter 7. Thank you for the commentary, Audrey. Fishman Jebs. Yellow perch. Gilsin Fish. Okay, so it's a fish. This one is Strange Little Fish that is pretty hard to come by. The gilsin is not known to be easy to catch and will ignore most bait. To make matters worse, the gilsin can move very fast, making it a rare sight. The gilsin is sensitive to sound vibrations and will go into shock upon hearing some sweet music. Okay. So I gotta play the jukebox thingy. I suppose so. Chapter 9, simple stacks, saucy. Ooh, chocolate bacon soup. Not in that cabinet. Maybe in another room. I also wonder if I can find Betty somewhere around here. Ooh, this door is open. Here's a fish tank. I bet that has the gilsin fish. That's a fish. You betcha. Let me look around. Quick first. Funny piano. Maybe if it was closer. If what was closer? Oh, the fish and the piano? Wait. He's too fast. Okay, so I need to bring the piano closer. How the heck can I do that? Can I push it? Ooh, I can move it. I didn't know it had wheels. I thought it was stationary. How close do I need it to be? Apparently that is fine. Do you like this fish? Is this good? Okay. That put it to sleep? I don't even see it. Oh, it's at the top. Oh my God, I killed it. Hey, little stinker. Hello. I forgot the gilsin again, didn't I? And there's some already ground up in the kitchen too. I'll bring it up to your room straight away, shall I? Oh, and maybe you could put Harold back in his tank. He does so hate the dry air. Aw, I'm sorry, Harold. Okay, he's fine. He's swimming around. He's good. Whew, didn't kill him. That was funny though. Here, I'll be nice. I'll move the piano back too. There we go. Listen, Harold, I'm so, so sorry, man. That's on me, completely on me. Time to go back to my room. While I'm out though, can I head up to the north wing? No, I can't even go to the main entrance. Okay, she took everything, so I'm guessing she's just going to bring it up for me. What can I do in the meantime? Go to the bathroom. Oh, here we go. Am I going to make it? That doesn't look like good water. Zip. One. Aw, did she like drug me or something? I don't like the implications of this. I'm going to like take the last sip and then just fall over, pass out on the floor. Oh! I guessed it right, but hello, Alice. Nice to see you again. How did she get in my room? That's my question. I sure would hope Betty would have heard me like fall and make a loud thud as I fell to the floor. Oh boy, a bit of lag. Alright, it looks like my camera was lagging during that cutscene, so I've gone back. I'm going to do it again. Hopefully it's not. I've also found out that this game is using like 4,000 megabytes as it's running, so it's using up a ton of memory, which I'm guessing is just maybe poor optimization on the devs part, I'm not sure, but that is genuinely crazy. So, so sorry. And it looks like it might be. There's not much I can do. You know, I was going to say, well, they made her a lot more seductive in this game. And then she said that. Did she always have a bow on her dress? I want a dress. Ooh, I'm good at riddles. Oh. Ooh, nice. It will only be opened if you solve and return to your special chip. Then, I'll throw this heavy switch if you get the puzzle right. You walk away. If I get it wrong. Oh, wonderful. Talk? The rabbit smells of elderberry. I couldn't see them sitting together. Oh, are they going to help me out with the riddle? The bird won't have anything to do with the rabbit, but I hear he likes to court danger by sitting next to the fox. Oh, okay. There's a lot of info I'm going to have to take into account. The rabbit never sits with the bird, but he loves to play for company of the bear. Bird? Wait, bird likes the bear? Bird doesn't like fox. Oh, God. I got to put them in a specific order. Goddamn you, Alice. You're twisted games. Okay, so fox no bear. Fox no bear. So fox no bear, but fox yes bird. What am I supposed to do with this info? Do I relay it back to you? Hello, can I just flip the switch myself? It's right there. It's right there. Just flip it and sprint. You can make it. Hello. Okay. What's this? I can sit down. I can climb up. Let's climb up. I don't think my camera's lagging anymore. Very annoying that that's something I have to keep checking though. Oh boy, what the heck. Okay. I might have to write stuff down. This is a lot. If I pull it, oh wait. I get two guesses, right? Two guesses. More than one guesses. Let's hope so. Nope, it definitely looks like it's... Okay. Just hiding there the whole time. Audrey, what are you doing? Nothing of use. Okay, I think I just have to figure out what order they go in. But I think I've failed because I can't change anything. Oh shoot. Hold on tight, honey. Here it comes. Three, two, one. Oh Jesus Christ. Oh my God. You could do better this time. That's genuinely awful.  What was any of that? Hold on. I gotta listen to the riddles. The rabbit never sits with the bird. Who's the playful company of the bear? Okay, so rabbit needs to be next to bear, but not the bird. Okay, so no fox and rabbit. Is it also a coincidence that these are Fnaf and Freddy characters? Fox, rabbit, bird, bear? The bird won't have anything to do with the rabbit. I hear he likes to court danger by sitting next to the fox. Okay, so bird next to the fox. I am writing all this down. I don't know if you can see it. Very, very crappy handwriting, but The fox has always hated the bear. They never sit next to each other. That sounds like the bear has to be on the far right then. Because he can't sit next to the rabbit. He can't sit next to the bear. He only likes the bird. What does this last one have to say? My friend the bear always sits next to the bird. After all, they went to school together. Bear, bird. Okay, so I think I've got the pattern. So the fox can't be on the left. The rabbit only sits next to the bear. So rabbit is that a bear? What is that? Rabbit, bear bear sits next to the rabbit. Yes. Rabbit does not go to the bird, but the bird does like the bear and the fox. The fox can't be next to the bear. So the bird I don't know if this is making any sense, but to me I think it makes sense. Oh boy, here we go. Ow. There we go. Just hop down Audrey. Okay, here we go. Hold on tight, honey. Here it comes. Three, two, one. Take that. Take that. Oh, no. I fried them all. I really don't like how these are all like electric chairs. Hey, my freedom open. How much you want to bet this isn't actually my freedom. That doesn't seem like an Alice thing to do. Actually give me freedom. Sorry, I guess. I don't have my gen pipe. Still don't have my gen pipe. Hey, my gen pipe.  Did she take my pipe? I really wish I didn't say that. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. No, no, no, no. Fellas, fellas, fellas. Okay. Hold on, let me get down the ladder first. Okay, killed him. Oh. No, I was going to try and sneak around you.  No, no, no, no, no. Ugh, okay. Guarded you two. Isn't there a snack machine? Alright, let's heal up. That's a lot of heals, thank you. Oh wait, let me turn off this. Duh. Alice is not going to like that. Let me charge this back up. Not sure what else I have to do now. Probably fight Alice. But I don't know where she is.  Ooh, I can definitely fly up there. Okay, let's do that. Ooh, I see an Alice cut out. Ooh, that's not good. You missed Audrey. There we go, made it. Hello Alice cut out, an Alice poster. Ka-blamo.  She's crazy. And that's why I like her. Oh God. Okay, so she shoots at any opportunity she'll get. Ooh, I gotta go up. Go, go, go, go, go. Oh, I can't climb, there we go. No. I'm good, thank you. Oh, I need to find another way out there. What is that? Oh, here we go, I can unlock this. Not sure what this leads to. But I guess we're going to find out. Whoa. Did she see me? Oh my God. Ah, what's this? I'm pulling it. Oh, okay, so that's open now. Interesting, interesting. Oh my God. How can I get in there though? Okay, so when she's out of ammo, oh my God, climb down Audrey. When she's out of ammo, I'm guessing that's what I need to make a run for. Watch this. Okay, not that dodged. Let's sneak up this way. Oh God. Open, open, open.  There's a door here. Open, open, open. Can I even make that? Makes you think, why doesn't she just come after me? She has a gun. I don't know if this is what I'm supposed to do, but I think it's my best shot. That's the only thing I can think of. Wait, I can get up there.  Go, go, go, go, go. Okay, this opened. Where does this take me? Anything good? Ooh, another switch. Oh, it was double locked? I didn't even realize that. But I still can't get up there. Oh. She knocked down the boxes. Now I can definitely get up there. Oh. Okay, now I can go up here. I'm nowhere you need to be aware of. Go, go, go, go, go. Ooh, I can go this way. That just leads to the same place I've been. Okay, am I going to sneak up on her? She doesn't even know. Nothing back here. Hello, Alice. Oh wait, no, I don't want to banish her. I feel bad. My love. Oh god, now she's got me dangled. Surely that didn't kill her. It's only like a 10 foot drop. Yeah, that's what I figured. Oh no, who's going to save me? Another stab in the back. Oh, how history repeats itself, Alice. Oh, that's such a weird thing to say. That's even a weirder thing to say, Alice. What happened before? Tom! Yes! And this must be your wolf. Funny. He's my protector. My friend.  Now I understand why you don't like being called Alice. The machine creates many of the same forms. At least on the outside. We're all pretty different.  It just doesn't suit you. Oh, what do you have in mind? Bobby. That's still very close to Alice. To be all fair. I'll try it out. But, only if you can tell me What in heaven's name you're doing in Wilson's retreat? Wilson! I almost forgot.  Wilson's our enemy. Do you even know him? Have you ever talked to him? Oh, please don't have a falling out. That's not a good thing to say. We've got a little army on our hands. How about that? Oh, Godry. You too, Allison. Mind if I take this? No way! Oh, I thought I got the Tommy on. I was like, Jesus Christ. Hey, Tom, bro. It's good to have you. Is he going to like that? Aw, he does! Aw, it's good to have you back, buddy. It's so good to see you. I thought I wasn't going to see you. What happened to your ear? Were you always like that? What happened to your ear? And Allison, thank you for coming to my rescue. Allison, I guess I owe you twice now. But that is where I'm going to leave this episode of Bendy in the Dark Revival and I think next episode will in fact be the finale episode. But I had a lot of fun with this one. I think the puzzle was very, very neat. It made sense. It felt good figuring it out. It was nice to see Alice. I feel bad for killing her a second time. I don't know. I thought maybe once maybe we could actually help her out. Maybe she has a turning moment. She turns good. I just hate to see my love trade like that once again, but hey at least I got saved by Allison and Tom, bro, once again, so good to see you. So glad we made up in the last game and so glad you could finally make an appearance. Once again, thank you so much for watching this video of Bendy in the Dark Revival and I'll see you all next time for the finale.


Hey there YouTube This is like a little follow up to the one. I don't know. Well, I'll put it up anyway And basically it was a big Pancake-y type There we go look, but I did a bigger one I am gonna I will put that first bit up. I think yeah What I've done look I've made some adjustments So I've turned this into DC by giving it a a halfway rectification and giving it five volts a regulator basically so I can try to find with it and First of all, I'm just gonna show you this LED So just turn on the power As you can see This get quite bright the LED I turned that off. It sounds pretty good I'm gonna get it much brighter. Yeah, that is a while. That's very bright actually It is quite a Not that much distance Quite a bit of a distance so Well, I also wanted to Well, I didn't want to I didn't think about it like this. I did notice that this thing good up to four amps on here Right in this up Three amps tops So the efficiency isn't so good as you can probably tell anyway, so What I'm gonna do now is I'm gonna take this LED off I'm gonna take this LED off And have it just so it's just that and the five volts going to the fan connection There we go plug a fan onto it and we'll see this little wireless baby Charges a fan All right, and then it does but just for demonstration purposes Thinking about it. I'm just gonna add this to the end of the video probably make it quite long, but so Yeah, so there's a circuit anyway, so we've got I think about 35 turns here of this magnet wire and then with the Got a UF Diode there for 4007 And across it as you can see look positive side goes to the positive side of the output here The capacitor hundred nanofarads micro farads even And then just using a five-up regulator input middle and common On the right of the output and then that just goes to the mini USB So I'll have to put this on here like this This is just so because we got why is here why is here The minus so much where the magnetic side the the magnet wires because it went It's insulated, but we don't want those touching so The transistors here look so It's the receiver side. I look this is the receiver Simple enough. I assume just looking at it that it's feeding the power in and it's just going to be switching on and off Isn't it as that flux builds up? This was quite difficult to keep this nice and compact. This is a The lead and the tip 35 want to put it on a heatsink really going to run it for any length of time As it does get warm not overly hot, but it I'm sure this chip would get quite warm If it didn't have the heatsink there so I'm gonna put this baby on and I'm probably fine I'm gonna just shift these fan rounds stop this one. I don't want to plug this one No, it doesn't actually matter which one I plug in does it? So I'll just I don't know how long how long it will take to charge really don't I suppose in theory, you know in a Pittsburgh it works 16 watts You enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching guys, please


All right, there is sound. Let's play this here. Yes. Nice to mull you meet you nice to meet your mole. Don't say mole I said mole. Yes. Nice to mull you Big business Okay, so my main impression the couple things I don't think you need a camera move in this Yes, nice to mull you meet you nice to meet your mole. It's also very very subtle So, I don't know it's not that it hurts the shot But at the same time, I don't think we need it in terms of story and in terms of you know What's going on that would maybe enhance the shot? The other thing is and I'm looking at your email here And I'm not quite sure What this guy is doing in this shot either it could be kind of a fun thing if you watch it again Like oh, that's weird as a creepy guy in the bushes, but at the same time it could also be confusing I don't know. That's my I'm not sure you need this guy But feel free. I don't know. Let me know in the email What your thoughts are and why you put that character in there? I don't see anything in your current email So maybe we can incorporate that in a different way. My main impression is that I like the idea of him It's almost like overcompensating with this and getting really, you know into a personal space Because we're gonna do with her if she is going to Recoil or have like a broader reaction of what she's going to do there But in terms of what he is doing my main concern is that he has a pose for everything he's saying. Yes. Nice to mull you So nice to mull you I don't mind that though. I like that. He goes forward and like that's like he is so Too big like him as a character is huge the flowers are too big his gesture towards her is too big I like that it feels kind of in character meet you And then careful here looks into camera So I would gaze that you're down and over But then it's kind of like oops. I made a mistake and he gets I don't mind that pose It could be potentially interesting But it's like the second big beat and that's a new pose. Nice to meet your mole Don't say mole and then you have that careful with the tangent right where that Alliance there, but don't say mall. So now we're back into another big pose. I said mole And then we have kind of in between into I said mole. So I Like that you're using the space in terms of he is here We're getting into a bigger move here. Then he's getting into a straight Getting kind of do a bit of a similar position there We're back into this here and it kind of in between So it's kind of like yeah, nay I'm just slight. I'm curious if there could be something Explored where we have Just something a bit more interesting in terms of his personality like he seems a bit You might say one note in terms like broad posing and gestures and stuff that he does He doesn't he doesn't seem it's very interesting to me, but that at the same time Maybe that's also his character trait with all this and just you know, it's not he's not that interesting, but To me it would be like what if he is like this again, and you don't have to do any of this I'm just I'm just thinking out loud. What if he's like that goes into this which again, I like this And I think we could potentially even bring up the shoulders more and push that pose, but then you meet you Meet you. I'm it's it's less of just that it could just be a Meet you where it's I don't know maybe like he still kind of holds the flowers But takes a couple quick steps back like oh like I meet you like he still wants to Shore the flowers, but he had to retreat a bit realizing he made a mistake You know don't say don't say more and then don't say more I mean I can't say what you're going for with this, but you're also kind of losing his eyes there But I'm just wondering since you already have the flowers. He might be able to go back Let me see if there's another pose maybe like in between here So imagine that he's don't say more like that's a kind of the retreat pose And then when he says don't say more it could be that he Kind of gets into this, but then imagine We flop it and he is turned away from her right so this pose just flopped looks down Maybe he could pick at some of the flowers nice to mull you me so it was more like Taking couple sticks back steps back like this.   I don't mind this Because he addresses her even though he looks too high here the question is is this something where he He messes up and then he actually addresses her like you know almost in a way of I try I tried to be Romantic, but I just messed up and I said it Or is it something where he says it you know to himself or you know quote-unquote the audience somewhere? Maybe that could be exploited from that game, but I don't mind this I can't I like that the thing of like he's basically what I'm rambling about is that he would be Trying but that's kind of his state where he's just very nervous He can't say it, but he's he just he's super nervous That's why he picks at everything and he keeps him kind of lower Right.  I said mo.  That's kind of that's kind of what I'm thinking where he's like this Gets really big realizes everything was just too big and then the rest is all like oh here Maybe you're almost like what if he puts the flowers all the way up here? You know don't say more don't say more or maybe what if he says that? Don't say more. Do we have a passing pose? No, so maybe Maybe the don't say more is something where he looks away While all the flowers like he's trying to hide behind the flowers and all you have is I am brawl Acting like I don't say more Don't say mo. I said mo and then he turns around like right after that He turns around so this move would be a turn into this I said and that after that makes sense. That was a lot of rambling, but I feel like that could be interesting Right just to recap. Hopefully this into this Me you meet you and that would be more in something in that range meet you where he's low He's trying to be almost visually lower than the her Shoulders up and imagine he's almost like on his tippy toes Nice to meet you mo. Nice to meet you mo will be again a bit more like halfway in between or maybe He he brings out so he opens himself up. He tries again. We're getting one hand. Maybe Don't say mo and then don't say more is when he turns away from her He realizes I can't say that flowers here just the eyes and then he goes He goes from he drops the flowers and goes from this to a straight to a turn into that and That's that I know that could be something I probably also lower the fence a little bit give her maybe a more cheated profile towards us so we can really See this where the mole is, you know something where we can have a bit of a a bigger view Or it could be like this and when he gets closer to her she turns away from him Kind of who that was a bit too big and that also reveals the mole again It's full profile like a massive mole Anyway, I'll leave it at that. It's a bit rambly. So hopefully it's somewhat useful Let me know in an email your thoughts what you want to take from this or nothing or how you want to proceed And that's it. Thanks All right, there's an email you can sign up you can start whenever you want you can submit whatever you want You get 16 submissions either way like and subscribe would be awesome. All right. Thank you


Okay, so I think that the content that you shared with us, Steven, at the beginning, is also applicable for us in Latin America, you know. So we are seeing how the movement of impact investing, understanding this term in a broader sense, you know, so investing with impact and investing for impact is gaining momentum in the region. So we are seeing how philanthropists are keen how to explore ways in with their actions and grant resources create more profound and lasting impact. So our perspective from that impact is how we can promote a more catalytic aim, how we can play a catalytic role for philanthropy, and how we can bring in this the silos building a wardeners fostering new policies and taking risks that investors are not ready to take and how we can promote more testing on improving potential impact business models, how we can support social enterprises that are in the early startup stages. And it's what we call a following the the EPA terminology investing for impact now so it is all about it is all about social investment that prioritizes in impact of our financial returns. So the idea is that how we can promote in a better way, eventually land to be investing for impact in order to address the capital gap of social purpose conversations that have a highest potential to create social environmental impact. So Latin Pacto is an ancient network we established Latin Pacto this year. And we are seeing that, for example, we will see Europe is a region but when we call Latin America is actually it's not a real region we are not well connected in the countries, we are not integrated each other, it would have a infrastructure and trade and even less in terms of the social investment ecosystem so there is a huge opportunity to connect social investors from Mexico to the Patagonia to provide the opportunity of exchange knowledge, best practices and valuable connections to peers with the advantage of sharing the same language. It is an advantage that we have if you compare with other regions with Asia, even with Europe and Africa, we have two languages actually, Spanish and Portuguese. So I think it's an opportunity to be connected with you, with the largest global social investors community that you are gathering from EDPA, ADPN plus the African network and we are seeing a lot of opportunities of working together. So it is just the beginning and we need to see how this moment in the middle of the pandemic is an opportunity, how we can enhance the ability for social investors to realize their own goals and how we can increase impact. So it's just to mention how we are working, how we want to encourage social investors across the region and how we can find more potential partners and opportunities to invest in Latin America. So it is my perspective of how the importance of working together with you guys and I think we can create a lot of changes and impact as well. So Fran, could you share with us your perspective from Africa? Yeah, so first of all, thank you for having me to join us today. Africa has had a very strong connection with the global north for many years and it stretches back not necessarily through good history but from colonial days and a lot of Africans and trade happened across the north and south and through the last 67 years there's been strong connections between Africa and Europe and Africa and North America too. And I think as people have sought social impact on the world, the unique talents of social investors who are attracted to challenges basically draws them to Africa and Africa is a strong place for anyone who wants to create global impacts to come and play. There's no better sandbox in the world you'll find than in Africa. And what you find is there is a huge synergy between the passion and resources coming from the north to the commitments of Africans to want to improve their own lives and create a better future for themselves and their kids. So we've seen, for example, a history of strong private sector presence of European investors in Africa. So a lot of pharmaceutical companies, we have more European companies than we have American companies, for example, but also from a capital flow perspective, we see a lot of the DFI's and the aid coming to Africa has had a strong flow from Europe. And the question is, you know, how do we make sure we harness this going forward? And if you look at the biggest challenge we face at the moment in Africa, it's one of how do you plug the social financing up on the continent? So Africa needs between $500 billion to $1.2 trillion annually to close this SDG financing up. And traditionally we've dependent on aid and, you know, government funding through tax to plug those holes, but the reality that aid is reducing at the moment on a per capita level and our governments are really stretched from a resource perspective. So this is really called for a rethink and rebooting of how we find non-social investments in Africa. And a lot of the models we are learning from are coming from, you know, Asia and Europe in many ways. And we are still a bit far behind as a continent when it comes to impact investing and fundamentally the main reason is not only the lack of capital, but also the lack of know how amongst African social investors. So you might be surprised to know that the whole continent of Africa has only one institution that has any semblance of an innovative financing program. So if you want to do anything in innovative financing in Africa by an African institution, your only option is the University of Cape Town. So those are some of the things that AVP is trying to do is address that lack of capacity and competence amongst African social investors by providing a platform where they can collaborate with each other, but also connect through our system networks that Stephen is running in Europe and Carolina in Latin America and Asia. So we can transfer lessons and open up opportunities for co-investment. But there's a really phenomenal opportunity right now for people to not only come to Africa to test their models.  So we have great opportunities due to the challenges we face, but also we have a lot of talent in Africa that's willing to be part of the solution to the future and shaping the future of Africa. So we'll be looking forward to supporting that network as the AVPA and we have some exciting things we'll bring up in the next couple of months. Thank you. I don't think that the diners video is ready. Send me a message. Do you want to try again? I'm hearing me now. Okay, so welcome. Glad I could join you all. I assume now you've heard from Carolina as well as Frank. Is that correct? And myself already Paul as well. Okay. So next then we want to hear from Nina Batra. So Nina is the chair and CEO of the Asia network. And the questions to the what's unique about AVPN so the Asian network that Nina runs is that it actually straddles the global north and the south. And so there's, as you all know, I mean, there's just an immense geography there. And for it AVPN is almost 10 years now, they have actively engaged social investors that are from countries that are among the world's richest, as well as among the world's poorest. And they've done that within the context of one of one network. So the question for Nina really is so Nina then as you reflect on the experience of AVPN, what are the key lessons that you look to do that relate to the experience you have had in creating this this interchange and collaboration between investors from totally different contexts. And then also as you reflect on that how do you see that applying to the global consortium that we're developing now. And so Nina will appear through the miracle of video. All for those questions. In response to your first question. I believe that it is very important for us to know the landscape well. Each market in Asia is growing unevenly. So we at AVPN did a landscape analysis across 14 markets to rate their maturity with respect to social investment from early stage to mature based on a few factors. The presence contribution and maturity of all actors in the ecosystem, including government investors intermediaries and nonprofit organizations. We found that this analysis helped our members tremendously. As the landscape can became the baseline for them to assess the markets development challenges attractiveness and opportunities for investment, along with legislative influence and recent trends. We also made it easier for our members to compare the markets based on various considerations so that they could make more informed decisions. There is a growing culture of cross border giving in Asia. And having these insights have been extremely useful for our members as they decide to move capital from the more established economies like Japan or Korea to economies that are still sort of, you know, maturing or in a phase of economic development like Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines. It's also important, I believe, to have boots on the ground upon knowing the nuances across the different markets. The next challenge is finding the right partner and scale your impact. There is no one size that fits all solution when you have to address local challenges. So boots on the ground are critical in advising the efficacy of an impact solution. And that's where I believe the power of networks come in. Networks play the role of an ecosystem builder by providing an infrastructure or, you know, a kind of foundation to connect new entrants with seasoned practitioners who can then learn best practices from each other. They also help to facilitate multi sector partnerships and encourage innovative solutions that oftentimes come from unlikely allies. We also find that networks like AVPN introduce local market intermediaries to funders and resource providers from different countries and different markets who can provide advisory services and add the most important content to how they can adapt global solutions to the local market. The third thing that I think is important is to nurture a learning community. The learning never stops, especially when leading a network. We must be a few steps ahead of our members to ensure that they are receiving the best services from us. It is important to meet everyone where they are, and so we have launched recently two fellowships. One is an impact investing fellowship, and the other one is a leadership fellowship. These are looking to support asset owners and wealth managers to build an impact driven portfolio, you know, across the continuum of capital. At the same time, we also have the AVPN Academy, which encourages practitioners from across the continuum to share their insights and case studies to better equip newer social investors. Members finally must feel a sense of ownership in their network to contribute resources and be empowered. I believe that as global challenges become more interconnected and complex, there's no way any single organization, government or network can work alone. We need to harness the strength of being the network of networks, but we know that collaboration is not easy. So it is important that we build up a systems level framework. We build up trust and accountability to bring multi stakeholders effectively together. Why I think we are at an advantage to do this is because I think the four RMAs effectively share the same DNA and the same purpose, which can be an important first step in building collaboration and building a strong partnership amongst the four regional associations to deliver what I would believe is a global proposition. Finally, I think what sets this group apart is what I mentioned in my first part of my answer is that all these four networks are distinctly connected on the ground in the geographies where they operate. So they have boots on the ground and together they can form a very, very vital global framework. So thank you, Naina. Reflecting on that, what I'd like to start, and actually I need a question here too. So could somebody tell me where we are in terms of the time period for the session? We have 30 minutes. I'm sorry, we have 30 more minutes. Is that right? Okay, good, good. So what we're going to do now is let's say 15 minutes of moderated discussion just amongst the speakers. And then we definitely want to open it up for questions from the audience, which we will do moderated through our partner, Alan. But where I'd like to start is since the three of you have already spoken to your own particular issues, reflecting on what Naina was just saying about the kind of the key lessons that AVPN has learned in trying to facilitate this cross-culture, cross-economic collaboration. So she highlighted the importance of knowing the landscape and being able to provide information, building a culture of cross-border giving, and then also the importance of having shared DNA among these networks that actually involves boots on the ground. So this is not all three of the networks represented here are not just like conceptual, you know, what's impact, what's capital, capital. It's about really driving investors to action. So as you reflect on those factors that Naina was highlighting, what I'd like to hear any of the three of you actually address your interpretation of those factors as applied to the grand global consortium that we're in the process of trying to build now. Yes, for example, in our case that we're an asset network in Latin America, we are seeing a lot of opportunities, you know, connecting with the existing networks with Europe and Asia. And it is true that Naina mentioned that we are sharing the same DNA. So how we can improve these connections, these lesson learners, and how we can connect also the peers in Latin America. So how we can adapt this knowledge into Latin America is how we are promoting these initiatives, taking to a bandage, the lessons learned from our system networks. And now is how we can connect in a better way, the investors across the globe, because we are seeing with the COVID that the needs is not only happening in one region or one specific country. We are sharing the same challenges right now. So if we can learn, we can leverage our connections and also how we can improve and mobilize more capitals and more capital towards impact. If I can add to that, Paul, I could see benefits on three levels. The first level is where as coming together as Naina was saying, we can bring direct benefit for our members, all of our members that have cross regional aspiration. It's both on coordination of cross regional flows and interchanging information. It's running global programs that could benefit not only on COVID but on other programs as well, where we have indeed the local kind of sensitivities but run it as global programs. These are benefits that can come directly to our members, but there are a couple of other benefits. I think that impact is at the heart now of many discussions, whether it's government, whether it's mainstream investors, whether it's large corporations, they all talk about impact. What is very specific about the VPSI and the invest for impact community is that they start from the beneficiary that they start from the impact.  So coming together as different RMAs and joining forces will also give us one face and one voice to make sure that impact is front and center in the broader dialogue with all the other stakeholders. And that's crucial to preserve that kind of perspectives. So Frank, if I could go back to you, there was one particular aspect that Naina mentioned that seems especially relevant to Africa as a potential barrier, which would be the creation of a culture of cross-border giving. So could you speak to that and maybe where kind of the state of Africa philanthropy and impact investing and how you feel that AVPA may be able to influence that? Africa comes with this complexity of being 54 countries with multiple languages, different people and all that kind of stuff. But nonetheless, I think there's an underlying kind of very thread that goes through Africans and that's the need and passion for helping each other is very common. But nonetheless, I think I want to echo what Naina said around first of all understanding the problem we're trying to solve and what you're trying to deal with. And to that end, I think we need to be careful that we don't treat African countries as one big country, they're all very, very different. So very important that we try and understand the uniqueness of the big markets and recognizing that there's a couple of markets that are influential at a regional level and they tend to shape how those regions behave. And we're seeing Africans recognizing that the nature of our diversity of number of countries has also worked against us. So the free trade agreement, for example, is one attempt at trying to make sure that movement of resources, capital and trade in Africa is made easier. And I see that will become even more seamless when we look at other downstream benefits of things like philanthropy happening across. And the other thing that we're seeing that's happening at a cross border level driven mainly by corporate multinationals in nature on the African continent is their foundations tend to work across multiple countries. So whether you're looking at the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation, for example, and a couple of others, they will tend to work across multiple countries. But still in that context, I think those players struggle with having that network which they can plug into with other local players to really maximize their impact and that ability to connect with local people, understand local circumstances at a country level and bring in your expertise, but also learn from them under the same time be open to understanding perspective from other parts of the world is lacking. And that's where MVP is trying to plug the hole is to bring that opportunity for these investors to collaborate, but also the different types of investors because we know right now that we don't have enough money in the social space in Africa. So we need to see how we can bring private sector capital into the social sector. So how do we bring this together? What we call the continuum of capital. So grant makers, debt providers and equity to for greater collaboration. So that's kind of where we're doing. And I'm glad to say that Africa has also just finished our landscape study, which will be out in the next two weeks. So anyone who's listening and keen to hear from us, please get in touch. So, Steven question for you that builds on what Frank was just saying about the Frank having mentioned specifically multinational corporations and the potentially distinctive role that they have in Africa, especially I would I guess I would add in the in the absence of what is now truly a robust kind of philanthropic private philanthropic sector. You've done quite a lot of work with corporations in the context of their giving well beyond social responsibility. So could you please address just your your thinking on the corporate sector and the opportunity that they provide based in Europe on your experience in in Europe but also then as extended to this global community. Yeah, thank you. Of course, as I said in the beginning, social innovation very often is a very local thing. So we need many local players to address those social issues. But there are also issues which are much more on a global level and there are actors on a global level and I think out of whether we take government the social sector and the corporate space I think the corporate space is the most globalized space of all. And hence what we see is when we started to develop a corporate program in Europe, that we were investigated how corporate through corporate giving to their corporate foundation to their corporate impact funds could design and define a holistic impact strategy all geared towards purpose. Sorry. No, this. Yeah. And very soon when we entered the discussion of how could a company that's trying to journey towards an inclusive business, how a corporate foundation which is traveling the journey towards venture philanthropy and social investing. So how could they come together into this joint idea of purpose, we quickly kind of bumped into the barrier that companies like a similar. They're all over the space. They even clearly stated to us. Yes, we might have been French from origin but we are now far more active working with the BOP in Asia. Other companies like CMA they're active in Latin America. Also, those global companies, if they're serious about their impact footprint, they want to have a coherent picture and a concise strategy. And that's where as one of the most globalized actors dealing with impact. I think that if we can provide also this corporate landscape, a good journey on their global way towards impact as some of our mace that we could accelerate. Let's say the needle towards more impact altogether. Yeah, thank you. I'd like to change speeds a little bit here and think about more directly catalytic capital and especially venture philanthropy as an element of catalytic capital. You know, the fact is that, well, all of these networks address a wide range of social investors. The roots of this particular model are in in venture philanthropy and venture philanthropists. Of course, like conventional philanthropists or strategic philanthropists are investors who for the most part are ready to lose all their money in order to advance a particular social purpose, which puts them in a very, very special category of deployment of capital. And I think it's fair to say that in some respects as the impact investment movement has grown to some degree philanthropists or venture philanthropists have taken sort of a backseat in terms of the prestige and certainly the attention and excitement and that sort of thing. But what we are now finding is that philanthropists or venture philanthropists who are truly ready to lose their money in order to make things happen that could not happen with a for profit model are actually now represent among the most valuable capital in the entire social landscape. So in that context, I'd like to hear any of you maybe Carolinas is starting with you since you your turn in a sense, but any of you really to think about the distinctive role now that venture philanthropy can play in the context of developing deals as part of a, you know, a truly catalytic capital or blended capital approach to the developing extraordinary opportunities. Yes. So, so thank you for for this question I think it's really important to see that. And I would prefer to talk about the how we can integrate the continent of capital is how we're integrating the traditional philanthropists with a social invest with the impact investing market and this is how we can connect both worlds and how we are applying a more strategic approaches to to deploy your capital know without with an impact first approach. So it's something that we want to connect and we are seeing a lot of philanthropists right now that with the pandemic that they are seeing okay how can I deploy my capital in a more strategic way. And we are seeing that the approach of investing for impact or venture philanthropy is the way that we can, we can, we can, we can share with them, and is the way that we how we can connect, and how we can understand that it's not only just giving financial resources is not only giving grants is how you can connect with non financial support is how you can measure your impact as well. We are seeing that the three elements of venture philanthropy that is is a giving financial resources is not is giving non financial resources and is is measurement your, your, your, your impact is the way that you can, you can really create an impact. So, we are seeing right now with the pandemic, a lot of opportunities to continue teaching with that is because we are promoting with the four networks different trainings, and it's how we can connect in this philanthropy is because it's the way that they can, they can be connected and I'm seeing one of the questions here in the chat, that is, what I can see this, what I can find all these deals that has happened is how I can connect with my peers. So it is something that we are doing with our networks is, is improving. For example, Asia, they already have the real short platform is something that is Africa is is trying to implement a pilot. And we're also trying to create the same connections with with with Latin America, we cannot continue working in an isolated way we need to be connected and and applying the best tools to have a more strategic approach and create impact. Great, thank you Carolina would either of you'd like to address that to before we go to the audience Q&A. Stephen or Frank. I just want to reemphasize what I said before. Because impact is becoming such an important topic which is discussed worldwide. I just elaborated a bit that corporates many of them or globalized mainstream capital is globalized money goes in seconds throughout the world. So in this entire impact discussion, we don't keep this angle of venture philanthropy and investing for impact. We might pollute and might kind of confuse as well. The whole narrative so I think it is important that, yeah, in this global narrative, the voice of investors for impact is clearly heard and sits around the table. Frank. Yeah, I think for me, I say the philanthropists or venture philanthropists are the bridesmaids in the equations to save Africa in many ways. If you've got to crowd in private sector capital because we haven't we don't have enough social sector capital. We need the philanthropists to view their role differently. We need them to think differently about how they deploy capital. They diversify into catalytic capital investments away from being traditional philanthropists. And I think that that will make a big difference for us to be able to tap into the $250 million, $150 million, trillion dollar capital markets for additional capital. So I'm hoping that one of the things that AVP will be doing is to work to with them, the philanthropists to see how we can help them diversify the investment, become more catalytic capital and doesn't doesn't mean that they abandon their, their grant or diversification where necessary, but it's about diversification and investor alongside other mainstream partners. So we'll be looking to do that. But also as Karina mentioned our deal share platform which will also be piloting in about seven to 10 days will help make that blending of capital more possible and a lot more seamless. So we are going to be offering opportunities for providers of the various types of capital from debt, equity and grants to collaborate around specific deals because we know at certain point grads are more suitable and that others mainstream capital works better. So they're all these things we're hoping to do and help them make better decisions in supporting the flow of capital into Africa. Well with that, why don't we make the transition then to taking questions from the audience. And I'll ask Alan to, to suggest to us a particular question that he has found especially interesting. Hi Paul, yes, chat is asking, and, or he's noting that funding options are very disorganized and even hard to find in the south. So he wonders what's your, or what are the panelists opinion about centralized information for finding funding sources and streaming streaming application process. So something we are talking about with a, with the deal share platform is how we are sharing, and we are gathering all this information, how we're connecting the four enemies, the Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America. So I think it's the best way to connect because we have a lot of that right now. But we don't have a plan for example in the case of Latin America, we don't have any platform yet that connect social investors. We have a lot of networks connecting entrepreneurs and people asking for money, but we have yet a place that a marketplace for investors. Yeah, that's an excellent distinction Carolina and Frank, would you like to elaborate on that because Africa is preparing within the next couple of weeks to actually launch its deal player deal share platform. Yeah, Paul, I think, I think the, that that's a very important thing is, is, is the platforms want to not just connect with investors but help them grow and learn and move best practice across because one of the most frustrating things, is operating in Africa that in many cases we are solving the same problems across borders, and we are reinventing the wheel repeatedly, and not looking to also think about scaling some of our, our solutions beyond one country so they can be bigger and attract more capital. And so, so what will the deal share platform will enable to happen in Africa is not only support the whole value chain of potential deals from early stage, where they may require more higher risk capital like grants to, to, you know, both investments to scale scale opportunities, but also try and look at how we can support some of these investors think beyond the single small market countries, and in so doing we can build bigger investment opportunities that there are more Pan-African, and that can then in days to come really become Pan-African conglomerates in many ways, many ways. So, so this is the kind of stuff we're hoping to create. Great, thank you. Alan, next. Please wants to know how venture philanthropy should and should not work alongside other forms of catalytical capital. So Stephen, do you want to take them on. Yeah, it's quite a difficult one because then we go a little bit into definitions of catalytic capital and venture philanthropy. What do you think, Paul, should we enter that discussion or. I mean, what what what actually occurs to me is as a just a starting point in that, in that, that dialogue is really thinking about what uniquely philanthropic capital can do, because there are some things. There are some places, some ways that it can displace for profit capital, and which is not productive or where it can complicate for profit capital markets, which is not productive. But there are other some other instance of other types of applications for which it is absolutely unique addressing problems that don't have a efficacious revenue model or addressing super early stage investments that that can't attract for profit venture capital because the rates of return will never be, you know, in line with the risk profile, etc, etc. So that's, that's what occurs. That's what occurs to me. I mean, any other thoughts, thoughts on that. That's what I read into that question. I think it's an issue of if you think about structuring the right capital at the right time of an investment. And how do you use, for example, philanthropic capital to prove concepts and prove solutions when the risk for failure is very, very high. And how do you deliberately tie that, that application of philanthropic capital to the next level of patient capital investor, the following investor. And I think that's kind of how we need to think of because there are times when, you know, it's high risk you as a philanthropist you as you think about building and supporting social solutions to come to life, that you will be capital as grants knowing you might not get it back. But also, we know increasingly that there are options of you deploying it as convertible grants were possible. But plugging into knowing when, when, when is the right time for you to just give a grant and not expect any, any fall on capital, or when, when do you provide a grant, and you are connected like on a network that all of us are sitting on right now to the next level of investors who can provide the next level of commercial capital to then bring the real sustainable value from the investment you've made. And I think that's very, that's very possible based on not we, we, we on this platform are able to bring to the ecosystem. Thank you. Alan, next. Felipe Gomez is wondering if retail investors could play a bigger role in bringing more money going forward. I think so. Yes, but I'm currently involved in trying to make sure that when retail investors of course still today retail investors and even consumers still represent a big part of the investment pie. And what is lacking is the transparency and the credibility that if they go for a certain investment or a certain SPO, and it's still small scale, you can't do the property diligence, you can't do the proper follow up and so on and so forth. So a more transparent setting where we built system where retailers can come and retail investors can come and credibly invest in areas where impact is also part of the game will need much better. And I would say checks and balances on the investment or investee level. And that's where even in a European setting UK is big time trying to bring retail investors on board, but we need a bit more checks and balances and transparency and when to impact is is delivered. Alan, next. The last question we have is about measuring social impact. And so the question Lena makes makes is how we can build a common framework about impact to make it easier for investors and other stakeholders. A bit from what I see in Africa. I think this is still a space that requires some work. Steven has probably done a bit more than the rest of us in Europe based on just creating some framework but I know in Africa we still have a long way to go to create frameworks that standardize impact measurement and create a common language amongst the social investors ecosystem. So it's something that we will also be looking to learn from Steven and then talking the north to see what what can we take and translate to start that would work in Africa as we support local innovators who are also trying to come up with similar things here. Just recently we were involved with an organization called Impact Alliance. They have a tool called ICF, which is used by fund managers to classify the total impact of the fund. And so as an investor you can you can choose the fund manager based on whether it's fund is classified as A, B or C or with A being a very socially responsible fund. But I think for us we have quite a way to do that. Yes, but Frank, I think that in my perspective is what I think is that I think that we have a lot of very good methodologies right now to measure impact. So I would prefer not, I think our role or my role is from that impact is how we can promote these methodologies is not having a single framework is how we can promote any specific different methodologies to measure impact but I think there is a lot of good methodologies right now. And actually, in SoCAP they are presenting different methodologies. So is the way how we can promote measurement impact instead of saying, okay, this is the methodology that we will adapt because there are different perspectives and different investors. I don't know, Steven, what is your point of view? Yeah, very quickly or learning as investors for impact is that measurement is not even half of the pie. It's the impact management to which is very more very much important because being investors for impact you're close to the beneficiaries you have to be agile. It's about social innovation. So spending a lot of time and rigor to impact measurement will not bring you there. So as investors with impact, which is a different class you need on this transactional based very rigorous and transparent metrics that as investors for impact, impact management is definitely more than half of the effort. So I don't know if we are being held to the initial schedule, but we have hit the scheduled end of this session. But before we go, the first and most important thing I want to say is that to my understanding we do not get cut off. So if any of you would like to continue to ask questions, then we are happy to, you know, to accommodate you because this is what we do. And this is what we care about. And we're very excited about, you know, the opportunity that we feel we have to leverage all of these networks to, you know, to truly create a global community. I would also just like for the record just to, you know, apologize for the dysfunctionality created by the technical problems, especially to the to any extent towards the unique problems I was experiencing complicated the session. But I certainly hope all of you through the resilience of our panel have been able to, you know, get a good sense of what this this movement is all about. So that if you need to go. Thank you very much and we look forward to to engaging with you through whatever, you know, process makes sense, especially as it serves your needs, we will be here in whatever continent. You operate either because that's where you are or where you want to invest. But again, if for any of you who want to continue to ask questions, then we will continue to answer them. So thank you all very, very much. So, Alan, are we are we still getting some some questions here. It's very odd not to be able to have any sense of the audience, but not at the moment. They can even request being on camera. And we also invite them to do it on the top right. If you want to speak directly to one of the panelists. If then if if we're not getting any more questions then I would just invite our panelists to make any closing comments that any of the three of you would like to make and then we'll see if we get any. Any further comments. Carolina. Actually, we'll have more questions but I just want to say that the good thing that I want to highlight as we are here at the network so it is a movement that will continue. We are improving our connections our ways of collaborations with the four MAs and with our networks across the globe. So how we can improve the impact I think this is our mission and we want to work together with all the participants as part of this, this community of improving impact. Yeah. Including remark maybe from my side we've come a long way, and it's normal. You have to first grow your own network and feel comfortable and kind of deal with your problems on the ground, which is the most important thing. The time has come that we feel confident and that we are maturing and that more and more members are asking to speak up and to get organized on a global level. So time is right to move forward. Yeah, thank you Frank. And just from my side, I think, I think the last couple of years with the world has learned some harsh lessons that we don't we no longer have regional problems, all our problems are global. And COVID being one of them the refugee crisis in Europe being another. So we have to work collaboratively as a global system ecosystem of social investors to transfer this problem at root cause wherever we can. And this takes us to have close collaborations across regions with having one lens and one eye on the global issues with another with tight feet on the ground to be able to implement locally. And I think this is what we're trying to achieve with these four networks that cover the world at scale. So we're very happy. Thank you for joining us and hoping you'll find a partner in either all of us or one of us for sure. Great. Well, that's a pretty good wrap up, I think for the whole session. So again, thank you all out there wherever you are, and whatever you're interested in. The final thing I would just emphasize about all of these networks is that if it was not already apparent, they are they have no agenda other than to serve social investors and to help make social investors more effective in achieving the aspirations that all of you have for yourselves and for your own philanthropy and for your own investment. There's no separate agenda other than to help you work together to make the world a better place. So thank you all for your time and enjoy the rest of the conference. Thank you all. Take care. Thank you. Thank you, Steven Frank. Thank you. Bye.