How Living Cities is deploying ‘capital for the new majority’

If we really want to re-invigorate the American economy and grow jobs, we need to understand why America’s fastest-growing populations, people of color, aren’t starting and growing companies.

How Kellogg Foundation is interrupting racial bias in capital markets

Hidden prejudices show up in health and education outcomes that divide along racial lines. Implicit bias shapes capital markets as well.

Resistance meets revival to renew the political discourse (podcast)

“Everybody’s freaked out about rising populism, xenophobia, exclusionary, fear-based politics,” said ImpactAlpha's David Bank in the latest Returns on Investment podcast. “And my biggest worry is that we think we don’t have answers to that when, in fact, we do.”

Catalyzing capital to prevent plastic waste: A conversation with Circulate Capital’s Rob Kaplan and USAID’s J.P. Gibbons

Plastic waste is a global crisis. Investing to prevent plastic waste is an investment opportunity.

New-majority capital, Kenya’s MPost delivery service, Philly’s food misfits, Harvard’s impact entrepreneurs, capital for global health innovation

New-majority capital, Kenya’s MPost delivery service, Philly’s food misfits, Harvard’s impact entrepreneurs, capital for global health innovation

Misfits Market raises $16.5 million to expand “ugly produce” delivery across the East Coast

The North Philly startup buys “ugly” but ripe fruits and vegetables directly from farmers and sells them at a discount to grocery stores via subscription service.

Taz Technologies raises early capital for Kenyan postal service MPost

Kenyan startup Taz Technologies aims to fill delivery gaps for the majority of Kenyans without a postal box with its mobile delivery system.

Catalyzing capital for global health innovation

More innovation, and low-cost risk capital, is needed to meet global healthcare demand.

Half of Harvard’s summer i-Lab teams are impact entrepreneurs

“We have seen a steady increase in teams with social missions applying for the summer venture incubation program,” i-Lab’s Jodi Goldstein told ImpactAlpha.

Interrupting implicit bias, Aunt Bertha’s connections, pay-by-the-hour insurance, Entrepreneurs Impact Summit

Interrupting implicit bias, Aunt Bertha’s connections, pay-by-the-hour insurance, Entrepreneurs Impact Summit