Follow the Talent: Agents of Impact Special Report for May. 17

Follow the talent with ImpactAlpha’s weekly report on career moves, job openings, events and opportunities.

The Brief’s Big 8: The beyond-tradeoffs era, private-equity watch, impact integrity, acquiring impact customers, Agent of Impact Kelly McCarthy

The Brief’s Big 8: The beyond-tradeoffs era, private-equity watch, impact integrity, acquiring impact customers, Agent of Impact Kelly McCarthy

Lok Capital’s impact blend, health payments in Africa, agtech in India, TPG Growth acquires Abraaj health fund, making sense of IRIS+

Lok Capital’s impact blend, health payments in Africa, agtech in India, TPG Growth acquires Abraaj health fund, making sense of IRIS+

Lok Capital: Blending commercial capital and smart subsidies for transformative impact

In Episode Four, Vishal Mehta of Lok Capital recalls how the Delhi-based impact investor blended venture capital and grant funding to build markets for financial services, health care and education for low-income Indians.

What impact multiple of money will TPG Growth generate with global health fund?

The story of the fund, now called the Evercare Health Fund, wraps together not one, but two private equity scandals.

IRIS+ tool provides guidance to reset expectations for ‘impact performance’

In an effort to boost the credibility and comparability of impact data, the GIIN reveals IRIS+, a revamped version of its decade-old catalog of generally-accepted impact metrics.

Indian agtech venture DeHaat follows equity round with venture debt

Gurgaon-based DeHaat runs an online marketplace to connect India’s smallholder farmers with products and equipment for their farms.