This Oakland business incubator is helping Black communities benefit from legal cannabis

Lanese Martin is among the leaders seeking to ensure this multi-million dollar marketplace includes more than just the usual white suspects

Grameen tests the impact of an anti-poverty approach designed in Bangladesh – in New Jersey

Grameen America, the U.S. affiliate of Muhammad Yunus’ Grameen Bank, has disbursed $1.08 billion since 2008 in short-term loans to 113,000 women in 14 U.S. cities

In an institutional shift, Grupo Bimbo anchors an impact fund of funds in Latin America

Mexico City-based Bimbo, which drives about $15 billion in annual sales, is the anchor investor in the Latin America Impact Fund

Impact investors struggle to reclaim the narrative

“We’ve now seen what happens when the arrogance of Wall Street wealth meets the marketing opportunity of impact investing,” writes Jed Emerson

Techstars looks for startups to help mitigate mounting social and environmental risks

The new new thing in tech accelerators? The opportunity in social and environmental risks.

Follow the Talent: Agents of Impact Special Report for Mar. 15

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

TPG Growth’s Rise Fund rocked by federal charges against CEO Bill McGlashan

“As a result of the charges of personal misconduct against Bill McGlashan, we have placed Mr. McGlashan on indefinite administrative leave effective immediately,” a TPG spokesperson said.

Follow the Talent: Agents of Impact Special Report for Mar. 22

Follow the Talent: Agents of Impact Special Report for Mar. 22

The Brief’s Big 7: Rise Fund recap, Techstars’ risk strategy, microcredit in the U.S., racial equity in cannabis, Grupo Bimbo’s agent of impact

The Brief’s Big 7: Rise Fund recap, Techstars’ risk strategy, microcredit in the U.S., racial equity in cannabis, Grupo Bimbo’s agent of impact

The Rise Fund – and impact investing – tries to move beyond scandal

Managers of TPG Growth’s $2 billion impact fund fanned out to touch base with limited partners, prospects and influencers

CNote launches fund to boost lending to women business owners

CNote launched in 2017 to democratize impact investing through a high-yield savings account that facilitates lending to small businesses and underserved communities

Beyond scandal, CNote’s fund for women-led businesses, New York’s co-investment fund, Oakland’s Hood Incubator

Beyond scandal, CNote’s fund for women-led businesses, New York’s co-investment fund, Oakland’s Hood Incubator

NYC partnership pledges $30 million to under-represented tech founders

WE Venture is New York City’s first venture capital consortium to focus on under-represented tech founders