Follow the Talent: Agents of Impact special report for Aug. 16

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

ImpactAlpha’s Big 9: Overcoming bias, cleantech revival, Kiva 2.0, platform shakeout, alt-term sheets, Agent of Impact Daryn Dodson

ImpactAlpha's weekly roundup of impact investing news.

The Brief: Impact investing platform shakeout, cutting food waste, seeding inclusive fintech, blended financing for smallholders, beyond venture capital

Featured: "Shakeout highlights an elusive factor in retail impact investing platforms: the impact"

Shakeout highlights an elusive factor in impact investing platforms: the impact

In a guest post on ImpactAlpha, Align Impact’s Hummayun Javed suggests a fundamental issue with retail impact investing platforms: Retail investors don’t buy the platforms’ promises of actual impact.

Beyond venture capital: More impact investors offer alternative financing

Viewing the world through the VC lens “limits the range of opportunities investors can access for returns,” write Village Capital’s Rob Tashima and Zebras Unite’s Astrid Scholz.

The Brief: Cleantech rebound, financing drugs for neglected diseases, fintech for gig workers, Agents of Impact call recap (audio)

Featured: "Cleantech venture capital rebounds with smarter, more patient investors"

Joust raises $2.6 million to boost financial services for gig workers

The two-year-old startup has secured funding PBT Ventures, Accion Venture Lab, Financial Venture Studio and Techstars.