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The Brief | February 28, 2023
The Brief: Trust-based investing practices, upskilling in Chicago, soil wealth, blockchain impact
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Inclusive Economy Six trust-based practices to help investors shift power to communities. “Impact” is often defined by who …
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The Brief | November 14, 2022
The Brief: Call preview: Racial equity in muni markets, catalytic capital for energy transitions, climate cost savings, blockchain for nuclear threat reduction
Greetings, Agents of Impact! 🎮 Impact: The video game. ImpactAlpha has partnered with E-Line Media and the Ford Foundation to explore the potential …
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Nuclear disarmament | November 14, 2022
Can blockchain verification re-energize nuclear disarmament? (Q&A)
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 14 – The crypto economy has never shied away from bold use-cases. An international security researcher from King’s College London has perhaps …
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Blockchain/AI/IoT | October 6, 2022
Building and musing about blockchain-based regenerative finance in Medellin
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 6 – Blockchain eco-warriors descended on Medellin, Colombia last week to stake a claim for the role the technology can play in …
The Brief | October 6, 2022
The Brief: Blockchain’s eco-warriors, Bluestar’s green energy fund, low-carbon utilities, solar mini-grids in Rwanda and the DRC, VCs ♥️ ESG
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Crypto for Good Building and musing about the future of blockchain-based regenerative finance in Medellin. Blockchain eco-warriors descended …
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Blockchain/AI/IoT | September 15, 2022
Ethereum transition points the way to a carbon-free blockchain
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 15 – By the time you read this, energy consumption equivalent to that used annually by Chile and the carbon footprint of Hong …
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The Brief | June 7, 2022
The Brief: Follow the climate talent, blockchain identities in Zimbabwe, GenZero in Singapore, alt-credit data in Nigeria, One Percent for America
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Follow the Talent In Silicon Valley, talent follows the capital – and the optimists – into climate tech. …
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Frontier and Growth Markets | June 7, 2022
Zimbabwe’s FlexID Technologies secures early funding for blockchain-based digital IDs
ImpactAlpha, June 7 – Many people in Africa lack formal identity papers, particularly in remote areas, making it harder to get agricultural support, financial …
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Dealflow | February 24, 2022
Nori raises $7 million for its blockchain-based carbon marketplace
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 24 – Seattle-based Nori matches farmers sequestering carbon through regenerative agriculture practices with corporate and individual buyers, like Shopify and the musician …
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The Brief | February 2, 2022
The Brief: Ross Baird’s local blueprint, charging electric trucks, putting carbon credits on blockchain, upskilling India’s tech workers
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Call No. 37: Carbon is $100 a ton. Now what? With prices rising in markets around the world, carbon …
Climate Finance | February 2, 2022
Moss.Earth raises $10 million to put carbon credits on blockchain
ImpactAlpha, February 2 – A raft of startups are merging the hot, if volatile, worlds of crypto and climate finance to bring transparency …
Dealflow | September 22, 2021
Blockchain music streaming service Audius raised $5 million from Nas, Katy Perry and other creators
ImpactAlpha, September 22 – Mainstream streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music are notorious for stiffing the musicians who drive the platforms’ popularity. …
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The Reconstruction | June 14, 2021
The Reconstruction: Certifying products made with Black culture to build an ethical marketplace – on blockchain
ImpactAlpha June 14 – Made with Black Culture is developing a certification process to authenticate products of Black culture. Through a blockchain-based cryptographic …
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The Brief | June 14, 2021
The Brief: Black culture on blockchain, community lending, labor market insights, housing equity, Latin America’s creative economy
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Make sure to tune into this ImpactAlpha partner event this week: Global Impact Investing Network convenes “Next Normal Now …
Asia | October 23, 2019
Indonesia’s BMT Bina issues “sharia compliant” bond on blockchain
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 23 – Faith-based investing is not only on the rise, it’s on the cutting edge. Indonesian Islamic microfinance cooperative BMT Bina Ummah raised $50,000 …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | October 1, 2019
Can blockchain play matchmaker in financing the U.N. Global Goals?
ImpactAlpha, October 1 – Trillions of dollars are needed each year to achieve the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. Billions are currently being invested. “Rather …
The Brief | October 1, 2019
The Brief: Co-creating in Amsterdam, index impact, Denmark’s climate commitments, Indian aquaculture, blockchain for the SDGs
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Co-creating in Amsterdam. It’s not easy to take the temperature of a diverse community, but we have the feeling …
Africa | August 21, 2019
Building credit with blockchain at the base of the economic pyramid
ImpactAlpha, August 21 – Credit systems in mature markets are imperfect. In many developing economies they don’t exist at all, keeping billions of people …
The Brief | June 10, 2019
Female fund managers in emerging markets; blockchain for small businesses, supply chains and elections; Halloran’s early money
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Female fund managers make the case for ‘gender alpha’ in emerging markets. One way to seize …
The Brief | March 27, 2019
Regenerative pine resin in Mexico, tech jobs in rural U.S., blockchain-based lending in India, ‘zebras’ unite for alt-capital
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Ejido Verde is financing indigenous Mexicans to plant trees – and to plant a stake in …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | March 27, 2019
Unitus Ventures backs New Street Technologies’ blockchain-based lending
ImpactAlpha, March 27 – Bangalore-based New Street Technologies partners with banks to facilitate loans to small businesses through a blockchain-based lending platform. It …
The Brief | March 26, 2019
Blending finance with blockchain, streamlining affordable housing, AI-fueled food in Chile, impact bonds in Latin America, co-investing with Backstage
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Bamboo Finance, Moeda and the government of Togo launch tech-driven impact fund for tech-driven companies. A …
The Brief | January 30, 2019
Risky business, Brazil’s new neo-bank, raising Filipino graduation rates, blockchain for impact
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Returns on Investment podcast Risky Business: Corporations need market signals to reduce climate risks (podcast). Will it be …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | January 30, 2019
Blockchain in action for social and civic impact
ImpactAlpha, January 30 – Say what you will about blockchain hype (see “Deals lag the hype in ‘blockchain for good’ investments”). But keep paying …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | November 27, 2018
Big Issue launches blockchain-based Big Exchange for SDG investing
ImpactAlpha, November 26 – Big Issue, a London-based poverty alleviation organization, is partnering with asset managers Aberdeen Standard, Columbia Threadneedle, Alliance Beinstein and …
The Brief | September 18, 2018
Little Jed Book, climate investor one, UBS’ development impact bond, environmental finance and other blockchain game-changers
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! Featured: Impact Voices The Little Jed Book: Digging into the ‘why’ of impact investing. Jed Emerson rocked the SOCAP conference …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | September 18, 2018
Environmental finance and other blockchain “game-changers”
A new report from the World Economic Forum touts the decentralized electronic ledger’s potential as a game changer for sustainable development finance, among …
The Brief | June 21, 2018
Charting the impact investing narrative, blockchain ethics, alt-credit, Incofin’s India fund
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! Featured: The Impact Alpha Connecting the dots and charting the narrative, every week. David Bank kicked off the “new” ImpactAlpha …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | June 20, 2018
Laying an ethical foundation for the blockchain future
The blockchain is hot. But without strong ethics, the technology could face the same backlash already rocking the tech world. To help integrate …
The Brief | June 6, 2018
Tallying impact assets, blockchain for social impact redux, Banco Solidario gives impact investors an exit
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original “Conventional” investors – like Blackrock – boost impact investing’s annual tally. The arrival of “conventional” investors has …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | June 5, 2018
High potential, remaining obstacles in blockchain for social impact
ImpactAlpha, June 5 – ConsenSys, the Brooklyn startup behind the Ethereum blockchain platform, and PeaceTech Lab convened in Washington, D.C. to debate the …
Beats | April 27, 2018
The Brief’s Big 10: PhilaImpact, impact multiple of money, life after Abraaj, ‘blockchain for good’ and mini-grids
Happy Friday, ImpactAlpha readers! We’re in Philadelphia today for the two-day Total Impact conference hosted by the Good Capital Project and ImpactPHL. Yesterday was all about …
Beats | April 25, 2018
‘Blockchain for Good’ hype-cycle, mini-grids in Africa, bond for U.S. women’s health
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Deals lag hype in ‘Blockchain for Good’ investments. For all the promise of blockchain-enabled technologies to solve …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | April 24, 2018
Deals lag hype in ‘Blockchain for Good’ investments
With David Bank. ImpactAlpha, April 24 – “Show me the deals.” For all the promise of blockchain-enabled technologies to solve a variety of global …
Beats | March 20, 2018
European financial supertankers, Case Foundation impact, blockchain for social impact
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: 2030 Finance European supertankers of finance chart a course to a different future.Among the supertankers of global finance that have …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | March 20, 2018
A Dad’s Story: How I learned to stop worrying and love the blockchain
Two whisperers stand on my shoulders, with conflicting messages about blockchain. On one shoulder is the former Silicon Valley CEO in me. This …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | February 1, 2018
Moeda brings blockchain to small-business lending in rural Brazil
Moeda launched last year out of a UN hackathon with the idea of using blockchain to improve efficiency in small business lending. It lends …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | October 17, 2017
Will blockchain change the way we invest for impact?
Distributed-ledger technology is generating exuberance. The question is whether it’s irrational. By some forecasts, 10 percent of the entire global GDP could be …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | October 14, 2017
SOCAP’s best-dressed, fighting blindness, entrepreneurship for all, blockchain exuberance
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: ImpactAlpha Original How 17 of the best-dressed people at SOCAP would invest $1 million for impact. Who are the …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | September 7, 2017
Blockchain for impact, developing the UK workforce, uncommon cacao, after the rains stop (part 2)
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Blockchain, meet the 2030 global goals. ConsenSys, an ambitious Brooklyn software company founded by blockchain guru Joseph …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | September 7, 2017
ConsenSys puts up $50 million to hunt for blockchain solutions to global challenges
Blockchain, meet the 2030 global goals. ConsenSys, an ambitious Brooklyn software company founded by blockchain guru Joseph Lubin, has launched a $50 million in-house …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | August 1, 2017
Tired of blockchain? You haven’t seen anything yet
There are about $20 billion worth of bitcoins already in circulation. A recent World Economic Forum report estimated that by 2027, as much …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | July 28, 2017
Social impact bond pays off, helping Self Help, B Corps for big business, blockchain future
Hello ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Peterborough social impact bond becomes a proof point. Fewer prisoners are returning to prison in Peterborough, England. …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | July 15, 2017
Humanity United backs Provenance’s blockchain-based supply chain-tracking
Provenance, a U.K.-based startup, uses blockchain software to combat “food fraud” and track food supply chains. Products logged on Provenance’s platform are tracked from …
Dealflow | May 9, 2017
Spanish bank BBVA expands in Mexico with electronic payments and blockchain
Internet giants like Alibaba and Softbank are on the hunt globally for mobile-money and electronic payments platforms, increasingly built on blockchain technology. BBVA, …