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Tommy Johnson and Fennie Wang of Made with Black Culture
Blockchain/AI/IoT | 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 …