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The Brief: Corporate climate collaboration, high-tech agriculture, EV charging networks, Mirova’s oceans fund, ESG in private markets
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AppHarvest closes $28 million for its high-tech rural farms
ImpactAlpha, August 28 – Indoor farming venture AppHarvest is building a 2.8 million-square-foot greenhouse in Morehead, Ky. to bring technology to sustainable agricultural production and jobs to an area with high unemployment and low incomes. Hedge fund manager Jeff Ubben, who backed AppHarvest while at ValueAct Capital Management, re-upped with his new firm, Inclusive Capital
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Bringing ESG strategies to private markets to boost value and impact
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EIT Food invests €5.5 million in COVID relief for European food startups
ImpactAlpha, August 10 – EIT Food makes early investments in European companies advancing a sustainable food system. The initiative of the European Institute for Innovation Technology committed bridge funding to help 13 startups weather COVID disruptions and continue research and development. The companies include Poland’s plant-based protein startup NapiFeryn, which will use the funding to
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The Week in impact investing: Purpose-built
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Agent of Impact: MacKenzie Scott, author and philanthropist
ImpactAlpha, July 31 – Call it “best practices for billionaires.” As her ex-husband, Jeff Bezos, and three other tech billionaires prepared to face Congressional questioners, Scott detailed how she has started to give away her $36 billion fortune. Since signing the Giving Pledge a month after her divorce last year, Scott has given out $1.7 billion
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