Jessica started her career in financial journalism in 2008, the day Lehman Brothers collapsed. She's been following the financial market cycles with an impact lens since 2012. Jessica manages ImpactAlpha's investment news coverage, Dealflow, and the emerging markets beat. She loves getting into the weeds of new and wonky financial structures and funds and meeting the creative minds behind them. Jessica hails from Charleston, SC, and is based in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Saskia Bruysten, Carbon Equity: Shifting power to democratize climate investing
Poverty alleviation in Bangladesh has a lot in common, it turns out, with climate investing in Europe. Saskia Bruysten cut her teeth in ...
Secha Capital secures $30 million for its operator-investor growth approach to South African businesses
Brendan Mullen, Rushil Vallabh and Nombuso Nkambule have spent a decade getting their hands dirty in the day to day work of running ...
The Brief: Eric Ries on why good companies go bad
Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: Corporate Governance From lean startups to spiritual holding companies: The education of Eric Ries (podcast). ...
Wingreens acquires Safe Harvest to nurture sustainable food and women’s livelihoods in India
Gurgaon-based Wingreens World produces healthy packaged juices and foods for online sales to Indian consumers. The company’s roots are in an agribusiness called ...
Rosarium Health secures $6 million to help seniors in the US age at home
Houston-based Rosarium Health has developed a network of healthcare providers, specialized clinicians and contractors to help seniors, individuals with disabilities and their families ...
Investors back startups addressing energy efficiency and green transport in India
External forces beyond India’s control are spurring domestic action on its green transition. A pair of deals on electricity metering and EV batteries ...
The latest in Africa’s carbon markets + The vibe at Mission Investors Exchange
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editors Jessican Pothering and David Bank. Up this week: The latest in Africa’s carbon ...
BII increases its risk appetite to mobilize institutional investors in emerging markets
The UK has long been at the forefront of overseas development assistance, being the first country to launch a development finance institution. With ...
Outcomes and offtakes spur a 250,000-acre restoration project in South Africa
Livestock grazing has caused severe land degradation in a critical biodiversity zone in South Africa’s Eastern Cape. An ambitious project underway by Singapore-based ...