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Policy Corner | July 30, 2021
Policy Corner: Beyond coal, Native housing, banking the unbanked
ImpactAlpha, July 30 – ImpactAlpha is working with the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance to keep Agents of Impact apprised of policy developments. Among this …
Coliba Recycling Ghana
Capitalism Reimagined | July 29, 2021
Social enterprises provide models for stakeholder capitalism in emerging markets
ImpactAlpha, July 29 – Social entrepreneurs in Asia, sub-Saharan African and Latin America have for decades prioritized communities, employees and long-term growth over short-term …
Conservation | July 29, 2021
Green bonds or greenwashing? Growth of aquaculture poses risks for ocean health.
ImpactAlpha, July 29 – Mowi ASA, the Norwegian fish farming giant, raised €200 million from investors last year in what was the seafood industry’s …
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Climate and Clean Tech | July 29, 2021
Elevate Future Fund raises more than $60 million for diverse founders of climate startups
ImpactAlpha, July 29 — New York-based Energy Impact Partners is supplementing its strategy of enlisting corporate partners to invest in energy-transition technologies. The …
Squire's co-founders, Songe LaRon and Dave Salvant. Photo credit: Squire.
Dealflow | July 29, 2021
Squire scores $80 million to help barbershops manage their businesses
ImpactAlpha, July 29 — The New York-based company’s software helps over 2,000 barbershop owners in North America and the U.K. with online scheduling …
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Dealflow | July 29, 2021
Class Technologies bags $105 million to improve virtual learning on Zoom
ImpactAlpha, July 29 — COVID-19 accelerated demand for educational technology to respond to social distancing and school closures. Class is taking Zoom up …
Catalytic Capital | July 28, 2021
Catalytic Capital Consortium seeks best practices for flexible finance
ImpactAlpha, July 28 – The MacArthur Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation and Omidyar Network formed the Catalytic Capital Consortium, or C3, to expand the use of …
Asahi Pompey, Goldman Sachs
The Reconstruction | July 28, 2021
Q&A with Asahi Pompey: How the Goldman Sachs executive is helping the investment bank meet calls for racial and gender equity
ImpactAlpha, July 28 – When confronted with the reality that her 11-year son, a young Black man in America, had seen George Floyd’s …
Dealflow | July 28, 2021
India’s Samunnati to list green bond to back climate-resilient farming
ImpactAlpha, July 28 – Chennai-based Samunnati is a rare source of financing for India’s 130 million smallholder farmers, coupling capital with agricultural support …
Yoco's founders | Photo credit: Yoco.
Africa | July 28, 2021
South African fintech Yoco raises $83 million for small-business lending
ImpactAlpha, July 28 — The Cape Town-based platform provides digital payments and other financial services to more than 150,000 small business owners in …
Hank Paulson (TPG Rise Fund) and Mark Carney (Brookfield) | Photo credits: Getty / EPA
Climate and Clean Tech | July 27, 2021
TPG Rise ($5.4 billion) and Brookfield ($7 billion) raise the stakes for climate funds
ImpactAlpha, July 27 – The funds from TPG Rise and Brookfield represent a step-change for climate funds in both size and scale of institutional …
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ESG | July 27, 2021
Emerging markets emerge as sustainability leaders
Investors, take note: In emerging markets (EM), many companies are now at the forefront of change. In today’s EM, there is a rapidly …
Circular irrigation fields for growing crops | Photo credit: Trismegist San
Frontier and Growth Markets | July 27, 2021
Better economic data can drive inclusive growth in Africa
“In God we trust, everyone else must bring data,” said the statistician W. Edwards Deming. The debilitating effect of Covid19 on the economies …
Dealflow | July 27, 2021
Impact management gets a boost from the Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing
ImpactAlpha, July 27 – As the market for impact investments grows, “so too must the metrics, tools, and platforms used to measure and disclose …
Yaounde, Cameroon
Africa | July 27, 2021
Are funds of funds the next frontier for African impact investing?
ImpactAlpha, July 27 – The landscape of private equity and private debt funds in Africa remains small compared to other parts of the …