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Los Angeles tries to show how affordable housing can be built more quickly and cheaply
It’s the financing, stupid. In Los Angeles, a novel mechanism that is expected to finance the construction of more than 1,500 units of …
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Fibers Fund and Invest Appalachia provide loans and grants for hemp production in North Carolina
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Swiss-German impact fund offers patient capital for Europe’s early impact ventures
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Ci-Gaba attracts Ghanaian pensions to a fund of funds investing in growth firms in West Africa
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Allianz Global Investors approaches $700 million for fifth blended finance fund
The Call
Exclusive video calls with industry insiders
Starting with the problem, impact-first managers are returning impact investing to its roots (video)
After two decades spent coaxing cautious capital off the sidelines with the promise of “market rate” returns, some impact fund managers are going …
Huge opportunities and trickle of capital make Brazil an impact growth market
A mismatch of demand for and supply of impact capital in a country roughly the size of the United States has created one …
How commercial investors are streamlining blended fund structures
Blended finance is rebounding, but this time with a twist. Commercial investors are stepping up to drive some of the biggest blended-finance funds …
Mobilizing capital in Indian Country
ImpactAlpha, August 25 – A growing ecosystem of Native-led entrepreneurs, lenders, financial intermediaries and nonprofits are driving Indian Country’s emerging economy. “It’s kind …
Creative capital for gender-smart investments
ImpactAlpha, September 30 – Capital to support women’s economic growth and financial inclusion is flowing – finally! – in many advanced economies. In emerging …
Impact Voices
Provocative opinions and insightful analysis from the community
It takes an ecosystem to raise an impact economy
We often talk about impact investing as a strategy. What increasingly excites me is the larger question: What does it actually take to …
Moving impact capital from safe bets to ‘impact by design’
A long-standing fault line once again cracked this year, splitting investors in the impact community. On one side are “impact-first” investors who accept …
Beating the drum for impact-first investing, Ceniarth shares its catalytic dealmaking
Back in October, ImpactAlpha hosted an Agents of Impact call entitled “The surprising resurgence of impact-first investing.” At the time, we joked that, …
Blended finance can’t scale without insurance at the table
Demand for capital to address climate and development challenges has never been greater, but the market’s ability to attract private investment remains constrained. …
Building regional engines for affordable housing in California
California’s housing affordability challenge is often described in superlatives. The state has housing costs among the nation’s highest, the largest number of people …
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