Regeneration
Blockchain/AI/IoT | February 17, 2021
Farmers harvest ‘soil carbon’ to meet rising corporate demand for emission offsets
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 17 – Candidates in last year’s U.S. Senate race in Iowa were asked in a televised debate to cite the clearing …
Africa | February 10, 2021
Africa’s Great Green Wall to combat desertification secures $16.8 billion in international finance
ImpactAlpha, February 10 — The Great Green Wall initiative, launched in 2007 by the African Union, aims to restore degraded land, boost food …
Indonesian peatlands | Photo credit: UNOPS
Conservation | February 4, 2021
AXA invests $11 million in Forest Carbon to restore wetlands in Indonesia
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 4 – French investment manager AXA invested debt and equity from The AXA IM Impact Fund: Climate and Biodiversity. Bonds will …
Conservation | January 26, 2021
Accelerating climate emergency spurs innovative financing for adaptation
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 26 – Investments aimed at mitigating greenhouse gas emissions have long overshadowed financing for efforts to help communities adapt to climate …
Impact Voices | January 26, 2021
Retool finance to rebuild soil health
Regenerative agriculture may be in vogue, but in many ways, it’s as old as agriculture itself, as practiced by our ancestors and to …
Conservation | January 14, 2021
Coral Vita secures $2 million to help corals adapt to climate change
ImpactAlpha, January 14 – Healthy coral reefs foster biodiversity and provide food, income and protection for more than 500 million people. But pollution and …
Agrifood Tech | November 24, 2020
Astanor Ventures raises $325 million for sustainable food and ag-tech
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 24 – Good Harvest Partners I, Astanor’s first institutional fund, will back “entrepreneurs developing scalable solutions to re-align nature, agriculture, and …
Africa | November 23, 2020
An ‘impact-first’ approach to investing for climate justice in rural communities
If you are an investor interested in learning more about how to invest in climate justice solutions, join us on December 3rd for …
2030 Finance | November 2, 2020
Iroquois Valley Farmland Trust raises $2 million to accelerate shift to organic
ImpactAlpha, November 2 – Iroquois Valley Farmland Trust encourages farmers to shift to organic practices with access to capital, mortgages and long-term land …
Dealflow | October 29, 2020
Acceso acquires Exensio to boost small farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 29 – Acceso is acquiring Mexico City-based Exensio to boost the information flow to small farmers in Latin America and the …
Dealflow | October 29, 2020
European impact investors launch $40 million emergency fund for smallholder farmers
ImpactAlpha, October 29 – Belgium-based impact investor Incofin estimates that COVID disruptions to the global food supply chain have cost each of the …
Financial Inclusion | October 22, 2020
Investments in financial inclusion and agriculture deliver impact
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 22 – ImpactAlpha has covered hundreds of investments aiming to drive access to finance and more sustainable agriculture. Two reports from …
Inclusive Economy | October 22, 2020
SOCAP takes stock of impact investing in a changed world
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 22 – The different mood at this week’s impact investing gathering reflected not just the contrast between an online event and …
Dealflow | October 7, 2020
Krishitantra secures seed funding to monitor India’s soil health
ImpactAlpha, October 7 – Krishitantra’s Sandeep Kondaji was frustrated in getting timely soil data to help his uncle make decisions around fertilizer use …
Clean Energy | September 29, 2020
Eight climate finance innovations that can help accelerate a green recovery
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 29 – Innovation in climate finance is critical; with a global COVID pandemic raging, it’s doubly so. Eight new financial solutions …