Entrepreneurship
Hello Alice co-founders Elizabeth Gore and Carolyn Rodz | Photo credit: Pocho Sanchez.
Dealflow | June 15, 2021
Women-led Hello Alice scores $21 million to support small business owners
ImpactAlpha, June 15 — Houston, Texas-based Hello Alice helps 500,000 small business owners around the world access capital and resources. Its COVID-19 Business …
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Community Finance | June 10, 2021
Harvard Business School students’ impact fund secures $200,000 to back BIPOC-led small businesses
ImpactAlpha, June 10 — Nearly $70 million, or 10% of assets in 40 student-managed investment funds have a sustainable investing strategy, according to …
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Dealflow | June 2, 2021
One hundred years later, investing in the reconstruction of Black Wall Street
ImpactAlpha, June 2 — President Biden became the first president to commemorate the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that destroyed the thriving Black community …
Circular economy startup Mr. Green Africa received a $50,000 bridge loan from Open Road Impact Fund
Catalytic Capital | May 27, 2021
Tallying the enterprises – and impact – that survived COVID with loans from Open Road Alliance
ImpactAlpha, May 25 – During her fundraising, Maya Winkelstein knew there would be strong demand for Open Road’s emergency bridge loans because, well, …
Climate and Clean Tech | May 20, 2021
Google’s turn to geothermal renews interest in 100-year-old clean tech
ImpactAlpha, May 20 – Geothermal energy taps the heat generated from the earth’s molten core to heat homes and businesses and drive turbines …
Miriam Rivera and Clint Korver, the founding husband and wife duo behind Ulu Ventures. | Photo credit: Ulu Ventures.
Dealflow | May 18, 2021
Ulu Ventures raises $138 million to invest in diverse early-stage founders
ImpactAlpha, May 18 — Palo Alto, Calif.-based Ulu Ventures has raised $138 million for its third fund to invest in startups led by …
Entrepreneurship | May 13, 2021
How digitalization can enhance, shift and transform the entrepreneurial support ecosystem
All organizations must continually innovate to adapt their practices to the current business environment. Even before the pandemic, entrepreneurial support organizations, which provide …
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Agrifood Tech | May 13, 2021
Kroger Innovation Fund and Village Capital to accelerate 10 food-tech startups
ImpactAlpha, May 13 — Halving U.S. food waste is a $14 billion annual investment opportunity. The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation, …
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Catalytic Capital | May 11, 2021
Capital Impact Partners to manage Nourish DC to fund local food businesses
ImpactAlpha, May 11 — Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Browser is tapping Arlington, Va.-based community development financial institution Capital Impact Partners to receive $1 …
Sixty8's Kelli Jones. Photo credit: Cheddar.
Dealflow | May 11, 2021
Sixty8 Capital raises $20 million to back underrepresented tech founders
ImpactAlpha, May 11 — Indianapolis-based Sixty8 Capital has raised $20 million for a venture fund that aims to invest in more than two …
Dealflow | May 3, 2021
Two Sigma Impact and Avance acquire Wholesale Supplies to supply artisans with quality products
ImpactAlpha, May 3 — Hedge fund Two Sigma in January launched Two Sigma Impact, a nine-figure impact investing business from its own balance …
Community Finance | April 20, 2021
Reviving a Black cultural corridor in West Oakland – as a community-led cooperative
In another era, Esther’s Orbit Room helped make West Oakland the “Harlem of the West,” hosting the likes of B.B. King, James Brown …
Clean Energy | April 19, 2021
Overheard at the Island Finance Forum: Caribbean’s inclusive recovery
ImpactAlpha, April 19 — Volcanic eruptions in the Caribbean that have caused residents of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to flee their homes …
Community Finance | April 13, 2021
Founders First’s Kitty Fund makes micro-investments in “mompreneurs”
ImpactAlpha, Apr. 13 – The pandemic has been challenging for many small business owners, but mothers have faced particular burdens as childcare routines have …
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Dealflow | April 8, 2021
MassMutual backs Reinventure Capital fund for diverse founders
ImpactAlpha, April 8 — A Reinventure Capital impact venture fund, led by Edward Dugger III, received a “catalytic commitment” of $5 million from …