Entrepreneurship
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Dealflow | February 23, 2021
Women’s investment community SheEO commits $500,000 to five entrepreneurs
ImpactAlpha, February 23 – Serial entrepreneur Vicki Saunders launched SheEO in 2015 to redesign how women-led businesses are supported. The Toronto-based network of 30,000 …
Dealflow | February 10, 2021
Panoramic Ventures hunts for underserved founders in overlooked markets
ImpactAlpha, February 10 — Atlanta-based Panoramic Ventures is a partnership between tech entrepreneur and angel investor Paul Judge and BIP Capital, a venture …
Community Finance | February 9, 2021
Big companies back small businesses and the community development financiers that serve them
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 9 – Small businesses got a boost from Alicia Keys’ post-Super Bowl concert, sponsored by Verizon, which committed $10 million in …
Dealflow | February 2, 2021
Arlan Hamilton opens Backstage Capital to retail investors
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 2 – Move over GameStop (and silver). More than a thousand retail investors piled into a venture capital firm backing people …
Dealflow | February 2, 2021
Suma acquires Mexican business tech venture Bind ERP
ImpactAlpha, February 2 — Monterrey, Mexico-based Bind ERP has helped digitize more than 6,000 small businesses in Mexico. London, U.K.-based Suma SaaS Holdings …
Community Finance | January 28, 2021
Digital workflow platform ServiceNow launches $100 million racial equity fund
ImpactAlpha, January 28 — ServiceNow has launched a $100 million Racial Equity Fund to invest in “homeownership, entrepreneurship and neighborhood revitalization in Black …
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Entrepreneurship | January 28, 2021
Impact Beacon helps entrepreneurs shine light on their impact stories
A free tool from City Light Capital guides entrepreneurs to illuminate their social impact in investor pitch decks and marketing materials. For example, …
Dealflow | January 26, 2021
Citi Impact Fund backs Black, female and veteran founders
ImpactAlpha, January 26 — Citi Impact Fund launched last year to invest in companies addressing workforce development, financial inclusion and sustainable energy and …
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Dealflow | January 20, 2021
Google invests in Dunzo to advance India’s digital economy
ImpactAlpha, January 20 — Dunzo’s delivery platform helps small and local businesses fill online orders for food, medicine and consumer goods in 300 …
Taylor Guitars employees, now owners, at the El Cajon, CA factory prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Creative Economy | January 14, 2021
Canadian pension fund backs Taylor Guitars’ conversion to employee ownership
ImpactAlpha, January 14 — Cajon, Calif.-based guitar manufacturer Taylor Guitars is now 100% owned by its more than 1,200 employees through an Employee …
Dealflow | January 12, 2021
Black-led real estate firm East Chop Capital closes $4 million fund
ImpactAlpha, January 12 — Columbus, Ohio-based East Chop Capital, founded by a pair of Black real estate investors and developers, has rallied Black …
Asia | December 23, 2020
Northern Arc Capital scores debt financing to serve India’s underbanked
ImpactAlpha, December 23 — Northern Arc Capital, an East India-based non-banking finance company that provides access to debt for underbanked individual borrowers and …
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Dealflow | December 23, 2020
Liberis secures £70 million in debt to finance small businesses in the U.K.
ImpactAlpha, December 23 — Like small businesses around the world, small businesses in the U.K. are struggling to survive the impact of COVID. …
Community Finance | December 22, 2020
U.S coronavirus relief package boosts lenders in underserved communities
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 22 – The $900 billion stimulus bill set to be approved by Congress is being celebrated as a breakthrough for community …
Dealflow | December 21, 2020
Living Cities backs Black-led investment firm Jacmel Growth Partners
ImpactAlpha, December 21 – Brooklyn-based Jacmel Growth Partners was founded by Haitian-American Nick Jean-Baptiste, a former Wall Street banker, to support mid-size, family …