Good Jobs
Agrifood Tech | February 8, 2021
Online grocer Good Eggs raises $100 million to deliver fresh food and good jobs
ImpactAlpha, February 8 – San Francisco-based grocery delivery company Good Eggs says it’s committed both to local growers and to good jobs that …
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Catalytic Capital | January 27, 2021
Upaya Social Ventures supports ‘good jobs’ in India with four investments
ImpactAlpha, January 27 – Seattle-based Upaya Social Ventures invests in small and growing businesses creating dignified jobs for underserved Indians. It closed four convertible …
Dealflow | January 21, 2021
Two Sigma Impact and BayPine invest in workforce educator Penn Foster
ImpactAlpha, January 21 – Hedge fund Two Sigma launched its nine-figure impact investing initiative from its own balance sheet to prove the correlation between …
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 …
affordable-housing | January 13, 2021
Morgan Stanley invests $100 million in Lafayette Square to support housing, jobs, and financial inclusion
ImpactAlpha, January 13 — Black-run investment firm Lafayette Square invests in “communities that have been traditionally neglected by fiscal and monetary policy, not …
affordable-housing | January 7, 2021
Morgan Stanley backs fund to acquire affordable housing in Atlanta
ImpactAlpha, January 7 — A quarter of American renters spend more than half of their income on housing. Morgan Stanley is investing $100 …
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 …
Dealflow | November 25, 2020
Factory_OS secures $55 million for better affordable housing design
ImpactAlpha, November 25 — Vallejo, Calif.-based Factory_OS is addressing the affordable housing crisis in the San Francisco Bay Area using digital technology to …
Entrepreneurship | November 2, 2020
How creative financing structures can help companies preserve jobs and weather the pandemic
Flexible investment structures that prioritize employees and customers alongside entrepreneurs and investors are proving useful in helping companies preserve good jobs through the …
Climate Finance | October 7, 2020
Helping companies make good on their commitments to stakeholders
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 7 – When 181 members of the Business Roundtable signed on to a new statement of corporate purpose a year ago, …
Dealflow | September 30, 2020
Greenhouse venture AppHarvest will reach the Nasdaq before its tomatoes reach consumers
ImpactAlpha, September 30 – High-tech greenhouse grower AppHarvest, which will go public via an acquisition by Novus Capital Corp., ticks the boxes for …
Dealflow | September 28, 2020
Blue Meridian, Schmidt Futures back ‘career impact bonds’ via Social Finance’s UP Fund
ImpactAlpha, September 28 – Career impact bonds finance vocational training with the kind of income-share agreements offered by an increasing number of universities …
Dealflow | September 22, 2020
Co-op Cincy and Seed Commons launch $3 million worker ownership fund
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 22 – Even before the COVID pandemic, more than 5,500 businesses in the region were at risk of closing due to …
Entrepreneurship | August 26, 2020
Turning the small business crisis into an opportunity for equitable employee ownership
Small business owners are facing catastrophically bad choices these days, with half predicting they will be forced to close as a result of …
Catalytic Capital | August 25, 2020
How investors can blend finance for CDFIs to advance economic and racial justice
Community development finance institutions have long been “first responders” to small businesses in historically underinvested communities. The COVID-19 pandemic has in stark terms …