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Democracy and Peace | December 16, 2019
Small vs. big – not blue vs. red – is the great battle of the next American century
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 16 – While I was running Village Capital a few years ago, I noticed two starkly divided realities in the U.S. Vilcap, …
Creative Economy | December 16, 2019
Local, inclusive and entrepreneurial: How stakeholders are taking back capitalism in 2020
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 16 – The people are rising up. Protests erupted this year in cities around the globe, sparked by price hikes and …
Dealflow | July 30, 2019
mHUB launches fund to revive manufacturing in Illinois
ImpactAlpha, July 30 – Illinois’ economy is generally on the up, but manufacturing employs only half as many people as it did three decades …
Creative Economy | July 15, 2019
Beyond Coal: Three tech-driven projects model a more diverse and sustainable Appalachian economy
ImpactAlpha, July 15 – Evidence of unsustainable value creation and neglect mar Appalachia’s coal country. But the region is determined to cut a path …
Entrepreneurship | July 10, 2019
Beyond Coal: Seeding Appalachia’s sustainable future with public and private capital
In a two-part series, we explore how local leaders are blending capital and piloting projects to reinvent Appalachia’s coal-impacted communities. In April, the …
Entrepreneurship | June 3, 2019
Getting smarter about place-based investing
ImpactAlpha, June 3 – A set of briefs from Urban Institute and Mission Investors Exchange round up the ‘tricks of the trade’ in local …
New Revivalists | May 30, 2019
Start.coop: Accelerating co-op businesses to expand ownership for workers and customers
ImpactAlpha, May 30 – Greg Brodsky grew up watching his father build a local carpet store into a 2,000-store chain that buys and sells …
Features | May 1, 2019
A prototype for diversity in Pittsburgh’s tech scene
ImpactAlpha, May 1 – Erin Gatz has a novel idea for promoting equity in tech: Priming female ‘makers’ for entrepreneurship in Pittsburgh’s buzzing startup …
Catalytic Capital | April 23, 2019
GoATL fund backs LIIF’s charter school finance program in Atlanta
ImpactAlpha, April 23 – The impact investment fund of Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta put $1 million into the Low Income Investment Fund …
Creative Economy | March 11, 2019
Backstage accelerator backs 25 underestimated founders in Detroit, Philadelphia, L.A. and London
ImpactAlpha, March 11 – WhoseYourLandlord, founded in Philadelphia by Ofo Ezeugwu to empower and inform renters, is among the first 25 companies backed by Backstage Capital’s …
Entrepreneurship | February 27, 2019
Philadelphia’s impact investors step up to finance local job-creation and a storefront revival
ImpactAlpha, February 27 – First Step Staffing has a disarmingly simple impact strategy for integrating homeless and previously incarcerated people into the workforce. The …
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Catalytic Capital | February 6, 2019
Prudential commits $100 million to narrow the racial wealth gap in Memphis, New Orleans and Atlanta
ImpactAlpha, February 5 – Place-based, blended finance through a racial lens. A $100 million commitment from Prudential Financial is a trifecta of impact …
Entrepreneurship | January 29, 2019
Blueprint Local: Texas fund is a blueprint for investors betting on their hometowns – and the businesses bringing them back
Austin, TX – The idea is simple but execution has been hard: helping local investors invest in local entrepreneurs to revive local communities, all across …
Entrepreneurship | December 18, 2018
The Opportunity Alpha: Year in Review
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! The Opportunity Alpha The maximum opportunity, we wrote last summer, is “to flip the switch from scarcity to an abundance …
Entrepreneurship | November 20, 2018
After Amazon, jilted cities mobilize for inclusive growth
Now that Amazon’s beauty pageant is finally over, runners-up like Birmingham, Kansas City, Baltimore and 200 other cities can move ahead on their …