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Catalytic Capital | November 23, 2022
C3 provides catalytic capital to accelerate the deployment of… catalytic capital
ImpactAlpha, November 23 — The Catalytic Capital Consortium, or C3, has awarded nearly $1.4 million in grants to Village Capital, Pacific Community Ventures, …
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Dealflow | November 23, 2022
Goodwell Investments raises €50 million to drive inclusive growth in Africa
ImpactAlpha, November 23 — Dutch impact investor Goodwell Investments is looking to raise €150 million for its second uMunthu fund to invest in …
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Investing in Health | November 22, 2022
DispatchHealth rakes in $330 million to reduce unnecessary emergency room visits
ImpactAlpha, November 22 — DispatchHealth has raised $330 million in a new debt and equity investment round. Silicon Valley Bank and K2 HealthVentures …
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Impact Tech | November 22, 2022
Kenyan electric bus maker BasiGo scores $6.6 million to electrify mass transit
ImpactAlpha, November 22 — Kenya has emerged as Africa’s early leader in e-mobility, primarily for two- and three-wheelers. EV leaders in the country, …
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Inclusive Economy | November 21, 2022
Beam raises $6.4 million to streamline government aid to families in need
ImpactAlpha, November 21 — Brooklyn-based Beam has raised $6.4 million in a Series A round from investors including including Potencia Ventures, Spring Point …
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Corporate Venture Capital | November 21, 2022
Schneider Electric commits €500 million for climate and industrial tech
ImpactAlpha, November 21 — French electrical equipment maker Schneider Electric launched SE Ventures, its corporate venture capital arm, with an initial €500 million …
Climate Finance | November 18, 2022
Deal spotlight: Empowering – and paying – communities to protect nature
ImpactAlpha, November 18 – The issue of loss and damages was a sticking point as negotiators hammered out a final agreement at the COP27 …
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Climate Finance | November 17, 2022
Climate Adaptive Infrastructure raises more than $1 billion for low-carbon real assets
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 17 – San Francisco sustainable infrastructure investment firm Climate Adaptive Infrastructure raised $825 in equity and $200 million for a co-investment program …
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Climate and Clean Tech | November 17, 2022
Impulse scores $20 million for battery-powered induction stoves
ImpactAlpha, November 17 — Gas stoves, still used by one-third of U.S. households, emit methane even when turned off and release toxins linked …
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Good Jobs | November 17, 2022
Upaya Social Ventures exits India-based maker of sustainable tableware
ImpactAlpha, November 17 – Upaya Social Ventures made a $27,000 equity investment in Tamul Plates in 2015, helping the all-natural disposable plate and …
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Frontier and Growth Markets | November 16, 2022
Katapult’s Africa accelerator zeros in on food security
ImpactAlpha, November 16 – Insect farming in Ghana. Aquaculture in Kenya. Land restoration in Morocco. Seven of the nine startups in the Norway-based impact …
Impact Investing | November 16, 2022
Energy Impact Partners seals $485 million early stage climate fund
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 16 – Energy Impact Partners’ Frontier Fund invests in big-bet climate startups that have proved their decarbonization technology and are poised …
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Return on Inclusion | November 15, 2022
Dearfield Fund secures $7.5 million to help Black first-time homeowners make down payments
ImpactAlpha, November 15 — Making a down payment is one the biggest challenges for first-time homebuyers in the U.S., particularly for Black and …
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Dealflow | November 15, 2022
Achieve Partners acquires MasteryPrep to improve college readiness for underserved students
ImpactAlpha, November 15 — New York-based Achieve Partners is acquiring Baton Rouge, La.-based edtech company MasteryPrep. MasteryPrep has worked with more than 500 …
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Clean Energy | November 15, 2022
KKR bets $400 million on Serentica Renewable for clean energy in India
ImpactAlpha, November 15 — KKR, through its $3.9 billion Asia Pacific Infrastructure fund, is investing $400 million in New Delhi-based clean energy producer …
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Climate Finance | November 14, 2022
Philanthropic organizations commit $500 million for energy transition in developing countries
ImpactAlpha, November 14 — A three-year commitment by nine philanthropies will support energy transition projects by low- and middle-income countries and their partners …
Dealflow | November 11, 2022
ImpactAlpha Deal Spotlight: Oversubscribed impact funds
ImpactAlpha, November 11 — In a challenging year for raising capital, impact funds are bucking the trend. Impact-focused climate funds from large private …
Impact Investing | November 10, 2022
VoLo Earth raises $90 million for debut climate tech early-stage fund
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 10 – Snowmass Village, Colo.-based VoLo Earth launched in 2020 to invest in early stage climate deals across electricity, mobility, buildings, …
Low-carbon transition | November 10, 2022
Radical Ventures plants $9 million in seed funding for ranch management
ImpactAlpha, November 10 — Billings, Montana-based Enriched Ag uses machine-learning to help U.S. ranchers reduce emissions, improve soil health and generate revenues from …
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Dealflow | November 9, 2022
Quona Capital raises $332 million for its third financial inclusion fund
ImpactAlpha, November 9 — Washington, D.C.-based Quona Capital exceeded its $250 million target for its latest fund, raising $332 million to back ventures expanding access …
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Clean Energy | November 9, 2022
Havfram secures $250 million from Sandbrook Capital to finance offshore wind projects
ImpactAlpha, November 9 — Engineering and technological advances are pushing down the costs of offshore wind power. Stamford, Conn.-based climate infrastructure investor Sandbrook …
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Climate and Clean Tech | November 8, 2022
Climate funds deploy capital to waste-tech
ImpactAlpha, November 8 — Nearly two billion tons of waste have been dumped in the air, oceans, soils and waterways this year. The …
Dealflow | November 7, 2022
Acrecent raises $34.8 million from impact investors to lend to Puerto Rico’s small businesses
ImpactAlpha, November 7 – Guaynabo, P.R.-based Acrecent Financial Corp. has for nearly 20 years provided business loans, equipment financing and real estate lending …
Dealflow | November 7, 2022
Amazon commits $53 million to support female climate tech founders
ImpactAlpha, November 7 — Amazon, through its $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund, says it will invest $50 million directly in climate tech companies …
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Dealflow | November 4, 2022
ImpactAlpha Deal Spotlight: Nature-based solutions
ImpactAlpha, November 4 — Demand is surging for high-quality nature-based carbon offsets, and developers are scrambling to supply them. Houston-based ZeroSix, formed by …
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Climate and Clean Tech | November 3, 2022
Elemental Excelerator stocks the climate tech pipeline for hard-to-decarbonize industries
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 3 – Early-stage climate tech investor and accelerator Elemental Excelerator has helped launch some of the hottest names in climate tech. Among …
Financial Inclusion | November 2, 2022
Bamboo Capital Partners exits Honduran microfinance institution Banco Popular
ImpactAlpha, November 2 — Luxembourg-based emerging and frontier markets investor Bamboo Capital Partners is exiting its investment in Banco Popular a decade after …
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Impact Management | November 1, 2022
Orchard Street’s Social and Environmental Impact Partnership fund secures £90 million
ImpactAlpha, November 2 — U.K.-based commercial real estate investor Orchard Street Investment Management has raised $103.3 million in a first close from investors …
The Liist | November 1, 2022
The Liist: Seven impact funds that are raising capital now (November edition)
ImpactAlpha, November 1 – Doomsday predictions abound. The world seems to have back-burnered climate action while wrestling with war in Ukraine and the …
Dealflow | November 1, 2022
BlackRock secures $4.5 billion for its fourth global infrastructure fund
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 1 – The first close of the BlackRock Global Infrastructure Fund IV, which is targeting $7.5 billion, follows BlackRock’s $5.1 billion …
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Return on Inclusion | October 31, 2022
Collide Capital raises $66 million to back early-stage diverse founders
ImpactAlpha, October 31 — New York-based Collide Capital has raised $66 million to invest in early-stage Black, Latino and female founders “we believe …
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Return on Inclusion | October 31, 2022
Baltimore’s Conscious Venture Partners raises $17 million to back purpose-driven startups
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 31 – Conscious Venture Partners has raised $17 million to back purpose-driven startups. The Baltimore-based fund manager is expanding across the U.S., …
Solugen's bioforge facility in Houston | Photo by Todd Spoth/Solugen.
Low-carbon transition | October 28, 2022
Solugen rakes in over $200 million to expand zero-carbon chemical production
ImpactAlpha, October 28 — Houston-based zero-carbon chemicals producer Solugen has raised over $200 million to fund a new “bioforge” production plant in Minnesota. …
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Climate Finance | October 28, 2022
ImpactAlpha Deal Spotlight: Climate and green infrastructure
ImpactAlpha, October 28 — Expectations may be low for the COP27 global climate summit, which kicks off in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt next …
Clean Energy | October 27, 2022
Saudi Aramco launches a $1.5 billion fund for energy-transition technologies
ImpactAlpha, October 27 – Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company Aramco announced a $1.5 billion venture fund to invest in in carbon capture and storage, …
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Return on Inclusion | October 27, 2022
Trinity Church Wall Street commits $20 million to MSquared’s New York affordable housing fund
ImpactAlpha, October 27 — Women-owned real estate impact firm MSquared is aiming to tackle the U.S. affordable housing crisis at the intersection of …
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Return on Inclusion | October 26, 2022
Flourish Ventures to invest $12 million in tech startups ‘Made in Africa’
ImpactAlpha, October 26 — U.S.-based venture capital firm Flourish Ventures has launched Madica, short for ‘Made In Africa’, to invest in and provide …
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Smallholder Agriculture | October 25, 2022
KKR Global Impact takes a $300 million stake in seed platform Advanta Enterprises
ImpactAlpha, October 25 — KKR Global Impact, the $1.3 billion impact fund of private equity giant KKR, has acquired a 13.3% of Advanta …
Impact Investing | October 24, 2022
Lowercarbon doubles down on fusion energy with $250 million fund
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 25 – As global economies electrify and new solutions like carbon capture and water desalination come online, power demand could triple …
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Oceans | October 24, 2022
Propeller Ventures raises $100 million climate tech fund for ocean-based solutions
ImpactAlpha, October 24 — Trees get all the glory. But oceans absorb 20 times more carbon dioxide than trees. “Only a fraction of …
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Catalytic Capital | October 24, 2022
Kresge Foundation backs three community solar organizations with $7 million in program-related investments
ImpactAlpha, October 24 — Troy, Mich.-based Kresge Foundation is aiming to catalyze investments for solar energy and storage in low-wealth communities and communities …
Dealflow | October 21, 2022
ImpactAlpha Deal Spotlight: Oil giants’ biogas acquisitions
ImpactAlpha, October 21 — Oil majors looking to phase out of fossil fuels are buying their way into the energy transition. Shell and …
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Conservation | October 20, 2022
New Forests’ African Forestry Impact Platform secures $200 million from development finance institutions
ImpactAlpha, October 20 — Nearly 10 million acres of forests in Africa, one of Earth’s most important carbon sinks and soil, are disappearing …
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Climate Finance | October 19, 2022
India’s EKI Energy Services commits $24.3 million to launch a climate impact fund
ImpactAlpha, October 19 — Indore-based EKI Energy is a global carbon credits supplier and project manager with its own trading platform. The company …
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Climate and Clean Tech | October 19, 2022
BP acquires U.S. renewable natural gas producer Archaea Energy in a deal valued at $4.1 billion.
ImpactAlpha, October 19 — BP became one of the first oil majors to embrace the low-carbon transition when CEO Bernard Looney took over …