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Local news publishers seek impact financing for ‘civic infrastructure’
If the darkest hour is just before dawn, publishers of local online news sites are looking forward to sunrise. This month, the Minnesota …
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Climate First raises $67 million to combine impact retail banking and solar lending
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Rosarium Health secures $6 million to help seniors in the US age at home
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The Clean Fight nabs $1 million to boost adoption of climate tech in US communities
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Turtle Island Community Capital refinances high-interest loan for Indigenous New York fashion hub
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Stopping the financing of prisons and jails through municipal bonds
Investors must pledge to stop exploiting and extracting from the poor and communities of color. One relatively straightforward and easy approach would be …
The diverging paths of climate tech in Europe and the U.S.
Talent. Customers. And specialization. Transition-friendly policy and sentiment are helping set the European Union apart as a hub for climate tech. My colleague …
Black Farmer Fund is reimagining U.S. agricultural finance, on farmers’ terms
A century ago, Black farmers represented 14% of all farmers in the U.S. Now? Just 1.4%. Barriers to affordable financing have cost farmers …
How CDFIs are rethinking lending risks to build BIPOC-led businesses and wealth
The portrayal of Black, Brown, Indigenous, and low-income populations as “too risky” for business investments is rooted in racism used to justify underinvestment …
A resilient pandemic recovery requires faster, cheaper pay-for-success initiatives
ImpactAlpha, June 1 – Pay-for-success financing represents an opportunity to fund new social services and build back better from the COVID-19 pandemic. But deal …
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