Impact Investing
Features | August 8, 2018
Adapt to changing needs, and other lessons from Living Cities’ Pay for Success investments
This article is part of “Investing in Racial Equity,” an ImpactAlpha series in partnership with Living Cities that explores how foundations and financial institutions can …
Entrepreneurship | July 31, 2018
Capria seeks ‘network effects’ in emerging-market small-business investing
Other investors may be running away from early-stage investments in emerging markets. Capria is running toward them. The Capria network now includes 16 …
2030 Finance | July 30, 2018
SunCulture secures backing from EDF Group
ImpactAlpha, July 30 – Nairobi-based SunCulture makes solar-powered irrigation pumps and systems, which it sells on credit to small scale farmers. Its products …
Clean Energy | July 30, 2018
ENGIE venture fund acquires stake in HomeBiogas
ImpactAlpha, July 30 – ENGIE New Ventures, the venture capital arm of French energy company ENGIE, has taken a 13% stake in Israeli …
Dealflow | July 30, 2018
Aye Finance brings on MicroVest and Triple Jump as debt investors
ImpactAlpha, July 30 – Aye Finance, a Gurgaon-based small business lender, focuses on designing financial products for small business owners at the base …
2030 Finance | July 27, 2018
Zola secures $20 million debt funding for off-grid solar expansion
ImpactAlpha, July 27 – Tanzania-based Zola Electric (formerly Off Grid Electric) secured $5 million from solar-business lender SunFunder, while an unnamed family office …
Dealflow | July 27, 2018
Student scholarship startup RaiseMe raises $15 million
ImpactAlpha, July 27 – San Francisco-based RaiseMe aims to incentivize high school students’ academic performance and keep them on a path to college …
Africa | July 27, 2018
Sokowatch gets backing to connect informal retailers to suppliers
ImpactAlpha, July 27 – Informal retail is a major hub of economic activity on the African continent. Current and concrete data is hard …
Dealflow | July 26, 2018
OpenInvest closes $10.4 million for digital social investing
ImpactAlpha, July 26 – The socially responsible auto-investment advisor raised its Series A round led by QED Investors. Andreessen Horowitz, which backed OpenInvest’s previous …
Gender Smart | July 26, 2018
The ImpactAlpha: After #MeToo and #TimesUp, #GenderLens investing has its moment
A few years ago, I was one of only a small handful of men at an early gathering exploring the contours of “gender …
Africa | July 25, 2018
Tulaa secures seed funding to bridge farmer access to credit, inputs and markets
ImpactAlpha, July 25 – A number of early stage ventures have raised early capital for their mission to connect hundreds of millions of …
Dealflow | July 25, 2018
Guild raises $40 million to expand wage-worker education
ImpactAlpha, July 25 – Denver-based Guild Education has raised a Series C round less than a year after closing its $21 million Series …
Beats | July 25, 2018
TPG Growth’s Rise Fund touts ‘impact’ in bid for Abraaj health fund
Bono and Bill Gates have been longtime partners in philanthropic efforts to fight poverty, hunger and disease. They may become impact investment partners …
2030 Finance | July 24, 2018
Angel Ventures commits $2.5 million to Latin American smart city and clean tech startups
ImpactAlpha, July 24 – Mexico City-based Angel Ventures has backed Chile’s Citysense with $1.3 million and Mexico’s Energryn with $1.2 million. Citysense, makes …
2030 Finance | July 24, 2018
Ontario pension backs smart energy storage company Stem
ImpactAlpha, July 24 – Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, a C$189.5 billion pension, is committing C$200 million ($152 million) in project financing to roll out smart …