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Beats | September 28, 2016
Debating the Impact Economy: What Did the Presidential Candidates Say?
Debating the Impact Economy: What Did the Presidential Candidates Say? No, Fran Seegull and Nancy Pfund did not get a shout-out from the …
Beats | September 24, 2016
Q&A with Amit Bouri: The Opportunity for Impact Investing to Change the Trajectory of Progress
Global leaders, technocrats and development pros were in New York City this week to mobilize cash — and action — for the multi-trillion dollar global development agenda …
Beats | September 21, 2016
The Why of Impact Investing, Millennials and the Last Word at #SOCAP16
Jed Emerson has been studying his history, as evidenced by the arc he traced from Dutch East Indies Company in 1604 and the …
Beats | September 17, 2016
FOMO in Impact Investing, Across the Gender Divide, Beyond Mush: Day Three at #SOCAP16
Highlights and tidbits from the Social Capital Markets conference in San Francisco: Leveraging FOMO to drive institutional change. It seems big banks and …
Beats | September 15, 2016
#ESGOptOut: An Idea Whose Time has Come, and More from Day Two of #SOCAP16
What if…. the institutions that hold the vast bulk of the world’s investment assets, were to splice environmental, social and governance considerations into …
Beats | September 13, 2016
Call to Action: Align Global Assets with Global Goals
One year after the adoption of the U.N. Sustainable Development goals, it’s time for global investors and asset managers with $70 trillion under …
Beats | September 13, 2016
Mobilizing the Agents of Impact at SOCAP
The power of impact investing comes from the fact that it’s more than just an approach or a screen (or an asset class!) — it’s …
carousel | September 9, 2016
Neglected No More: Nudging Biotech Startups to Tackle Diseases of the Developing World
It was a game of cat and mouse — a very special mouse. The mus musculus in question was a transgenic laboratory mouse that researchers …
Beats | September 6, 2016
Aqua-Spark: Investing in aquaculture for a protein-hungry planet
Mike Velings and Amy Novogratz are on a global quest for the perpetual protein machine. The husband-and-wife impact investors will soon get a glimpse …
Beats | August 23, 2016
Thinking Long Term About the Impact Investing Marketplace
Why do we think impact investors will become increasingly active in backing solutions to global challenges? Because those investments represent some of the …
carousel | August 16, 2016
Guaranteed Impact: How the Gates Foundation Cut Prices and Boosted Access to Contraceptives
Melinda Gates was in London four years ago to help launch a global campaign. The audacious 2020 goal: to reach more than half …
Beats | August 9, 2016
#Shifts August: New Theses, Markets and Signals Guiding Impact Investors
Welcome to #Shifts, ImpactAlpha’s monthly roundup of the ideas and trends driving impact investing. In this edition: New funds are targeting access to …
Beats | July 6, 2016
#Shifts July: New Theses, Markets and Signals Guiding Impact Investors
Welcome to #Shifts, ImpactAlpha’s monthly roundup of the ideas and trends driving impact investing. In this first edition of the series: investors are …
2030 Finance | June 24, 2016
#Dealflow 6.23.16: Funds Boost Global Entrepreneurship, Chan-Zuckerberg Backs Andela, and a Bump for Diabetes Prevention
There’s nothing like a gathering of more than a thousand global entrepreneurs and investors in Silicon Valley, headlined by President Obama, Secretary of …
Beats | June 16, 2016
How the ImPact is Making Impact Investing the New Normal for Wealthy Families
At gatherings in Davos and a series of World Economic Forum reports, Abigail Noble has tried to nudge the world’s largest asset managers …
Beats | May 23, 2016
To Be Young, Wealthy and Committed to Impact: Millennials Move from Talk to Action
You may have heard more than enough about Millennials, but possibly not from wealthy Millennials themselves. Meet Alexandra and Josephine, Seth, Steph, Antonis, …
carousel | May 18, 2016
Impact Investing a Bright Spot in Emerging Markets Private Equity
Impact investing and emerging markets private equity are like twins that were separated at birth — and have once again been reunited. [blockquote author=”” pull=”pullleft”]Approximately …
carousel | April 26, 2016
Cool Tool: Consolidated Impact is the Goal of iPAR Reporting for Investors and Fund Managers
Who says apples can’t be compared to oranges? The ability to generate a “consolidated impact statement” alongside consolidated financials has long eluded private equity …
2030 Finance | April 22, 2016
Turning Paris Climate Agreements Into Institutional-Ready Investments (Podcast)
https://medium.com/media/697e46c0cbcb9f523233eb5132cc226c/href But it’s going to take more than speeches or even treaties (which won’t go into effect until at least 2018, if not …
Beats | April 1, 2016
Bringing Lenders Together for Better Results for America’s Urban Poor
Commercial lenders don’t exactly flock to opportunities to offer low-cost loans, lines of credit and equity investments for small businesses and social services …
Beats | March 24, 2016
FinTech Entrepreneur Launches Matchmaking Platform to Enable Impact
Philip Berber is applying his experience building an online trading platform to the chronic problem of matching interested investors with promising entrepreneurs. An …
carousel | March 16, 2016
Is the Developing World the Next Whitespace for Venture Capital? Fred Wilson Thinks So
It’s only halftime in the global mobile revolution. The first part largely redefined how rich countries accessed the Internet. The second part will …
carousel | March 15, 2016
Clara Miller: Steering a Course Toward Shared Prosperity (Podcast)
https://medium.com/media/eb41009a46819b10cf3eade040db7b6e/href The need for a new strategy for raising living standards for poor Americans was the catalyst for the F.B. Heron Foundation to …
Beats | February 23, 2016
Sir Ronald Cohen: A Revolution in Financial Markets as Impact Joins Risk and Return
Merida, Mexico — On his trip to Mexico last week, the Pope called for a more ethical capitalism. “The flow of capital cannot decide the …
Asia | February 22, 2016
Unitus Impact Fund Makes Better Livelihoods for Global Poor an Investable Proposition
There are 18 million smallholder farmers in Indonesia with monthly incomes of less than 200,000 rupiah, or $58. Vasham, a social enterprise in …
carousel | February 16, 2016
Test in Nicaragua Shifts Lending for Women-Led Businesses From Collateral to Cashflow
Over the next two years, the first 30 to 40 companies will receive five-year loans of $25,000 to $30,000 at an annual interest …
carousel | February 12, 2016
In Latin America, Leaders Begin to Catch Up with Impact Investment Activity
Latin America’s homegrown community of impact investors will get an assist from two visitors this week. First up is Pope Francis, who has called …
carousel | February 3, 2016
Bill Gates Doubles Down to Scale Up Financing for New Impact Fund Managers
When Bill Gates agreed a couple years ago to put a small piece of his personal fortune into a fund that invests in …
2030 Finance | January 29, 2016
Is the Recovery of Wild Fisheries the New J-Curve for Impact Investors?
The Sustainable Ocean Fund plans a $50 million first close later this year, and ultimately intends to deploy $100 million across 10 to …
2030 Finance | January 29, 2016
Closing the Gap in Low-Carbon Finance at the Climate Risk Summit
UNITED NATIONS — Slushy sidewalks notwithstanding, climate leaders passed through UN security Wednesday with a spring in their step. In a reunion of sorts for the …
Beats | January 21, 2016
At Davos, a Convergence of Investors to Blend Finance for Development
The government officials, business leaders and private investors gathered at Davos this week can continue their deal-making after the elite event ends on …
carousel | January 20, 2016
Suzanne Biegel: How Investing with a Gender Lens Can Create a Powerful Women Effect
I caught up recently with Suzanne for ImpactAlpha’s Returns on Investment podcast series. She explained there’s not a single gender lens, but rather …
Beats | January 20, 2016
Stock Market Got You Down? Conservation Financiers Ready ‘Non-Correlated’ Investments
There’s an intriguing line in the new Credit Suisse and McKinsey & Co. report on the growing interest among institutional investors for financial …
Beats | January 7, 2016
Impact Investing in 2016: Six Predictions for the Year Ahead
Knock, knock, knock. That’s the sound of impact investing at the door of mainstream financial markets after a banner year in which the …