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Dealflow | October 6, 2020
Jonathan Rose closes $525 million impact fund for affordable housing
ImpactAlpha, October 6 – New York-based real estate investor Jonathan Rose Companies spotted the opportunity in buying, preserving and greening affordable housing earlier …
Beats | September 16, 2020
Constructing ESG portfolios that go beyond stock selection to mitigate systemic risk
Can asset managers, RIAs and other fiduciaries act both as responsible fiduciaries as well as promote long-term societal good through their investment actions? …
Beats | September 10, 2020
ImpactAlpha is recruiting reporters/producers as the impact investing media battle heats up
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 9, 2020 –– Business and finance reporting will never be the same. The pandemic, the protests and the climate emergency have …
Capitalism Reimagined | July 22, 2020
Book review: Nick O’Donohoe on Sir Ronald Cohen’s Impact
ImpactAlpha, July 22 – There is nothing surprising about the fact that Sir Ronald Cohen has written a book on impact. What is …
Catalytic Capital | July 14, 2020
Impact investors catalyze $10 billion for India’s social venture market over 10 years
ImpactAlpha, July 14 – A decade ago, India’s first wave of impact investing collapsed under the weight of unregulated and unsustainable microfinance lending. …
Industry News | July 14, 2020
Trump administration seeks to turn back the ESG tide
ImpactAlpha, July 14 – Investors are flocking to funds keyed to environmental, social and governance factors, or ESG. The Trump administration is trying …
Dealflow | May 6, 2020
Education lender Varthana secures $15 million loan from DFC
ImpactAlpha, May 6 – Tens of millions of students in India attend low-cost private primary and secondary schools. The quality of education these …
Dealflow | April 23, 2020
Morningstar fully acquires ESG research firm Sustainalytics
ImpactAlpha, April 23 – Sustainalytics offers data on 40,000 companies’ environmental, social and governance performance, and ratings on 20,000. Financial research and ratings …
Dealflow | April 23, 2020
Acumen backs Solaris Offgrid’s pay-as-you-go solar software
ImpactAlpha, April 23 – Early pay-as-you-go solar ventures had to manage everything from sourcing, selling and distributing equipment, to collecting payments and providing …
Dealflow | April 1, 2020
LeapFrog leads $55 million investment in MedGenome to expand genetic testing
ImpactAlpha, April 1 – The Indian subcontinent makes up about 20% of the world’s population, but only 0.2% of the DNA sequences in …
Dealflow | March 10, 2020
Accion Venture Lab invests in Egyptian neobank Khazna
ImpactAlpha, March 10 – Cairo-based fintech Khazna launched in 2019 to bring financial services to 20 million underbanked Egyptians. The company offers mobile …
Africa | March 2, 2020
LeapFrog and Goldman back African fintech Jumo’s $55 million raise
ImpactAlpha, March 2 – Cape Town-based Jumo makes software to help financial services firms and other companies expand lending, savings and insurance products to …
Catalytic Capital | February 24, 2020
Nonprofit Finance Fund’s $10 million fund to spur homeless housing in L.A.
ImpactAlpha, February 24 – Los Angeles’ homeless population is the rise. Nearly 60,000 people lack permanent housing in the Los Angeles metro area, …
Dealflow | February 13, 2020
KKR raises $1.3 billion for Global Impact Fund
ImpactAlpha, February 13 – Private equity giant KKR launched its Global Impact Fund just under two years ago as an early entrant into …
2030 Finance | February 10, 2020
Decision time for BP as new CEO takes the helm
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 10 – On his first day as CEO of BP last Wednesday, Bernard Looney was greeted by Greenpeace protestors who had …