social-impact
circulareconomy | September 17, 2019
‘Circular economy’ startup Truman’s raises $5 million from Germany’s Henkel.
The six-month old green cleaning product startup raised the seed funds in a round led by Henkel Ventures, the investment arm of the …
Beats | February 27, 2018
Pin the tail on the billion-dollar impact investing funds
(Editor’s note: The half-dozen impact investment firms on the new ImpactAssets 50 list that manage more than $1 billion are (drumroll…) Kairos Investment …
Industry News | February 22, 2018
Athena Capital opens SF office to boost impact practice
The Bay Area continues to attract impact investment activity. The latest data point is the opening of Athena Capital’s San Francisco office. The …
Industry News | February 17, 2018
Overheard at The Economist’s New York impact investing event
Headliners at the magazine’s second annual gathering seemed to find their voice in rebutting stubborn assumptions. ‘Can investors revive the American Dream?’ and …
Dealflow | February 14, 2018
Big Society Capital unveils £30 million fund for community finance
The UK-social investment firm’s Community Investment Enterprise Facility will be used to capitalize lenders so they can make loans to individuals and businesses …
Asia | February 14, 2018
South Korea plans $276 million social impact fund
Several private initiatives from SK Group and Impact Finance Korea have launched in South Korea in the past year to kickstart more proactive …
africa | February 10, 2018
Too much of a good thing in Kenya?
A new report on “The State of Social Impact Investing in Kenya” suggests that a growing number of impact investors, many of them …
Dealflow | February 9, 2018
Notley and Capital Factory partner on Austin social coworking space
Nonprofit impact investor Notley Ventures and Austin startup accelerator Capital Factory are launching a 10,000 square foot coworking space for social startups. The …
Catalytic Capital | February 8, 2018
View from Seattle: Nine ways to create a bigger tent for impact investing in 2018
Impact Voices SOCAP365 hits the road to dig up local insights from long-time impact investors Michael Brown of Seattle Foundation and Lindsay Smalling …
Catalytic Capital | February 2, 2018
Is the social impact bond market half-billion full or empty?
The more than 100 social impact bonds launched in the past eight years have mobilized more than $400 million in total and touched …
Dealflow | January 19, 2018
ImpactUs marketplace suspends operations
The online impact broker-dealer, which launched last year with backing from the Ford, Kellogg and MacArthur foundations and others, went offline just before …
Beats | January 19, 2018
Exits, with impact
A new report from the Global Impact Investing Network offers guidance for those who want to make sure their investments keep having an …
Climate Finance | January 17, 2018
BlackRock makes impact a necessity for companies, India’s fintech rush, China pushes toward…
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: ImpactAlpha Voices Larry Fink flips social impact from a luxury to a necessity for every company. The chief executive …
Impact Management | December 23, 2017
Impact Investing: Year in Review. New entrants, increasing evidence, uncertain future
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! We’re taking a break next week, but will be back for another eventful year on Jan. 2. We wish you …
Good Business | December 21, 2017
Measuring and managing impact performance for better business decisions
It is hard to miss the incredible growth and attention that impact investments have achieved in recent years. With a near constant stream …