Subscribe to leading news on impact investing. The investment from Finnfund, Nordic Microfinance Initiative and France’s Proparco will help Proximity triple the number of farmers it supports and increase loan sizes.
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Catholic Investment Services takes $24 million slug of Hamilton Lane’s first impact fund
The structure gives CIF “individual opt out rights” on each deal in the portfolio, according to the advisor.
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Victress Capital closes $21.7 million fund to back female founders
With Fund II, Victress is targeting women-led consumer brands, services and marketplaces.
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Beyond Leather closes €1.1 million for apple-based “leather”
The Copenhagen-based startup plans to launch its alternative leather material into the $30-billion-per-year synthetic leather industry later this year.
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Societe Generale and CDC launch $100 million facility to spur lending by West African banks
The French bank and U.K. development finance institution want to encourage local banks to increase lending to local food and essential goods importers.
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Arctaris commits $40 million to Erie Opportunity Zones
ImpactAlpha, July 1 – Arctaris Impact Investors has launched a $40 million Opportunity Zone initiative invest in projects to revitalize the downtown corridor in Erie, Pennsylvania, including mixed-use real estate projects. The city of Erie has eight designated Opportunity Zones, “including some of the lowest-income zip codes” in the U.S., according to the Boston-based impact investor.
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Netflix to move $100 million in cash deposits to lenders in Black communities
How companies deploy their cash reserves is becoming an issue of governance, the ‘G’ in ESG.
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