NeedsList raises $1 million for nonprofit crowdfunding platform

The organization closed a $1 million funding round from Amplio Ventures, Marigold Capital, Omidyar Network, Next Wave Impact, Silicon Valley Social Ventures and the Kuo Sharper Fund.

Catalyzing capital to prevent plastic waste: A conversation with Circulate Capital’s Rob Kaplan and USAID’s J.P. Gibbons

Plastic waste is a global crisis. Investing to prevent plastic waste is an investment opportunity.

Blue like an Orange finances information technology acquisition in Brazil

ImpactAlpha, June 13 – Grupo Cimcorp, one of Brazil’s largest information technology service providers, lined up an undisclosed amount of financing to acquire a local software company. Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital, the debt fund founded by former World Bank officials to finance the Sustainable Development Goals, provided $25 million of the total financing,

Investors managing $2 billion call for smart subsidy to scale mini-grids

ImpactAlpha, June 11 – Rural electricity has often required subsidy. The self-sufficient electricity grids known as mini-grids are no different, say a dozen impact investors with $2 billion under management. Investors including Acumen, Blue Haven Initiative, and Ceniarth, as well as Engie Powercorner, Responsability and KawiSafi Ventures are calling on donors and governments to provide results-based financing to subsidize rural connections that could

Singapore’s Temasek’s new impact fund targets the global goals in Asia

Singapore’s $300 billion state-owned investment fund is rolling out its own private equity impact fund to invest in Asia’s social businesses.

How Zipline raised $190 million to build a global drone logistics network, starting in Rwanda and Ghana

Zipline last month raised $120 million from a roster of investors that includes TPG Growth’s Rise Fund, investment firm Baillie Gifford, Temasek, Goldman Sachs, and Toyota Tsusho Corporation. That comes on top of a $70 million raise last year and brings Zipline’s total fundraising to $225 million.

Beneficial Returns backs Indonesian clean water venture Nazava

The four-year loan from Beneficial Returns will be used to support the sale of 300,000 filters by 2023. If the company reaches that goal, its final loan payment will be waived.