Subscribe to leading news on impact investing. ImpactAlpha, April 6 – Hundreds of millions of smallholder farmers in East Africa are facing not only COVID, but also the worst locust swarm in decades. Most of their farmland is uninsured; when they lose crops, they lose income. Netherlands-based agtech company VanderSat uses satellite data to analyze farmland conditions using microwaves, rather than images.
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LeapFrog leads $55 million investment in MedGenome to expand genetic testing
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Seychelle’s successful ‘debt-for-conservation’ deal paves the way for more blue bonds
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Singapore-based waste management company Blue Planet raises $25 million
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Waste reduction bonds can make green bonds greener
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Mission investors seek to give nature a boost with early-stage capital for high-tech agriculture
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 26 – Humans have deployed technology to defy nature’s limitations on the cultivation of food – to nature’s detriment. Now, a growing number of venture capitalists are doubling down on technology – to harmonize agriculture and nature. Mission-driven investment firms are writing early checks to companies making biological crop treatments, food preservation techniques and
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JPMorgan Chase plays catch-up on climate
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