CloudFactory raises $65 million, providing a partial exit for Dolma Impact

It took four years for Dolma Impact Fund to raise its first fund in Nepal, and only took two years to achieve its first exit.

Samasource raises $14.8 million to connect tech giants with Africa’s data talent

The San Francisco-based company employs nearly 3,000 data reviewers in East Africa to tag photos and annotate other data sources for Fortune 500 companies.

Reskilling frontline workers, Guild Education becomes a B Corp unicorn

Guild Education's fresh $157 million in equity funding is the latest transaction in what’s becoming a frothy workforce development venture capital market.

Leveraged buyout funds help businesses convert to worker-ownership

New funds targeting the conversion of traditional businesses to worker-ownership are structuring terms to meet the needs of owners without putting undue risk on workers

Veterans build ecosystems for an entrepreneurial revival

Roughly half of returning World War II veterans and 40% of Korean War vets started their own ventures. Since 9/11, less than 5% have pursued their own ventures.

Candide Group raises $40 million fund for community lenders advancing racial justice

The fund could provide much-needed support to CDFIs working in underserved communities and help strengthen an emergent class of community-led investment funds, such as the REAL People’s Fund in Oakland.

One hundred demonstrations of co-op power

In 2018, the top 100 U.S.-based cooperatives raked in a combined $222 billion in revenues, according to an annual tally by National Cooperative Bank.