Japanese investor ARUN backs Indian domestic service platform BookMyBai

ARUN sees the potential to boost job stability and income of domestic workers, particularly women, who otherwise depend on informal “maid bureaus” to get hired.

Google venture arm GV backs Lambda School’s $14 million round

The school made a name for itself with a $20,000 curriculum that teaches coding and software engineering education to students of all backgrounds, and requires them to pay nothing upfront

Financial Solutions Lab zeros in on U.S. workers’ financial health

Financial Solutions Lab is targeting financial health of American workers for its fifth fintech solutions challenge

Bain Capital’s impact fund acquires in-home health companies

Bain Capital’s impact fund has invested an undisclosed amount to acquire two companies working in the in-home health sector

Australia social impact bond to tackle youth unemployment

Social Ventures Australia is looking to raise $5 million from private investors to expand an employment training and coaching pilot in New South Wales

V.A. tests a social-impact bond aimed at post-traumatic stress

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and agencies in Massachusetts and New York are launching a three-year pay-for-success project to help veterans suffering post-traumatic stress disorder.

Teaching impact as a second language in business schools

Dozens of academics across the country, and hundreds globally, are pushing to embed social and environmental values into the curricula of business and finance education.