- 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.