- Patch Homes helps homeowners refinance by taking an equity stake in their homes and supporting them as long-term partners.
Iroquois Valley Farmland’s direct public offering lets smaller investors get a share of ‘soil wealth’
- Iroquois Valley is the latest firm to open up once-exclusive impact investments to everyday investors, who have had limited opportunities to make investments that leave a positive mark on the world.
After light bulbs and plastic straws…toilet paper
- Another everyday staple is under scrutiny.
Ladenburg Thalmann backs Newday to support financial advisor-focused pivot
- Financial services firm Ladenburg Thalmann backed the firm, and will extend Newday’s platform to Ladenberg’s independent advisory and brokerage firms.
Shakeout highlights an elusive factor in impact investing platforms: the impact
- In a guest post on ImpactAlpha, Align Impact’s Hummayun Javed suggests a fundamental issue with retail impact investing platforms: Retail investors don’t buy the platforms’ promises of actual impact.
Swell shuts down its retail impact investing platform
- Customer acquisition has been a challenge for new entrants in retail impact investing, despite market demand for accessible sustainable investing options.
Ethic raises $13 million to help investors build custom sustainable investing portfolios
- Ethic’s funding round was led by existing investors Nyca Partners, with backing from Fidelity Investments, Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures. Existing investors that re-upped include ThirdStream Partners, Urban Innovation Fund and Kapor Capital.