Startups are looking beyond venture capital for money that matches their mission

Revenues over rounds. That’s the ethos of a growing ‘counter’ movement of entrepreneurs, investors and advocates who are rejecting the high-flying venture capital model in favor of more modest capital that allows them to pursue organic growth and real revenues.

‘Value investor’ Magallanes raises €12 million to invest in global microfinance

The value investor, which looks for opportunities that it believes are under-priced by the market, wrote in a letter to investors that it believes microfinance is one of these under-priced sectors.

SunFunder helps SolarNow raise $9 million to finance off-grid customers in Uganda

Solar financing company SunFunder has helped SolarNow secure $9 million from impact investors Oikocredit and responsAbility to provide consumer credit for 17,500 of its systems in Uganda.

BBOXX raises $31 million to fuel East Africa off-grid solar expansion

South African private equity firm Africa Infrastructure Investment Managers is paying $31 million for a minority stake in off-grid solar firm BBOXX

Agents of impact in NY and Boston, Ceniarth’s impact-first capital preservation strategy, Kellogg backs Everytable, Gordon Brown joins Partners Group

Agents of impact in NY and Boston, Ceniarth’s impact-first capital preservation strategy, Kellogg backs Everytable, Gordon Brown joins Partners Group

How Ceniarth is seeking higher impact on rural livelihoods – while preserving its own capital

Ceniarth’s Greg Neichin recaps the family office’s commitments last year of $32 million to the capital-preservation strategy.

LettUs Grow secures funding for indoor farming tech

The startup raised £1 million ($1.3 million) from investors, universities, and government funders for its irrigation and monitoring technology for aeroponic farms, which can produce food in non-traditional growing environments because they don’t require soil.