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10 ways to redesign venture finance for a more inclusive post-COVID world
The good news: the structures we need to reform the capital system already exist.
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Food preservation tech company Apeel clinches $250 million
ImpactAlpha, May 27 – Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Apeel has secured $250 million funding round to expand use of its edible protective coating for fresh food in the U.S. and Europe, as well as emerging markets. “COVID-19 has shown how tightly wound and stretched our food system is, and food waste acts as an enormous tax
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DFC shores up portfolio with $4 billion COVID relief plan
ImpactAlpha, May 27 – Multilateral banks and development finance institutions are an especially critical source of capital in emerging markets as private investors shy from dealmaking in the pandemic. The U.S. International Development Finance Corp.’s new $4 billion relief pledge joins multi-billion-dollar relief efforts from the International Finance Corp., the Inter-American Development Bank and the African
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The Brief: New York’s CDFI loan fund, aspirational neo-bank, imperfect food distribution, emergency loans for social enterprises, drivers of ESG outperformance
Featured: New York's $100 million loan fund for small businesses is a model for a $1 billion national fund
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Focus on workers, customers and governance drive ESG outperformance amid COVID uncertainty
The outperformance was initially attributed to underexposure to the energy sector, which cratered in Q1. As a fuller picture emerges, a bigger driver appears to be a strong focus on workers, customer relationships and governance.
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Beneficial Returns raises emergency loan fund for social enterprises
The fund’s first $50,000 loan is to Limited Resource Teacher Training, which serves teachers in Africa and the Caribbean. The fund also approved loans to Pollinate Group and iKure.
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