How community lenders are boosting the pipeline and diversity of investable projects

“Our goal is to align capital with justice,” writes Joe Neri, CEO of IFF, a community lender focused on the midwest. That requires “making sure that we have ‘investable’ projects that restore and promote justice wherever there is injustice.”

The ‘Red Ferrari Syndrome’ and other lessons of impact investing’s Varsity Blues scandal (podcast)

In the latest episode of ImpactAlpha’s Returns on Investment podcast, the roundtable regulars try to unpack the layers and make sense of the meanings of the McGlashan debacle.

Unite Us secures $35 million to bridge health and social services

Investors include health and fintech venture capital firm Oak HC/FT, health access investment firm Town Hall Ventures and Define Ventures. Existing investors Scout Ventures, Luminate and New York Ventures also participated.

PEG Africa raises $25 million in debt and equity for pay-as-you-go solar in West Africa

PEG Africa’s solar products currently reach 60,000 households in Ghana, the Ivory Coast and Senegal.

Follow the Talent: Agents of Impact Special Report for Mar. 22

Follow the Talent: Agents of Impact Special Report for Mar. 22

The Brief’s Big 7: Rise Fund recap, Techstars’ risk strategy, microcredit in the U.S., racial equity in cannabis, Grupo Bimbo’s agent of impact

The Brief’s Big 7: Rise Fund recap, Techstars’ risk strategy, microcredit in the U.S., racial equity in cannabis, Grupo Bimbo’s agent of impact

The Rise Fund – and impact investing – tries to move beyond scandal

Managers of TPG Growth’s $2 billion impact fund fanned out to touch base with limited partners, prospects and influencers