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Originals | March 3, 2020
What is impact investing without conferences? We may be about to find out.
ImpactAlpha, March 3 – Concern about catastrophic climate change was not enough. Even massive street protests last year couldn’t do it. It took …
2030 Finance | December 18, 2019
Capital on the Frontier: Impact in emerging markets is a 2020 growth story
ImpactAlpha, Dece. 18 – Not enough money for promising ventures. Too much money flowing to a few companies. Both statements are true for impact-oriented small …
The Brief | December 12, 2019
The Brief: Operator alpha, Nomura buys Greentech, African farmer exchange, incentivizing saving, revenue-based bridge financing, risks of privatization
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Dealflow: Follow the Money Operator Collective taps operator wisdom and capital for $45 million fund. Founders get the glory, but …
Beats | November 19, 2019
“Sandboxes for nature” could speed up environmental innovation
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 19 – Regulatory sandboxes are relatively new tools that provide a special exemption from standard regulation—usually in the fintech and energy …
Catalytic Capital | November 14, 2019
These investors are mapping systems to catalyze structural change
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 14 – Say it louder for the people in the back: Impact investors can’t invest their way out of structural problems. More than …
The Brief | November 14, 2019
The Brief: Corporate impact, worker reskilling boom, Scottish aquatech, Chilean impact fund, 55 systems-change investors
Greetings, Agents of Impact! ImpactAlpha Podcast: Institutional Shift Institutional Shift: Corporate operations are the front lines of sustainability (podcast). From Moline, Ill., John …
2030 Finance | November 11, 2019
That’s a wrap for Fish 2.0, after supporting 600 seafood innovators
ImpactAlpha, November 11 – Since 2013, the Fish 2.0 competition has been the go-to source for investors looking to drum up sustainable seafood …
The Brief | November 11, 2019
The Brief: Veteran entrepreneurs, Rise Fund’s Ugandan dairy deal, sustainable clams, CoPower acquisition, profitable smallholder finance
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Veterans build ecosystems for an entrepreneurial revival. Veterans have a natural affinity for entrepreneurship. Just ask …
Features | November 6, 2019
Faith-based institutions answer The Call for impact investing
Audio recording of ImpactAlpha Call No. 11: Faith and investing: ImpactAlpha, Nov. 6 – On ImpactAlpha’s Call No. 11, Agents of Impact aligned with …
The Brief | October 25, 2019
The Week in impact investing: Wearing your values
TGIF, Agents of Impact! Agents of Impact Call No. 11: Faith and investing. This month, John O’Shaughnessy of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary announced the “Catholic …
The Brief | October 23, 2019
The Brief: Tropical forest fund of funds, Locavesting on ImpactAlpha, Facebook’s housing pledge, sharia-compliant bonds, innovative Green Bay Packers
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Locavesting on ImpactAlpha. Local goes global. Journalist Amy Cortese, who literally wrote the book on “Locavesting,” has brought her local investing …
The Brief | October 4, 2019
The Week in impact investing: Catalyzing capital
TGIF, Agents of Impact! It’s called impact investing for a reason. The real action at the Global Impact investing Network’s investor forum this week was …
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The Brief | August 23, 2019
ImpactAlpha’s Big 7: Stakeholder capitalism, billion-dollar funds, Kiva’s inclusion protocol, impact policy incentives, Agent of Impact Shivani Siroya
TGIF, Agents of Impact! Stakes in the ground. The 50-year anomaly of “shareholder primacy” may be coming to an end. The shift makes …
The Brief | August 21, 2019
The Brief: Building credit in informal markets, rooftop solar aesthetics, recycling in Kenya, small business financing in India, 10 sustainable investing trends
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Signals: Ahead of the Curve Building credit with blockchain at the base of the economic pyramid. Credit systems in mature …
The Brief | August 16, 2019
ImpactAlpha’s Big 9: Overcoming bias, cleantech revival, Kiva 2.0, platform shakeout, alt-term sheets, Agent of Impact Daryn Dodson
TGIF, Agents of Impact! Featured: ImpactAlpha’s Big 9 1. Asset owners undervalue high-performing fund managers of color. Superior performance, the theory goes, should …
The Brief | August 12, 2019
The Brief: Kiva’s next act, safety net for digital nomads, anti-slavery tech, U.K.’s creative economy, BlackRock’s stranded assets
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Q&A: CEO Neville Crawley wants Kiva to change systems as well as lives. Neville Crawley was building …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | August 12, 2019
Q&A: CEO Neville Crawley wants Kiva to change systems as well as lives
Neville Crawley was building algorithmic hedge fund trading strategies in the morning, so his afternoons were free to help reinvent Kiva, the wildly …
Agrifood Tech | August 6, 2019
Lumachain raises $3.5 million to fight slavery in food supply chains
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 6 – Sydney-based Lumachain’s blockchain platform tracks the origin, location and condition of products in food supply chains in real time to …
The Brief | August 1, 2019
The Brief: HCAP’s good jobs fund, Techstars’ sustainability startups, Jobs for the Future’s investment arm, LIIF’s public bond offering
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Hop on The Call today. For you last-minute types, there’s no need to RSVP for today’s Agents of Impact Call No. …
2030 Finance | August 1, 2019
Techstars Sustainability startups tackle clean water, regenerative farming and supply chains
ImpactAlpha, August 1 – Tech accelerator and investor Techstars picked 10 companies in the U.S. and Mexico to participate in its second three-month sustainability …
2030 Finance | July 3, 2019
How do I convince my parents? Five guideposts for family offices shifting to impact
ImpactAlpha, July 3 – Once ‘Next Gens’ who want to shift more of their family assets into impact investing master the basics of …
The Brief | July 2, 2019
Fifty Years’ $50 million, impact tech moonshots, Wunder’s solar secondaries, Christian Super’s responsAbility, ImpactAssets top $1 billion
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Double Feature: Impact Tech 1. Fifty Years’ $50 million fund signals tech’s turn toward impact. The mission-driven San Francisco venture …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | July 2, 2019
On the frontiers of Impact tech: 21st century moonshots for people and the planet
ImpactAlpha, July 2 – Reversing climate change while ensuring that people thrive is the 21st century’s biggest challenge. Tech breakthroughs like lab-grown protein, mobile …
The Brief | June 24, 2019
Solutions for and by refugees, hailing Nigeria’s electric okadas, impact crowdfunding bellwether, gender-smart training
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Growing investor interest in solutions for, and by, refugees. World Refugee Day came and went last …
Refugee Lens Investing | June 24, 2019
Growing investor interest in solutions for, and by, refugees
New York, NY – World Refugee Day came and went last week but roughly 70 million people remain forcibly displaced worldwide. While politicians demonize, …
The Brief | June 20, 2019
New-majority capital, Kenya’s MPost delivery service, Philly’s food misfits, Harvard’s impact entrepreneurs, capital for global health innovation
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Series: Investing for Racial Equity How Living Cities is deploying ‘capital for the new majority.’ Living Cities manages about …
Africa | June 20, 2019
Taz Technologies raises early capital for Kenyan postal service MPost
ImpactAlpha, June 20 – Kenya’s unreliable postal service is hampering retailers and consumers among the country’s 20 million internet users. Kenyan startup Taz Technologies …
The Brief | June 19, 2019
Interrupting implicit bias, Aunt Bertha’s connections, pay-by-the-hour insurance, Entrepreneurs Impact Summit
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original How Kellogg Foundation is interrupting racial bias in capital markets. Hidden prejudices show up in health …
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Blockchain/AI/IoT | June 19, 2019
Commitments and convictions at the Entrepreneurs Impact Summit
Good Money, a startup banking platform, committed to move at least $5 billion “to a values-based system financial system where every customer is …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | June 10, 2019
Voatz raises $7 million for safe mobile voting
ImpactAlpha, June 10 – Before the 2016 U.S. elections, President Obama noted the emergence of election tech, designed to create “safe, secure, smart systems for …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | June 10, 2019
Barclays backs Crowdz’s “invoice auction” to boost small business financing
ImpactAlpha, June 10 – Helping small businesses weather cashflow uncertainty is an emerging theme in the fintech sector. San Jose-based Crowdz’s has raised $5.5 million led …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | June 10, 2019
Anheuser-Busch re-ups in BanQu to boost supply chain transparency
ImpactAlpha, June 10 – Anheuser-Busch’s venture arm, ZX Ventures, backed BanQu’s $1.4 million in Series A funding. The Minnesota-based software company uses blockchain to …
Entrepreneurship | May 21, 2019
Equity crowdfunding changes who gets financed
ImpactAlpha, May 21 – Three years after the equity crowdfunding exemption in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups, or JOBS, Act took effect, startups and …
Agents of Impact | May 3, 2019
Follow the Talent: Agents of Impact Special Report for May. 3
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Welcome to ImpactAlpha’s weekly “follow the talent” roundup of impact investing career moves, job openings, events and opportunities. Help …
The Brief | April 30, 2019
Impact tranches, alt-protein ingredients, coding in Indian languages, investing in migrants in Mexico
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Taking an ‘impact tranche,’ Packard Foundation pushes forest fund beyond business as usual. Different investors in …
The Brief | April 26, 2019
The Brief’s Big 9: Lower-cost capital, food disruption, BRAC’s bank, advice for advisors, impact accountability, Agent of Impact Serena Williams
TGIF, Agents of Impact! See you at the Impact Block Party. Connect with other Agents of Impact and ImpactAlpha editor David Bank to …
The Brief | April 25, 2019
Beyond Beyond Meat, LearnStart early learning fund, streamlining emergency rooms, infrastructure-as-a-service, NY’s creative economy, forest revenues
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Join The Impact Block Party. ImpactAlpha subscribers are invited to connect with other Agents of Impact and editor David …
The Brief | April 15, 2019
Sharing the wealth, tech-driven health services in the U.S., household energy trading in the U.K., impact principles from the IFC
Greetings, Agents of Impact! The Call No. 8. Join ImpactAlpha’s Agents of Impact call, “Sustainable investing advice – for financial advisors,” Thursday, April …
2030 Finance | April 15, 2019
Household energy trading startup Verv secures £6.5 million
ImpactAlpha, April 15 – U.K.-based startup Verv makes a home-energy monitoring system designed to help people save on energy consumption. It also helps those …
The Brief | March 29, 2019
The Brief’s Big 7: Regenerating ecosystems and communities, Rise Fund letter, blue economics, equitable edtech, Monty Hamilton
TGIF, Agent of Impact! New green deals suggest strategies for regenerating ecosystems and communities. Proponents (and opponents) of a Green New Deal-style mobilization …
The Brief | March 28, 2019
Blue economy investments, growing protein on trees, banking for migrants, equitable edtech, jobs in Mexico City, London and Washington D.C.
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original With oceans in peril, investors find new ways to invest in the ‘blue economy.’ Bad news …
Africa | March 28, 2019
Israel’s Rewire raises $12 million for digital banking for migrants
ImpactAlpha, March 28 – Israeli fintech company Rewire has secured $12 million for its digital banking platform that allows migrants to affordably transfer money to …
Africa | March 26, 2019
Bamboo Finance, Moeda and the government of Togo launch a tech-driven impact fund for tech-driven companies
A Brazilian fintech startup popular with Chinese millennial investors has joined with the African nation of Togo to backstop a planned €100 million …
Features | March 14, 2019
Training grounds for the next generation of impact talent
ImpactAlpha, March 13 – “By expanding both coursework and hands-on experiential learning opportunities at the graduate and undergraduate levels, we can expect a …
The Brief | March 8, 2019
The Brief’s Big 7: Mobilizing talent, dealflow-leading women, low-carbon platform, lessons in social risk, Agent of Impact Patricia Farrar-Rivas
Greetings, Agent of Impact. Happy International Women’s Day! The talent mobilization is on. In small startups and major enterprises, business schools and policy …