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🔌 What does it take to transition breakthrough climate technologies from universities and national labs into venture-ready startups?
Troy Daley of @labstart.bsky.social joins Sherrell Dorsey on the next PluggedIn to discuss on Tuesday, November 18.
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Troy Daley of @labstart.bsky.social joins Sherrell Dorsey on the next PluggedIn to discuss on Tuesday, November 18.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
🔌 What does it take to transition breakthrough climate technologies from universities and national labs into venture-ready startups?
Troy Daley of @labstart.bsky.social joins Sherrell Dorsey on the next PluggedIn to discuss on Tuesday, November 18.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Troy Daley of @labstart.bsky.social joins Sherrell Dorsey on the next PluggedIn to discuss on Tuesday, November 18.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Affordable home ownership: “A shared-equity model is actually the better path into ownership for young people, for first-time buyers, especially for folks in the middle of the income pyramid,” Ownify’s Frank Rohde told ImpactAlpha.
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From affordable home ownership to 'fair-share appreciation' and generational wealth
President Trump's trial balloon, a response to last week’s voter uprising over “affordability,” opened a broader conversation about better ways to not only help families get into their first house, bu...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Affordable home ownership: “A shared-equity model is actually the better path into ownership for young people, for first-time buyers, especially for folks in the middle of the income pyramid,” Ownify’s Frank Rohde told ImpactAlpha.
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S2G Investments, which has reached $2.5 billion in committed capital across a half-dozen funds, has become one of the most active climate investors backing companies positioned to lead the transitions required in food, agriculture, energy and ocean-based resources.
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Adaptation Alpha: S2G Investments looks for outperformance as climate change drives ‘system-level shifts’
The flip side of the rising risks and escalating damage from a changing climate is the huge opportunity to help industries and ecosystems ...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
S2G Investments, which has reached $2.5 billion in committed capital across a half-dozen funds, has become one of the most active climate investors backing companies positioned to lead the transitions required in food, agriculture, energy and ocean-based resources.
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☎️ Pathways to unlock domestic and institutional capital for small business finance.
What’s working, what’s not, and how catalytic capital can do more in Africa. Register for our November 12th call in partnership with Collaborative for Frontier Finance.
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What’s working, what’s not, and how catalytic capital can do more in Africa. Register for our November 12th call in partnership with Collaborative for Frontier Finance.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
☎️ Pathways to unlock domestic and institutional capital for small business finance.
What’s working, what’s not, and how catalytic capital can do more in Africa. Register for our November 12th call in partnership with Collaborative for Frontier Finance.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
What’s working, what’s not, and how catalytic capital can do more in Africa. Register for our November 12th call in partnership with Collaborative for Frontier Finance.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The case of the missing $54 billion in development banks' climate finance.
“You should be able to click on a number and see what's behind it,” says Gary Forster of
publishwhatyoufund.bsky.social.
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“You should be able to click on a number and see what's behind it,” says Gary Forster of
publishwhatyoufund.bsky.social.
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The case of the missing $54 billion in development banks' climate financing
In Thailand, there was a $50 million debt commitment for rooftop solar. In Turkiye, a $155 million loan for public facilities’ earthquake resilience. ...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The case of the missing $54 billion in development banks' climate finance.
“You should be able to click on a number and see what's behind it,” says Gary Forster of
publishwhatyoufund.bsky.social.
impactalpha.com/the-case-of-...
“You should be able to click on a number and see what's behind it,” says Gary Forster of
publishwhatyoufund.bsky.social.
impactalpha.com/the-case-of-...
In today’s Brief:
✏️ Expanding the solution set.
✏️ The future of work in the US and growth firms in Africa and Asia.
✏️ Veterans find service through investing.
✏️ Ranking funds on social justice.
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✏️ Expanding the solution set.
✏️ The future of work in the US and growth firms in Africa and Asia.
✏️ Veterans find service through investing.
✏️ Ranking funds on social justice.
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The Week in impact investing: Better day
TGIF, Agents of Impact! 🗣 Expanding the Overton window. I was a teenage socialist. Back when Bernie Sanders was the new mayor of ...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
In today’s Brief:
✏️ Expanding the solution set.
✏️ The future of work in the US and growth firms in Africa and Asia.
✏️ Veterans find service through investing.
✏️ Ranking funds on social justice.
impactalpha.com/the-week-in-...
✏️ Expanding the solution set.
✏️ The future of work in the US and growth firms in Africa and Asia.
✏️ Veterans find service through investing.
✏️ Ranking funds on social justice.
impactalpha.com/the-week-in-...
Apollo Global Management will purchase a 50% stake in Hornsea 3, the largest offshore wind development in the world, located on the UK’s east coast.
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Apollo buys $6.5 billion stake in Ørsted’s offshore wind project in the UK
The transaction comes amid political headwinds and capital-raising challenges for Ørsted, especially in the US, where President Donald Trump has declared war on offshore wind.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Apollo Global Management will purchase a 50% stake in Hornsea 3, the largest offshore wind development in the world, located on the UK’s east coast.
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Brazil, host to @cop30brazil.bsky.social, is championing a fund to slow deforestation. It is looking to raise $125 billion via a blended-finance structure combining public, philanthropic and private capital.
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With Tropical Forests Forever fund, Brazil tries a new approach to slowing deforestation
Every COP host puts its stamp on the proceedings. For Brazil, which kicked off the 30th “Conference of Parties” global climate talks this ...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Brazil, host to @cop30brazil.bsky.social, is championing a fund to slow deforestation. It is looking to raise $125 billion via a blended-finance structure combining public, philanthropic and private capital.
impactalpha.com/with-tropica...
impactalpha.com/with-tropica...
“It’s already hard to sell an impact-focused thesis to typically skeptical institutional investors; it certainly won’t be easier if their reference point for the overall asset class is negative,” impact investment advisor @Antony Bugg-Levine told ImpactAlpha.
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Debt bubble? Private credit jitters put even impact investors on edge
Private credit has ballooned over the last several years. The worry is that the fierce competition for deals and the mountains of dry powder may tempt lenders to relax their standards.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:26 AM
“It’s already hard to sell an impact-focused thesis to typically skeptical institutional investors; it certainly won’t be easier if their reference point for the overall asset class is negative,” impact investment advisor @Antony Bugg-Levine told ImpactAlpha.
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Instead of one or two companies with 10x returns that can subsidize losses on the rest of the portfolio – the classic profile of many VC funds – Eva Yazhari is looking for 3-8x returns across the portfolio which translates into positive impact on millions of lives.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Instead of one or two companies with 10x returns that can subsidize losses on the rest of the portfolio – the classic profile of many VC funds – Eva Yazhari is looking for 3-8x returns across the portfolio which translates into positive impact on millions of lives.
impactalpha.com/at-beyond-ca...
impactalpha.com/at-beyond-ca...
@jedbv.bsky.social has a question for Agents of Impact. “If small, emerging managers such as @adasina.bsky.social can find their voice in this moment, why can’t the rest of us?”
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Letter from Jed: Standing up to the new American authoritarianism
(Editor’s note: Jed Emerson is an “OG” of impact investing, having coined the concept of blended value more than three decades ago. He ...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
@jedbv.bsky.social has a question for Agents of Impact. “If small, emerging managers such as @adasina.bsky.social can find their voice in this moment, why can’t the rest of us?”
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impactalpha.com/letter-from-...
“Each of us has a role to play as investors, entrepreneurs, policy makers, philanthropists or storytellers, in shaping a capitalism that serves humanity more than the other way around,” said Jim Sorenson at #SOCAP25.
Read our recap.
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Read our recap.
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In a time of peril, strategies for community power, local impact and climate resilience
For a few days, it appeared that the annual SOCAP gathering of impact investors and entrepreneurs would find itself in the middle of ...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“Each of us has a role to play as investors, entrepreneurs, policy makers, philanthropists or storytellers, in shaping a capitalism that serves humanity more than the other way around,” said Jim Sorenson at #SOCAP25.
Read our recap.
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Read our recap.
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Pathways to Growth: “Being able to get to 100 investments is a huge milestone, showing that our model works and is needed especially considering that within the wider ecosystem, there’s actually less happening,” says Roeland Donckers of Iungo Capital.
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With 100 investments, Iungo Capital is trying to prove out the viability of small business lending in Africa (video)
Learn about Iungo Capital's approach to supporting small businesses in East Africa through innovative financing solutions.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Pathways to Growth: “Being able to get to 100 investments is a huge milestone, showing that our model works and is needed especially considering that within the wider ecosystem, there’s actually less happening,” says Roeland Donckers of Iungo Capital.
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“We have a duty to address the long-term social and economic risks and impacts of immigration policies on the labor force employed by the companies we invest in,” write Marcela Pinilla and Philip Hergel of Zevin Asset Management.
Read their Impact Voices post.
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Read their Impact Voices post.
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Why immigration is an asset, not a liability, for investors and the economy
Learn why immigration is good for the economy and how it impacts sustainable growth and innovation in the workforce.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“We have a duty to address the long-term social and economic risks and impacts of immigration policies on the labor force employed by the companies we invest in,” write Marcela Pinilla and Philip Hergel of Zevin Asset Management.
Read their Impact Voices post.
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Read their Impact Voices post.
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🎧 On “This Week in Impact,” finance first or impact first? Highlights from this week’s Agents of Impact cal, plus host Brian Walsh and David Bank unpack other top stories.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🎧 On “This Week in Impact,” finance first or impact first? Highlights from this week’s Agents of Impact cal, plus host Brian Walsh and David Bank unpack other top stories.
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📣 Predistributing the spoils of capitalism, new podcast episodes, plus a recap of this week’s Agents of Impact call on impact-first investing.
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The Week in Impact Investing: Fair gainsharing
TGIF, Agents of Impact! 🗣 Share the wealth. The glimmering of an AI-driven productivity boom raises the question: How should the spoils of ...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
📣 Predistributing the spoils of capitalism, new podcast episodes, plus a recap of this week’s Agents of Impact call on impact-first investing.
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Ownership was high on the agenda at @aspeninstitute.bsky.social ’s first ever Aspen Ideas:Economy conference in Newark.
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Building a nation of owners with new financial products and fresh ideas
By now there’s a methodology, however rough, to calculate the carbon footprint of a particular investment or of an entire portfolio. What about ...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Ownership was high on the agenda at @aspeninstitute.bsky.social ’s first ever Aspen Ideas:Economy conference in Newark.
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Elon Musk used Tesla’s earnings call Wednesday evening to urge investors to support his $1 trillion pay package, even as earnings sagged.
@climatefinance.bsky.social ‘s Mary Cerulli has thoughts on board governance.
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@climatefinance.bsky.social ‘s Mary Cerulli has thoughts on board governance.
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At Tesla’s upcoming shareholder meeting, the spotlight is on governance
Dive into the key issues at Tesla's 2025 AGM as shareholders debate Musk's compensation package and governance practices.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Elon Musk used Tesla’s earnings call Wednesday evening to urge investors to support his $1 trillion pay package, even as earnings sagged.
@climatefinance.bsky.social ‘s Mary Cerulli has thoughts on board governance.
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@climatefinance.bsky.social ‘s Mary Cerulli has thoughts on board governance.
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After a three-year slide in capital for companies seeking to reduce the staggering amount of wasted food, private investment levels appear to be rising, despite – or perhaps because of – a drop in federal funding for such solutions.
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Private investors regroup to fight food waste as federal funding dries up
After a three-year slide in capital for companies seeking to reduce the staggering amount of wasted food, private investment levels appear to be ...
impactalpha.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
After a three-year slide in capital for companies seeking to reduce the staggering amount of wasted food, private investment levels appear to be rising, despite – or perhaps because of – a drop in federal funding for such solutions.
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Burnt Island Ventures pulled in nearly 150 limited partners, including global family offices and foundations.
“It means that influential people speak water in a way that they didn’t before,” Tom Ferguson told ImpactAlpha.
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“It means that influential people speak water in a way that they didn’t before,” Tom Ferguson told ImpactAlpha.
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Burnt Island Ventures raises $50 million fund for water tech and infrastructure
The New York-based firm closed a $50 million second fund to tackle the increasing water demand from AI data centers and semiconductor manufacturers ...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Burnt Island Ventures pulled in nearly 150 limited partners, including global family offices and foundations.
“It means that influential people speak water in a way that they didn’t before,” Tom Ferguson told ImpactAlpha.
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“It means that influential people speak water in a way that they didn’t before,” Tom Ferguson told ImpactAlpha.
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Blended finance transactions, like many nuanced impact investments, tend to be bespoke and are growing larger and more complex.
Impact lawyers at the recent Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers conference say they have a solution.
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Impact lawyers at the recent Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers conference say they have a solution.
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Lawyers, yes lawyers, are trying to simplify impact transactions
Ambitious impact deals combining public, private and philanthropic capital sometimes collapse under their own complexity. Now a network of impact lawyers is trying ...
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October 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Blended finance transactions, like many nuanced impact investments, tend to be bespoke and are growing larger and more complex.
Impact lawyers at the recent Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers conference say they have a solution.
impactalpha.com/lawyers-yes-...
Impact lawyers at the recent Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers conference say they have a solution.
impactalpha.com/lawyers-yes-...
How a pool of catalytic capital enabled @oneacrefund.bsky.social
to build a first-loss layer into its capital structure to absorb risk for other investors.
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to build a first-loss layer into its capital structure to absorb risk for other investors.
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What One Acre Fund has learned five years after an infusion of $20 million in catalytic capital
Explore how catalytic capital is enabling One Acre Fund to help smallholder farmers access essential working capital in Africa.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
How a pool of catalytic capital enabled @oneacrefund.bsky.social
to build a first-loss layer into its capital structure to absorb risk for other investors.
impactalpha.com/what-one-acr...
to build a first-loss layer into its capital structure to absorb risk for other investors.
impactalpha.com/what-one-acr...
@oppfinance.bsky.social’s #OFN41 is underway.
Hear remarks from Partners in Equity’s Napoleon Wallace then join Self-Help Credit Union’s Martin Eakes in conversation with @impactalpha.com’s Amy Cortese on Tuesday, Oct. 21.
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Hear remarks from Partners in Equity’s Napoleon Wallace then join Self-Help Credit Union’s Martin Eakes in conversation with @impactalpha.com’s Amy Cortese on Tuesday, Oct. 21.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
@oppfinance.bsky.social’s #OFN41 is underway.
Hear remarks from Partners in Equity’s Napoleon Wallace then join Self-Help Credit Union’s Martin Eakes in conversation with @impactalpha.com’s Amy Cortese on Tuesday, Oct. 21.
www.ofnconference.org/event/2025/a...
Hear remarks from Partners in Equity’s Napoleon Wallace then join Self-Help Credit Union’s Martin Eakes in conversation with @impactalpha.com’s Amy Cortese on Tuesday, Oct. 21.
www.ofnconference.org/event/2025/a...
Climate change and gender issues are taking a back seat at the World Bank, overtaken by a global youth uprising.
“It’s a clear agenda that brings it back to what actually is key to eradicating poverty,” said Michael Sheldrick of @glblctzn.bsky.social.
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“It’s a clear agenda that brings it back to what actually is key to eradicating poverty,” said Michael Sheldrick of @glblctzn.bsky.social.
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Jobs, jobs, jobs: At the World Bank, Ajay Banga faces youth uprisings around the globe
Climate change and gender issues are taking a back seat at the World Bank, overtaken by an economic agenda that has been spurred ...
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October 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Climate change and gender issues are taking a back seat at the World Bank, overtaken by a global youth uprising.
“It’s a clear agenda that brings it back to what actually is key to eradicating poverty,” said Michael Sheldrick of @glblctzn.bsky.social.
impactalpha.com/jobs-jobs-jo...
“It’s a clear agenda that brings it back to what actually is key to eradicating poverty,” said Michael Sheldrick of @glblctzn.bsky.social.
impactalpha.com/jobs-jobs-jo...