Dennis Price

1 week ago | impactalpha.com | Dennis Price

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2 weeks ago | impactalpha.com | Dennis Price

The Ford, Sorenson Impact, and Surdna foundations are the latest funders to join the Catalytic Capital Consortium, known as C3, an initiative launched by the MacArthur and Rockefeller foundation, alongside Omidyar Network, in 2019. The funding consortium aims to deepen collaboration among investors deploying patient, flexible and risk-taking capital to crowd in commercial investors to strategies that address key social and environmental challenges.

2 weeks ago | impactalpha.com | Dennis Price

Two-thirds of impact investments in Canada’s burgeoning marketplace for impact investments are notching returns at- or above-market rates. That’s according to the “Canadian Impact Investing Market Performance Report,” an SVX survey and analysis of 264 debt and equity instruments with more than C$15 billion (US$11 billion) in assets. The SVX Impact Index is a national database of investment offerings available to Canadian investors.

2 weeks ago | impactalpha.com | Dennis Price

Brazil’s impact and climate fund managers are connecting investors to resourceful entrepreneurs underserved by capital markets. “You have really good entrepreneurs here, smart people looking to solve the problems,” says Tatiana Sasson, who leads impact for Lightrock in Latin America.

2 weeks ago | impactalpha.com | Dennis Price

Eqwow – for “equal” – Ventures has a straightforward thesis for building a more equitable world while delivering strong financial returns: “Latam talent. Asset light. And quickly expands regionally and internationally,” in the areas of such health, financial inclusion and a greener future, the venture firm’s Monica Blatyta told ImpactAlpha in a video interview.