Jessica Pothering
Freelance Writer and Editor at Freelance
Writer at ImpactAlpha
Journalist and wanderlustian. Writer for @ImpactAlpha. Roots in Charleston. Heart in Baltimore. Life in Amsterdam.
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6 days ago |
impactalpha.com | Jessica Pothering |Brian Walsh |Isaac Silk
ImpactAlpha Editor Jessica Pothering Guest Author Brian Walsh ImpactAlpha Editor Isaac Silk Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Jessica Pothering. Up this week: With US markets all over the place, investors at the Milken Global Conference shift their focus to ownership, AI, and the rest of the world. How impact investors are responding to proposed cuts to health and medical research (8:33).
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1 week ago |
impactalpha.com | Jessica Pothering
The announcement last Friday of the Trump administration’s plan to decimate funding for medical and scientific research and disease prevention sent shockwaves through the global scientific community. Industry players, philanthropists and private investors know the pressure is on to put more capital to work in the life sciences sector.
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2 weeks ago |
impactalpha.com | Jessica Pothering
The Covid pandemic spurred a mad dash to keep informal and small businesses afloat with digital technology and enterprise software. To prove such businesses were not only eager, but reliable, customers, tech startups rolled out inventory ordering and business accounting apps, digital payments, logistics management, and credit products. Billions of dollars in venture capital investment poured in to support the tools’ adoption and the startups’ growth. Is it working?
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2 weeks ago |
impactalpha.com | Jessica Pothering
For 25 years, Vinte has been developing housing that is both sustainable and affordable for Mexico’s low- and middle-income families. Its three-year-old financing arm, Xante, has secured a convertible note from IDB Invest to buy back homes in Vinte’s planned communities, upgrade and remodel them as necessary, and sell them to new homeowners. Xante’s renovation work is outsourced to small and mid-sized contractors, boosting local businesses.
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2 weeks ago |
impactalpha.com | Jessica Pothering
The US government has pulled the plug on many green and social programs serving low-income communities. San Francisco-based RSF has stepped up with $23 million in new loans this year to seven organizations via its Social Investment Fund. RSF extended a $5 million loan to St. Louis-based Halo Funding, which uses alternative credit scoring methods to help households and small businesses secure financing to install solar systems.
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