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🎧 Seçil Yıldız of the @kalkinmayatirim joins "Women Changing Finance" host @KrisztinaTora to discuss how Türkiye’s development bank is turning sustainability into a banking strategy.
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"The dream of every climate nerd like us may be coming true in China," writes @CarbnCollective's Zach Stein.
"If you give people a fossil-fuel-free alternative that is as good (or ideally better), they will use it."
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🎧 Why battery makers and investors are pivoting from EVs to grid storage for renewable energy in Europe; a look at Lukas Walton-backed S2G investments following its $1 billion; and, the reasons that the World Cup is a sportswashing bonanza.
Today in #impinv news:
✏️ Roundup: Going exponential
🎧 Ben Thornley, Seçil Yıldız and This Week in Impact
✏️ Guest posts from Jay Patel, Gayle Jennings-O’Byrne, Prateek Srivastava and Zach Stein.
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Can a major financial institution pair long-term capital with the operational support needed to help overlooked entrepreneurs build durable businesses?
@WocstarCapital's Gayle Jennings-O’Byrne weighs in.
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What an AI analysis by @DalbergTweet and Impact Frontiers of 90 impact funds suggests about reporting.
@Dalberg's Kusi Hornberger shares four key findings from the study, as well as three common traits shared by successful funds.
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Up now at the #ImpactAlpha Career Hub: @AgDevCo is recruiting an investment manager for mezzanine agribusiness deals across East Africa, in Nairobi.
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Impact investors back Ramp's AI-powered business finance platform in $750 million raise.
The raise included mission-driven investors such as Generation Investment Management and @OTPPinfo.
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New York-based @StepfulTraining raised $55 million in Series C funding from @oakhcft, @Citi Impact Fund, @ecmcgroup Impact Fund and other backers to help train healthcare workers via employer-sponsored programs.
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With support from Common Trust, Texas-based @pterrys set up an employee ownership trust, or EOT, that will hold the ownership shares of its employees.
The fast-food chain employs 1,800 workers at 38 locations in the Lone Star State.
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As part of its pivot to Europe, @NuvveCorp said it has developed a pipeline of one-gigawatt in battery energy storage projects, backed by OMNIA Global, the family office of Swiss entrepreneur Daniel Hansen.
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Today in #impinv news:
✏️ Battery storage for Europe’s renewables.
✏️ Worker-owned burger stands in Texas.
✏️ Ramping up software for small businesses.
✏️ Three habits of highly effective impact reporting.
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.@S2Ginvestments is seeking to write large checks to profitable companies that still need capital to expand manufacturing, grow operations or pursue acquisitions.
With its $1 billion Solutions Fund I closed last month, S2G has the wherewithal to do it.
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Today in LP/GP news:
🎯 S2G raises $1 billion in growth capital.
🎯 Scaling internships in the AI economy.
🎯 Battery energy storage in Europe.
🎯 Inspirit Foundation outperforms on journey to 100% impact.
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