This Week in Impact

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: A look at the cool tech investors seeking sustainable solutions to help billions beat the heat; why impact LPs are buying and selling stakes in the secondaries market; and, debriefing this week’s call, which asked whether faith-aligned investors can become known for what they are for, not just what they’re against

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This week's stories:

• “⁠Cool tech fund looks to India for sustainable solutions to beat the heat⁠,” by Jessica Pothering
• “⁠Liquidity for sellers, discounts for buyers in budding impact secondaries market⁠,” by Amy Cortese
• “⁠Helping faith-aligned investors direct their assets toward ‘human flourishing⁠,’” by Erik Stein. Watch the ⁠full video replay⁠.

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Generation Investment Management seeks to stamp AI with a mandate for sustainability; how closing the gender gap could ease skill shortages in Latin America's mobile workforce; and the California pension fund behind Inox Clean Energy’s ambitious rollup of solar manufacturing and generating assets.

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This week's stories:

•  “⁠Generation Investment Management seeks to stamp AI with a mandate for sustainability⁠,” by Amy Cortese
• “⁠Amid trillion-dollar IPOs, impact investors seek pathways to steer technology towards shared prosperity⁠,” by Antony Bugg-Levine
• “⁠Human agency is the next frontier for impact investing⁠,” by Florian Kemmerich and Randall Zindler
• “⁠Closing the gender gap to ease skill shortages in Latin America's mobile workforce⁠,” by Erik Stein
• "⁠CalPERS-backed Inox Clean Energy gets funding from Indian family office to ramp up renewables development⁠," by Jessica Pothering

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Four Agents of Impact offer thoughts on the promise of the American experiment and the role for impact investing in it, ahead of the country’s 250th birthday; a look at Next 50’s strategy for financing GPs and companies that are valuing aging; and how Gaussion is speeding battery charging and boosting performance.

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This week’s stories:

• “⁠Following in the footsteps of America’s founding financier⁠,” by Antony Bugg-Levine
• “⁠Investing in the American Dream as a long-term play to strengthen democracy⁠,” by Napoleon Wallace
• “⁠The accounting reform that could strengthen American capitalism⁠,” by Stacey Faella
• “⁠Life, liberty and a share of the upside⁠,” by Santhosh Ramdoss
• “⁠Next50 is cutting checks to GPs seeking alpha in aging across energy, housing and infrastructure⁠,” by Roodgally Senatus and David Bank
• “⁠Gaussion lands $28 million to speed battery charging and boost performance⁠,” by Lucy Ngige

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Jessica Pothering. Up this week: How a new playbook for shared prosperity is being written in Zambia, where attempts are being made to redirect its mineral wealth toward local small and growing businesses; what SpaceX and other IPOs mean for Impact LPs and the field of impact investing; and this week’s deal spotlight shines a light on investors designing nature-based investments around natural cycles.

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This week's stories:

• "⁠Zambia centers small businesses in its bid for a more inclusive economy⁠," by Lucy Ngige
• "⁠SpaceX, Anthropic IPOs set to unlock billions in liquidity for impact LPs⁠," by Amy Cortese
• "⁠Investors learn to design nature-based investments around natural cycles⁠," by Erik Stein
• “⁠Danone-backed Livelihoods lands €124 million for its fourth nature-based fund⁠,” by Lucy Ngige

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Amy Cortese. Up this week: At SuperReturn in Berlin, asset-light is out, HALO is in as private equity titans focus on AI, energy and defense; a look at public and private approaches to sharing the AI wealth; and, Realize Capital Partners’ fund-of-funds secures $277 million for Canada’s impact fund managers.

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This week's stories:

• “⁠At SuperReturn in Berlin, asset-light is out, HALO is in as private equity titans focus on AI, energy and defense⁠,” by Amy Cortese and Danielle Rossingh.
• “⁠Designing broad-based ownership of AI to share power along with wealth⁠,” by Delilah Rothenberg of The Predistribution Initiative
• "⁠Realize Capital Partners’ fund-of-funds secures $277 million for Canada’s impact fund managers⁠," by Roodgally Senatus
• ⁠Realize's ImpactSpace profile⁠.

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: 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.

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This week's stories:

• “⁠Battery makers and investors pivot from EVs to grid storage for renewable energy in Europe⁠,” by Danielle Rossingh.
• “⁠G is for growth after $1 billion raise for Lukas Walton-backed S2G Investments⁠,” by Erik Stein

• “⁠A ‘sportswashing’ bonanza, brought to you by Saudi Aramco⁠,” by Dmitriy Ioselevich

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Is Altérra’s ambitious effort to mobilize climate finance for the Global South working?; how Fervo Energy pulled off the biggest clean energy IPO in Wall Street history; and, Working Capital Fund secures $31 million for its third supply chain resilience fund.

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This week's stories:

• “Is Altérra’s ambitious effort to mobilize climate finance for the Global South working?,” by Erik Stein, Amy Cortese and David Bank
• “Fervo’s IPO recipe includes a dash of federal funding and a scoop of catalytic capital,” by Antony Bugg-Levine
• "Working Capital Fund secures $31 million for its third supply chain resilience fund," by Amy Cortese

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Amy Cortese. Up this week: Two different approaches that impact investors are taking to address Big Tech’s AI data center buildout; who wins when access to private equity is opened up to American retirees; and, how 2x is spurring a global race to the top in gender-lens investing.

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This week's stories:

• “⁠Investors must push for transparency on AI’s water risks⁠,” by Ceres’ Kirsten James.
• "⁠Elemental Impact teams with hyperscalers to deploy clean tech solutions⁠," by Amy Cortese.
• “⁠In the name of ‘democratization,’ private equity firms eye US retirement savings⁠,” by Isaac Silk and Amy Cortese
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• “⁠Spurring a global race to the top in gender-lens investing⁠,” by David Bank

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with Lucy Ngige and Amy Cortese. Up this week: The first edition of ImpactAlpha Africa explores new ways capital is being mobilized for impact on the continent; a spotlight on two African funds investing in human capital and creating high productivity jobs; and, how some LPs are stepping up to help emerging managers cross the chasm to their next fund.

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This week's stories:

• “⁠Seeding impact investing ecosystems in Senegal, Zambia, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire⁠,” by Lucy Ngige

• “⁠(Some) LPs step up to help emerging managers cross the chasm to their next fund⁠,” by Amy Cortese with Roodgally Senatus

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: How Los Angeles is working to lower the cost and complexity of capital for affordable housing; the Southern Poverty Law Center controversy, and who really controls the funds in Donor Advised Funds; and, a closer look at a $140 million deal to build a sustainable aviation fuel plant in Egypt.

This week's stories:

• “⁠Los Angeles tries to show how affordable housing can be built more quickly and cheaply⁠,” by David Bank
• “⁠Choose wisely: Big DAF platforms drop Southern Poverty Law Center⁠,” by Candide Group's Morgan Simon
• “⁠Jewish investors are calling on PayPal to provide services in Palestine⁠,” by Chicory Wealth’s ari rosenberg and Mission Driven Finance board member Dorianna Blitt
• "⁠Ninety One arranges $143 million for sustainable jet fuel production in Egypt,⁠" by Lucy Ngige⁠