Europe’s climate tech ecosystem is booming, but a lack of growth capital is keeping innovative startups from scaling. Some 28% of European venture investments go to deep tech startups addressing ...

From Washington to New Delhi, Beijing to Pretoria, governments and investors are pouring billions into mines, refineries and “friend-shoring” alliances to diversify their sourcing for critical ...

Indigenous finance. The Tiwi islands were heavily deforested under government control in the 19th century. The Tiwi people now own and manage nearly all of the land. The plantation’s timber will be ...

Digging deep into the deals, people and strategies for using patient, risk-tolerant, concessionary and flexible capital. In partnership with the Catalytic Capital Consortium.

ImpactAlpha LP/GP: New York City’s pension funds are culling managers and cutting fees Liesel Pritzker Simmons of Blue Haven Initiative ...

The UK and Kenya-based consumer finance company M-KOPA is nearing a close on roughly $160 million in Series F equity financing, led by its longtime investor, Sumitomo Corporation, ImpactAlpha has ...

The first close of an innovative private-credit strategy for small and mid-sized businesses in Africa included many of the usual suspects: European quasi-public development finance institutions and ...

Cultural capital in France. Separately, the best of French creativity was on display at Bpifrance’s recent conference, reports Upstart Co-Lab’s Laura Callanan in her latest dispatch from creative ...

As singer-entrepreneur-cultural icon Rihanna turns her attention to Africa, her Nairobi-based investment fund is deploying a new set of tools to invest in women-led and women-focused enterprises. The ...

The Indian startup offers a marketplace and credit options for farmers in India to acquire new or used tractors, harvesters and other farm machinery. It raised $22.6 million in Series A financing, led ...

Welcome to this week’s ImpactAlpha LP/GP, where we take you inside the real business of impact investing and the dynamic relationships between owners, managers and intermediaries of impact capital.

US policymakers may be trying to slow the green energy transition, but just about everyone else seems to be full speed ahead. Energy Impact Partners is first-hand proof. “The successful raise of this ...