IMPACT 101: What exactly is being blended in blended finance? Why do we need this strategy – and what are the challenges of making it work? Catch up in our explainer with Dalberg's Marcos Paya.
Ahead of this week's Impact Shakers Summit, founder Yonca Braeckman tells Tim West what drives her to back inclusive entrepreneurship – and how her career took her from Belgian chip-shop, to virtual reality filmmaking, to impact investor.
The global impact deals, reports and initiatives you need to know about this month – all in one place. Featuring ABC Fund, L’Oréal, Social Value Portal, Growth Impact Fund, and many more.
‘Diverse-led’ social enterprises often miss out on access to social investment. An obvious solution: involve potential investees in the design of the fund. But it's not a quick win, as social investors UnLtd and Impact Hub Bradford tell us.
The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment appoints former UK minister to role, although social investment pioneer Ronald Cohen has emphasised he isn’t ‘hanging up his boots’ just yet.
Impact investor, philanthropist and adviser known for championing gender-lens investing donates $1m with husband to create Heading for Change, a new climate and gender-focused endowment fund.
From farm data that's easier to trace, to more efficient 'smart contracts', to using tokens to raise funds from a range of investors – blockchain can help overcome some of the barriers to growth in impact investing.
