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  1. Pulling climate tech to commercial scale with the energy demand from data centers

    12 HR AGO

    Pulling climate tech to commercial scale with the energy demand from data centers

    Dawn Lippert of Elemental Impact joins David Bank. The nonprofit accelerator and investor has for over 15 years been identifying climate solutions grounded in community benefits. Among the topics covered: the gap in financing first-of-a-kind commercial projects, AI and energy infrastructure, and a new role for the environmental movement now that renewable energy is rolling out at scale.

    29 min
  2. Shareholders fight for the right to proxy vote + Responsible look to assert human agency over the future of AI

    3 DAYS AGO

    Shareholders fight for the right to proxy vote + Responsible look to assert human agency over the future of AI

    Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: "Dear Shareholders: Your votes and your voice are needed more than ever," by As You Sow's Andrew Behar“Impact investors seek to assert human agency over the future of AI,” by David Bank and Dennis Price“Collaboration Fund sparks a conversation around M&A in impact investing field-building,” by David Bank and Amy Cortese To try ImpactAlpha Edge for yourself, click here. Correction: Sorenson Impact Institute, not Foundation, is hosting the Collaboration Fund as well as the Webinar next week.

    25 min
  3. World Education Services aligns its balance sheet with immigrants’ success

    5 DAYS AGO

    World Education Services aligns its balance sheet with immigrants’ success

    Smitha Das of World Education Services, or WES, joins David Bank for this episode. WES has amassed its balance sheet not from a wealthy individual or a major corporation, but from the operations of its own nonprofit social enterprise -- and is now on a path to investing 100% of its $300 million in assets in full alignment with its social mission.

    22 min
  4. Introducing ImpactAlpha Edge + Investors reflect on aquaculture fraud

    10 APR

    Introducing ImpactAlpha Edge + Investors reflect on aquaculture fraud

    Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: How the economic impacts of war in Iran are rippling through energy, fertilizer and food systems; a look at ImpactAlpha Edge; and, a public reckoning with an aquaculture investment gone wrong. Relevant links: “With imported gas in short supply, Indian households green their kitchens,” by Shefali Anand"⁠Persian Gulf blockade stokes demand for local, bio-based fertilizers⁠," by Amy Cortese"The ImpactAlpha Edge: Actionable Intelligence for Agents of Impact," by Dennis Price"Aqua-Spark’s founders on lessons learned and the path forward after eFishery scandal,” by Amy Novogratz and Mike Velings

    17 min
  5. Why Virta Ventures is looking for equity-light and asset-heavy climate tech investments

    3 APR

    Why Virta Ventures is looking for equity-light and asset-heavy climate tech investments

    Russell Sprole of Virta Ventures joins David Bank to talk about why Virta expanded its equity-light, software-focused climate-tech investment strategy to include hardware, AI and blended capital stacks. Virta Ventures has been an active and early user of ImpactAlpha Edge, ImpactAlpha’s premium platform of data and tools for fund managers and other Agents of Impact. For more on the firm check out out David's piece on the firm's strategy from last year.

    21 min
  6. Pulling policy and financial levers for housing affordability with Carol Galante

    26 MAR

    Pulling policy and financial levers for housing affordability with Carol Galante

    David Bank is joind by Carol Galante of the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley and The Housing Lab. Carol is a proud “houser,” as affordable housing practitioners like to call themselves. David speaks with Carol to identify some of the policy and finance levers that can make housing more affordable in California and beyond.

    28 min
  7. Buying back the block with Lyneir Richardson

    19 MAR

    Buying back the block with Lyneir Richardson

    Lyneir Richardson of Chicago Trend joins David Bank for this Agents of Impact podcast. Trend acquires and improves shopping centers in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. The twist:  Investment structures that enable local residents to become co-owners on the same terms as institutional investors. David speeks with Lyneir about how such local buy-in bolsters the properties, why even a $1,000 stake in commercial real estate can change a family’s trajectory, and how broad-based community ownership can help close the racial wealth gap.

    28 min
  8. The unfortunate growth market of investing in refugees + building portfolios that value aging

    13 MAR

    The unfortunate growth market of investing in refugees + building portfolios that value aging

    Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: "Conflict in the Middle East creates (even more) refugees in need of livelihoods, services and impact investment," by Lucy Ngige."Valuing Aging" Agents of Impact Call (5:05)." Profit and punishment: The portfolio risks lurking inside private prisons,"by Andrew Behar (10:45).

    14 min
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All of ImpactAlpha's podcasts in one place. Listen in and get investment news and commentary for a sustainable edge.

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  • Creator
    ImpactAlpha
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
    467
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © ImpactAlpha
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