Climate Finance | March 17, 2026

Ecofy raises $42 million for lending to green businesses in India

Impact investors and development finance institutions have been instrumental in building a market for green lending for India’s tens of millions of micro ...

Dealflow | March 10, 2026

Rozana raises $31.4 million to provide rural delivery services in India

Rozana launched in the pandemic to provide mainstream consumer goods and grocery delivery to India’s rural households. The Delhi-based startup ordering and distribution ...

Dealflow | February 26, 2026

Good Return secures backing to lend to women-owned businesses in Asia

Good Return, an Australian “public benevolent institution,” secured $2.2 million for its second fund, an evergreen lending vehicle supporting micro and small women-owned ...

LP / GP | February 25, 2026

Development Partners International reaches first close on fourth Africa fund

Development Partners International, or DPI, is in the market with its fourth fund and a fundraising goal of $1 billion for growth-stage African ...

Dealflow | February 23, 2026

Development finance institutions back Hummingbirds to design community-driven nature projects

Financially viable models for investing in nature vary widely in approach and quality. French startup Hummingbirds partners with local businesses, organizations and communities ...

Dealflow | February 20, 2026

A fund for Canada’s Indigenous communities opens the tap of public finance

There have been many attempts to bring private and public finance together to fund social programs. Many have been unsuccessful (cf. “social impact ...

Dealflow | February 18, 2026

Lightrock grabs an exit opportunity from Indian small business lender Aye Finance

Gurgaon-based small business lender Aye Finance is a long-standing darling of India’s impact investing scene. The 12-year-old firm developed an early alternative credit ...

This Week in Impact | February 13, 2026

How Africa’s mining industry is leveraging demand for critical minerals + Next steps for place based investing

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with Jessica Pothering, Dennis Price and Roodgally Senatus. Up this week: Jessica reports from Cape ...

Features | February 12, 2026

Demand for critical minerals creates new opportunities to put Africa first

Africa is at the center of a new geopolitical scramble for valuable mineral resources. The prize this time isn’t gold or diamonds. It’s ...

Climate Finance | February 5, 2026

Amazonia Impact Ventures invests in Ecotierra’s carbon projects in Brazil

Amazonia Impact Ventures set out five years ago to restore and preserve the Amazon with investments in sustainable forest livelihoods, biodiversity projects and ...