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âTenant equityâ models start to give renters access to housing wealth
Tenants typically havenât been able to build wealth through the homes they rent. A spate of experiments aim to change that with shared-equity …
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Gangkhar raises $4.3 million for embedded insurance in Latin America
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Impact-first LPs power Apis & Heritage employee ownership fund past $250 million target
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Mirepa Capital backs Revna Biosciences to expand precision medicine in Africa
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Enable Ventures leads $11 million round for Wheel the Worldâs disability-inclusive travel
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How impact investors are building portfolios for the ‘longevity economy’ (video)
Longer lifespans, coupled with over-50 Americans’ spending power and productivity, are fueling a âlongevity economyâ that would rank third among the worldâs largest …
Polices for shared prosperity
Opportunity Zones. Community investing. And affordable housing tax credits. Amid the political headwinds and pushback, impact investors see opportunity for bipartisan action on …
Worker solutions, community insurance and other strategies for shared prosperity
Capital + services for businesses that employ working-class people in working-class places equals impact, says Damien Dwin of Washington, DC-based private lender Lafayette …
Employee ownership rides a wave of economic populism – and pragmatism
Ownership is in the air. Momentum for strategies that enable workers to share in the value they help create continues to build, despite …
âGreen bankâ groups plot next moves as EPA attempts to terminate grants
Itâs been a head-spinning week for awardees of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. The Environmental Protection Agency has escalated its attacks against nonprofit …
Impact Voices
Provocative opinions and insightful analysis from the community
The case for investment in alternative ownership and governance modelsÂ
There is an unspoken design decision fundamentally shaping our economy: economic rights and governance rights are inextricably linked. Whether itâs a venture capitalist …
How states can help finance business transitions to employee ownership
With the introduction of the Employee Ownership Development Act , Illinois is poised to create the largest dedicated public investment vehicle for employee …
Building regional engines for affordable housing in California
Californiaâs housing affordability challenge is often described in superlatives. The state has housing costs among the nationâs highest, the largest number of people …
AI-enabled feedback helps fintechs differentiate impact from access
Is fintech actually improving lives or just expanding access to financial products? As Latin America’s fintech sector grows, this question is becoming harder …
The Long COVID economy is bigger than you think
For some, a COVID infection lasts a few weeks. For others, itâs fatal. But for me â and more than 400 million people …
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