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Total Impact Capital is channeling streamlined senior debt capital to high-performing impact funds in emerging markets. We sat down with John Simon at Total Impact Notes to talk about why the fund exists, how it works, and what makes it different. Quick Facts Founding...

FS6’s Guarantees for Regenerative Agriculture (GRA) is rewriting the rules of agricultural finance, putting loan guarantees and loan performance data to work for the producers and lenders that conventional systems have long overlooked. Quick Facts Founding date: 2024...

The founders of Partners in Equity (PIE) on why ownership is the missing piece of the wealth-building puzzle. Quick Facts Founding date: 2022 Fund size: $20 million Typical investment: minority equity positions, generally under 20 percent of project cost, often...

In an economy that frequently undervalues care work, the Fund for Jobs Worth Owning (FJWO) is doing something unique: investing in home care and child care cooperatives. Caregiving remains one of the most essential yet underinvested sectors in our...

Jen: How was the “Catalytic Capital Fund” Created?  Mi-Lin: First Australians Capital was founded to fill a gap that our founders identified—the unfair barriers that First Nations businesses faced in accessing capital. From an original idea back in 2010, First...

Jen: How was “Haske Ventures” Created?  Madji: Haskè Ventures was started to address the youth unemployment challenge in West Africa. Madji Sock and Abdourahmane Diop, the co-founders, have served in strategy consulting for several years. We noticed that the...

Jen: How was “Revolve Fund” Created?  James: Revolve Fund was created after years of experience of creating and investing in strategies focused on equitable access to capital throughout the U.S. I identified certain capital infrastructure gaps through this work...

Jen: How was “Right to the City Integrated Loan Fund” Created?  Fernando: In August 2019, member leaders of our national alliance came together to strategize the future of our national campaign committees moving forward. Member leaders began identifying goals and...

Jen: How was “Right to the City Integrated Loan Fund” Created?  Fernando: In August 2019, member leaders of our national alliance came together to strategize the future of our national campaign committees moving forward. Member leaders began identifying goals and...

Jen: How was “Raven Indigenous Outcomes Fund” Created?  Rebecca: The Fund was conceived of by Jeff Cyr and the leadership team at the Raven Indigenous Impact Foundation in response to Raven's success in fund management, our unique role as the sole Indigenous...