Regenerative agriculture practices, such as weed control that would otherwise be handled by spraying chemicals, can be labor intensive, as even a casual gardener can attest. With nearly 40% of farmers ...
ImpactAlpha’s deal news coverage for the week: Agrifood investing. Eternal.ag, based in Germany, raised €8 million ($9.2 million) for its tomato harvesting robots, which are designed for use in ...
Recycled nylon. Modular recycling machinery. Fibers from farm waste. Three startups that raised capital this week highlight the spectrum of green innovation in the fashion and textile industries.
Live on Edge: Homeownership LPs More than 30 LPs investing to expand access to homeownership in North America. ImpactAlpha Edge is tracking more than 30 investors supporting vehicles expanding ...
Impact investing has never been more prominent. Nearly $1.6 trillion is now deployed with intent to generate social and environmental returns, according to the latest GIIN research. Yet the ...
ImpactAlpha’s deal news coverage for the week: Agrifood investing. Climax Foods, a Berkeley, Calif, maker of non-dairy cheese, raised $6.5 million in Series A equity from S2G Ventures and rebranded to ...
The UK and Kenya-based consumer finance company M-KOPA is nearing a close on roughly $160 million in Series F equity financing, led by its longtime investor, Sumitomo Corporation, ImpactAlpha has ...
Impact investing in philanthropy has been around for decades. It’s been almost 20 years since the Rockefeller Foundation popularized the term “impact investing.” The Ford Foundation has used ...
Advocates for a more sustainable, equitable U.S. economy faced an uphill battle in 2025. This was a year defined by a uniquely challenging environment, with market instability and uncertainty, growing ...
With more than 15 million policyholders and $675 billion in assets, Nippon Life Insurance Company sits at the center of Japan’s economic life. Its balance sheet of nearly 100 trillion yen makes ...
Utility Global’s H2Gen technology produces clean hydrogen from water and industrial off-gases through an electrochemical process that eliminates the need for electricity. That has attracted asset ...
Welcome to this week’s ImpactAlpha LP/GP, where we take you inside the real business of impact investing and the dynamic relationships between owners, managers and intermediaries of impact capital.