This Week in Impact

Realize Impact’s Luni Libes and ImpactAlpha’s Zuleyma Bebell join Brian Walsh to discuss the LIIST, an exciting new sampling of impact funds and companies that, based on public or accessible information, seem to be in active fundraising mode. The LIIST:  https://impactalpha.com/the-brief-the-liist-of-open-impact-funds-evs-as-a-service-impact-tech-in-africa-federal-policy-for-community-solar/ Luni's podcasts: https://www.lunarmobiscuit.com/podcasts/

Jessica Pothering joins host Brian Walsh to dissect the crash landing of Airlift, and chew over the broader Covid-fueled boom and bust in instant grocery delivery in frontier markets. Plus, the headlines.

Spring Point Partners’ Margot Kane joins host Monique Aiken to talk family offices, emerging managers and catalytic capital. Plus, the headlines.

Roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank join Brian Walsh to  draw a  line from the massive fees in asset management to the recent raft of  radical decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court.

ImpactAlpha’s Jessica Pothering joins Monique Aiken to share the work of equity and debt capital providers in emerging markets, whom she met with last week in Dar es Salaam at the Collaborative for Frontier Finance's annual convening. www.impactalpha.com/subscribe

David  Bank joins host Brian Walsh to discuss parallels between the LGBTQ+  community and the impact investing community. We also hear from Megan  Kashner of the Kellogg School of Management about the genesis of  Colorful Capital, the new LGBTQ+ focused venture capital firm that she  has started with TIIP’s Bill Burckart. Plus the headlines.

FullCycle’s Stephan Nicoleau deconstructs the climate conversation at the recent Davos meeting of the World Economic Forum with host Monique Aiken, and points to some surprising opportunities for climate investors. Plus the headlines.

CEO and Founder of VC Include, Bahiyah Robinson joins host Monique Aiken to talk about the social venture project's mission to increase the number of diverse-led climate funds 10-fold by 2030. Plus, the headlines. 

David Bank joins Monique Aiken to discuss the politics of ESG and the importance of flexible financing for startups and small businesses. Plus, the headlines. https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/

ImpactAlpha’s David Bank joins host Brian Walsh to preview next week’s Agents of Impact call (3:45). And Bank checks in with Kevin Jones from the Neighborhood Economics gathering in Indianapolis (7:00). Jones is this week’s Agent of Impact. Plus, the headlines. impactalpha.com/subscribe