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DUBAI, UAE — Ventra (ventra.global) has launched as an AI platform purpose-built for impact entrepreneurs, with a particular focus on underserved founders — providing real-time market intelligence, sector insights, funding landscape awareness, and a strategic growth…

Foundations of Angel Investing: Community, Capital, Impact  A two-part educational series beginning April 28th brings leading practitioners together to equip investors with the tools, discipline, and impact lens needed to deploy early-stage capital with purpose. For…

Recognizing America’s fastest-growing purpose-driven companies

Across the cohort, founders are creating solutions at the intersection of sustainability and social impact

Everspring Fund focuses across emerging markets

Foundations of Angel Investing: Building the Next Generation of Impact Investors A two-part educational series beginning March 10 brings leading practitioners together to equip investors with the tools, discipline, and impact lens needed to deploy early-stage capital…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Denver — International Development Enterprises (iDE) today announced it had selected a new chief executive officer. Following an extensive global search and a lengthy interview process, Reed Peterson will take over as CEO on March 1. He…

Click the link to complete the survey before 2 March: https://bit.ly/SVI-Global-Investor-Survey Liverpool, UK | 28 January 2026, 8am GMT: International standard-setter and membership body, Social Value International (SVI), has launched a new global survey to gather…

Over $200k to six or more winners will be awarded

$22 Million raise is democratizing investment in community wealth building

WaterEquity, a global asset manager dedicated to mobilizing private investment for water and sanitation, invests in Organica Water, a provider of nature positive biological wastewater treatment solutions serving rapidly growing urban municipal and industrial centers…

IE Members receive discount

TROY, NY (December 4, 2025) — Today the NBT CEI-Boulos Impact Fund, a high-impact commercial real investment fund established by NBT Bank and CEI-Boulos Capital Management, celebrated the latest phase of Troy’s Flanigan Square Transformation Project with a ribbon…

Inclusive Finance 25 opens with frank discussion at the changed funding context – and call for new partnerships and models to address these challenges Under fresh re-brand, three-day, member-led hybrid conference comprises over 30 sessions across various formats;…

November 4, 2025  Media Contact: Domenica Good, [email protected] Boston Impact Initiative (BII) Launches First Mover Fund to Move Millions of Catalytic Capital to Local Communities Building Regenerative Economies $5M catalytic capital vehicle makes first…

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More than 1,300 people gather in Valencia to drive impactful innovation at The Gap in Between 2025 This Social Nest Foundation event is now established as a leading European platform for impactful innovation, with over 130 speakers and 48 hours of content. The winners…

Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom head the entrepreneurial ecosystem in The Gap in Between’s Startup Challenge The Startup Challenge gives visibility to startups from all over the world and offers an award of up to €10,000. This competition is part of The Gap in…

WaterEquity Accepts First Subscriptions of New Evergreen Fund to Scale Water and Sanitation Impact in Emerging Markets. Anchor investor Ecolab catalyzes the first open-ended fund from WaterEquity that is exclusively focused on safe water and sanitation access across…

UK and Dutch Governments and IDB Invest join Brazilian zero deforestation soy fund to provide $60 million funding for farms in the 2025/26 crop season Now in its fourth season, the Responsible Commodities Facility (RCF) fund will provide US$60 million in loans to soy…

Washington, DC (August 6, 2025) — Village Capital has announced the appointment of Ellen Brooks as Chief Executive Officer , effective September 2025 . She will succeed Allie Burns, who announced earlier this year her decision to step down after 6.5 years as CEO and…

Ten Promising Businesses Selected for Level 2 of the Circular Innovation Cohort 2025 under Upaya’s Dignified Jobs Accelerator Bangalore, India | July 22, 2025 Upaya Social Ventures, in partnership with Global Business Inroads and rePurpose Global, has announced the…

R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund is investing in Vidrio Artesanal Xa Quixe, a Mexican company inventing eco-friendly processes to create blown glassware of exceptional quality from recycled glass. Through innovations in clean energy, proprietary designs for furnaces and…

Last chance for impact-driven startups to apply to The Gap in Between Startup Challenge In October, Social Nest Foundation will award up to €10,000 to the most innovative, purpose-led solutions at “The Gap in Between” in Valencia Deadline extended: startups now have…

‘The Gap in Between’ will celebrate its third edition and will donate the money proceeds from ticket sales to recovery projects post-DANA Margarita Albors, founder and president of Social Nest Foundation, and Marta del Castillo, its CEO, presented this…

Kopila Valley School makes Final 10 for World’s Best School Prize for Environmental Action An extraordinary Nepalese school has been named a Top 10 finalist for the World’s Best School Prizes 2025. The five World’s Best School Prizes, founded by T4 Education in the…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Krutham Announces Winners of the 2025 Africa Impact Investment Awards Honouring innovation, inclusion, and capital for lasting change across the continent Accra, 13 June 2025 – Krutham, the research-led consulting firm specialising in capital…

The R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund is proud to announce the recipients of its Market Development Grant Program for 2025.  The program supports artisan enterprises with a clear mission to increase incomes to underserved communities, preserve traditional craft techniques, and…

For MIE’s Mission Investing Institute in Atlanta, May 5–7

The Earth Prize 2025 on Earth Day: Teen duo from Slovakia and Czechia named Global Winner for clean water solution The Earth Prize is the world’s largest environmental competition for 13-19-year-olds, offering mentorship and $100K in funding The Global Winner is a duo…

Upaya Social Ventures Launches Strategic Plan To Create 300,000 Dignified Jobs in India by 2030 Seeks catalytic partners to unlock inclusive employment opportunities for people living in extreme poverty Seattle, WA / Bangalore, India — April 10, 2025 Upaya Social…

Leading social impact platform seeks tech innovators

The project will increase the City’s supply of critically needed affordable housing, aiding Los Angeles in its recovery efforts following the wildfires. LOS ANGELES (March 27, 2025) – The AIC CEI-Boulos Opportunity Fund, a joint venture between Allivate Impact…

The anchor tenant of the Flanigan Square Transformation Project in Troy, being developed by First Columbia with investment from the NBT CEI-Boulos Impact Fund, was named Lease of the Year for 2024 in the Albany Market The redevelopment of a historic former collar…

MENDHAM, NJ — BlinkNow Foundation is thrilled to announce the groundbreaking of its new Kopila Valley Children’s Village , an ambitious project designed to provide safe, nurturing, and sustainable homes for the at-risk children served by Kopila Valley Children’s Home…

The Mission Investors Exchange 2026 National Conference will bring philanthropic impact investors from across the country to Atlanta from April 27-29, 2026. The event will highlight unique investments across the U.S. South with a focus on social and environmental…

As MIE’s signature introductory learning program, the Mission Investing Institute is designed to help philanthropy professionals get started in impact investing or advance their practice. The Institute will take place from May 5-7, 2025, at the Russell Innovation…

Sets benchmark in career counseling for social change

A Year of Cultivating Thriving Ecosystems

A new program by Shell Foundation and Accion focuses on emerging markets

DALLAS – (January 28, 2024) – The AIC CEI-Boulos Opportunity Fund, a joint venture with Allivate Impact Capital®, a subsidiary of Woodforest Financial Group, Inc., and CEI-Boulos Capital Management, announced a majority equity investment in the Marcus…

The $25 million fund will invest equity in Philadelphia Metro Region

For Immediate Release Case Western Reserve University School of Law is pleased to announce the launch of its International Development Law Lab in the Fall Term 2024. Adjunct Law Professor Rumu Sarkar leads the lab and also teaches the related course on International…

The 2nd edition of the Kula Conclave will convene creative-cultural and craft-led businesses, investors, funders, academia, ecosystem enablers, global actors, and policymakers to shape the future of India’s $1 trillion handmade economy. 200 Million Artisans will…

F OR TARGETED RELEASE The 90-10 Institute Launches Summit Initiative to Address Systemic Causes of High Costs and Low Productivity in BioMedical Industry Berkeley CA October 7, 2024 – The 90-10 Institute announced it has received a generous grant to support its…

Financing the changes we need

PRESS RELEASE  Valencia, October 9, 2024. Over 1,000 people attended the second edition of The Gap In Between yesterday at La Marina de Valencia for the purpose of promoting collaboration between impact startups, large companies, investors and civil society. Organized…

in Midtown Houston

Supporting small-holder tea farmers in Northern India.

Focusing on waste and circular economy

in Guatemala

PRESS RELEASE                                                                             September 12, 2024 The 20 startups selected as finalists have been announced for the second edition of The Gap in Between, the meeting for taking on the systemic challenges…

Launch of World’s First Incubator Designed to Grow Organizations through a People-Centered Approach The program is aimed at both late-stage start-ups and established organizations entering a period of significant growth or change. August 2024 8th, Boulder, CO: Today…

Catalyst 2030 has announced that Gaby Arenas de Meneses and Fredrik Galtung are the new Co-Chief Facilitators guiding the next phase of the movement’s growth Catalyst 2030, the global movement of social innovators, is delighted to announce the appointment of Gaby…

 West Africa Deal Summit 2024 to Accelerate Catalytic Capital Deployment Lagos, Nigeria, August 1, 2024: The Impact Investors Foundation, Nigeria (IIF) and Impact Investing Ghana (IIGh) announce the return of the second edition of the West Africa Deal Summit 2024…

PRESS RELEASE                                                     July 11, 2024   The second edition of The Gap in Between , the meeting for tackling society’s systemic challenges, comes to Valencia on October 8 It will be held in La Marina de Valencia following…

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The Prize supports workforce innovation

For Nigeria Wholesale Impact Investment Fund (WIIF)

MBA networks are paving the way for responsible leadership

World’s largest gender-lens fund starts operating with new investment strategy to help address the USD1.7 trillion gender gap Luxembourg, 13 June 2024 – The Global Gender-Smart Fund (GGSF), the world’s largest gender-lens investment fund, has implemented a new…

R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund is proud to announce the recipients of its Market Development Grant Program for 2024.  The program supports artisan enterprises with a clear mission to increase incomes to underserved communities, preserve traditional craft techniques, and…

Advance economic mobility applications now open

Mission Investors Exchange 2024 National Conference in Los Angeles in May

Building the social innovation sector

Accelerating equitable health innovation

Ten US Startups Selected for Resilient Future Accelerator

5 million provided access to safe water and sanitation

R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund is proud to announce the recipients of its Market Development Grant Program for 2023.  The program supports artisan enterprises with a clear mission to increase incomes to underserved communities, preserve traditional craft techniques, and…

London, UK Catalyst 2030, the global movement of people and organisations that are powering systems change, announced the winners of the Catalyst 2030 Awards for Systemic Change 2023 at Spencer House in London, UK today. The global awards ceremony, hosted by renowned…

For immediate release New Benchmark Shows Impact Investments in Energy Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGs) While Boosting Energy Production    The new energy impact performance benchmark from the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) provides insights on impact…

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London, UK – Catalyst 2030, a leading movement in the global social innovation ecosystem, will launch the inaugural Global Social Innovation Day on 8 November 2023. This annual collective impact event is a dedicated celebration of social innovators worldwide….

Impact Entrepreneur is an Official Nominator for the world’s largest environmental prize

ETHICS, TRANSPARENCY AND IMPACT: THE CONDITIONS FOR A NECESSARY SHIFT TOWARDS A PROFITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL SYSTEM On September 5th, Convergences launched its 3rd Impact Finance Barometer, entitled “The financial system, economic players and territories: How…

Oct 2. 2023 San Diego, CA Benefunder has acquired Impactly, an industry leading family office and foundation management system. We are happy to share that the transaction is final, the team and platform are now part of Benefunder, and the technology and services are…

1 October 2023 For immediate publication Catalyst 2030 Awards 2023 celebrate systems change allies – Finalists announcement. Catalyst 2030 cordially invites you to celebrate the recipients of the 2023 awards, our allies who are shaping new global narratives on…

New York, United States / Geneva, Switzerland – 20 September, 2023 – The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a landmark Statement of Intent, signaling their commitment to the role of…

Sorenson Impact Center Celebrates Advancement to Institute Status The Sorenson Impact Center at the University of Utah, is now the Sorenson Impact Institute SALT LAKE CITY – The Sorenson Impact Center today announced its prestigious advancement as the newest Institute…

Says new Business of Handmade report

Through standards and accredited conformity assessment

R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund, an initiative of Realize Impact and Sprout Enterprise®, announced that the fund has invested in Loomers India Private Ltd, a social enterprise based in India, operating the brand platform Karghewale and empowering emerging artisan entrepreneurs…

Pilot Programme delivers high quality coaching to Sankalp Awards winners Executive coaching for social entrepreneurs an opportunity to reflect on leadership challenges and chart a path to individual and organizational growth Next phase focuses on training local…

Miller Center Invest, a funding vehicle designed to unlock and catalyze capital for social enterprises in the Miller Center community, announced its first two investments. Funding specifically targers women and local leaders typically left behind in the impact…

Promoting a Systems Economy

The Conscious Business Institute and Ubiquity University are announcing the globally first graduate programs in Conscious Business. Foundation for both Masters in Conscious Business and PhD in Conscious Business is the Conscious Business Institute Master Program, the…

The Du Xhil – San Bartolo Yautepec textile collection launches April 28 and 29 at a pop up sale and exhibition at El Diablo y La Sandia Boca del Monte in the historical center of the city of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico. The textiles have been handwoven by 24 Zapotec…

Upstart Co-Lab is proud to release its 2022 Impact Report , detailing investments closed by the Upstart Co-Lab Member Community from 2020 through 1Q2023.  Investments profiled in this report include: Colorado Enterprise Fund Community Investment Management Honeycomb…

100 essays on impact investing in the global Creative Economy

Boosts Learning in the Social Innovation Ecosystem

at World Economic Forum

Catalyst 2030 supports the launch of the first Impact Business Accelerator program in Ukraine at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. Davos, Switzerland (19 January 2023) – Impact Force yesterday hosted a conversation with global and Ukrainian private…