The Inclusion Alpha: Year in Review
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! ImpactAlpha?s 2018 capper call, today. Ring out the old and ring in some New Year?s impact alpha. ImpactAlpha has assembled the strongest signals, biggest deals and most provocative takeaways of the year to get you off to a strong start in 2019. Join us for Agents of Impact Call No. 6, TODAY,
- With this week’s $41 million financing, solar lantern distributor d.light has raised more than $100 million in the last two years to expand access to electricity.
- A search by partners at minority-focused investment firm Harlem Capital turned up 105 U.S.-based startups with black and Latino founders that have raised $1 million or more – $2.7 billion in total. …fintech in ‘emerging markets .’
- Billion-dollar impact investor LeapFrog Investments this year poured money into a digital lender in India and a pension fund manager in Nigeria .
- Now, 500 Startups , TPG Growth’s Rise Fund and even the Chinese tech conglomerate Tencent are getting into the $3.7 trillion opportunity to bring the next two billion people and 200 million small businesses into the formal financial system.
- Town Hall Ventures , co-founded by former Medicare chief Andy Slavitt, is investing in companies that improve Medicare and Medicaid services, risk-based care and social determinants of health.