Hear from C3 partners, grantees, and the broader community of practice about how catalytic capital is fueling transformative work. For more catalytic capital news visit the Catalytic Capital Beat at ImpactAlpha.
As part of a research project funded by C3, I&P analyzed its large pool of investments in SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa. C3 recently checked in with I&P’s financial director, Alexis Thirouin, on the findings.
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What does it mean for investors to develop a systems change strategy – moving beyond the typical impact investing focus on individual deals and outcomes to tackle deeper, underlying challenges? “Small Foundation has long observed
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The Catalytic Capital Consortium (C3) is funding three new projects designed to make the catalytic capital market more efficient and effective, helping unlock more of this vital form of impact investing to address social and environmental issues.
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“While much of the sector continues to embrace the hype of ‘mainstreaming’ impact, there are many of us still quizzically scratching our heads wondering when, if ever, some portion of those declared trillions of impact
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“Development finance institutions aim to make themselves obsolete,” writes Ward Nusselder, investment officer with FMO, the Dutch development bank, as part of C3’s Scaling Impact blog series published by Impact Alpha. “We want to play
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“When considering catalytic capital investments in emerging markets and specifically Africa, a persistent and material challenge is the need to increase local currency participation in deals, says Osaruyi Orobosa-Ogbeide, senior vice president of project development
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In a commentary for Pioneers Post, Bjoern Struewer (Roots of Impact) and Jed Emerson (Alvarium Tiedemann) discuss their recent research report, What’s in it for the entrepreneur? An entrepreneurial perspective of catalytic capital and blended
When it comes to ‘scaling,’ catalytic capital is key “Should an impact fund or enterprise still need catalytic financing if it has already achieved proof-of-concept and demonstrated early success? Should catalytic capital investors consider such
Fostering solutions that fuel progress The Catalytic Capital Consortium (C3) today announced funding for nine projects that will bolster the infrastructure for the catalytic capital market and help accelerate the flow of this vital form
Najada Kumbuli, head of investments at the Visa Foundation, penned a powerful blog related to conversations during C3’s Learning Labs, focusing on the use of catalytic capital in a “seeding” role. “Catalytic capital providers have
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To maximize the potential of catalytic capital, investors should build communities that are “pragmatic, collaborative, and creative,” writes Dia Martin, managing director at U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, in a Seeding Impact blog in Impact
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How do experienced investors assess impact, financial, and non-financial parameters in defining catalytic capital? Yasmin Saltuk Lamy and Prerna Choudhury with British International Investment (BII) discuss their approach in blog that draws on discussions during
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As part of C3’s Seeding Impact blog series with Impact Alpha, Margot Kane from Spring Point Partners LLC offers an insightful take on how catalytic capital can fuel emerging fund managers. “Without risk-tolerant capital that
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“At one time, the very idea of doing ESG—or double/triple bottom line-investing—could be considered catalytic,” says Rebekah Saul Butler, co-executive director and chief investment officer with The Grove Foundation. “Now, impact investing is becoming mainstream,
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Is catalytic capital now a ‘badge of honor‘ as ImpactAlpha asserted at the end of last year? Increasingly, the answer appears to be yes – at least for a growing community of foundations, family offices, and others that are using this important form of impact investing to drive innovation, inclusion, and positive change around the world.
Banner Photo: SME workshop/courtesy of Ashesi University.
