In a new commentary for Stanford Social Innovation Review, C3’s Harvey Koh and Ben Smith from the Paul Ramsay Foundation discuss how illiquidity across asset classes constrains catalytic capital and other impact investments. “Market dynamics […]
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As a companion to a recent report, C3 teamed up with All for Impact and AVPA for a webinar about the need for, and experience with, catalytic capital for SMEs in Africa. The conversation includes
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In a new podcast from Women Changing Finance, C3’s Urmi Sengupta discusses the importance of catalytic capital, including how it attracts even more financing for climate justice, place-based investing and small business development. She also
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Toniic reports on a recent gathering of impact investors working to move beyond the theory of collaboration and tackle practical barriers. “The path forward requires building on this momentum,” Toniic wrote of its event, which
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Catalytic capital is “the means by which rural African entrepreneurs, often operating in fragmented markets and overlooked by conventional investors, can become more resilient,” writes Small Foundation’s Karina Wong, in ImpactAlpha. “Many constraints in rural
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Capital gaps are often viewed in simple terms as a shortage of money. But, as Prime Coalition’s Anna Goldstein and Alban Yau write in ImpactAlpha, scarcity is rarely the whole story. “A deeper challenge often
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“As with any overlooked and under-capitalized opportunity set, there are both rational and structural reasons why more capital isn’t flowing to support transitions to employee ownership,” writes Margot Kane, chief investment officer at Spring Point
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“As the largest generational transfer of business assets in U.S. history unfolds, with more than $10 trillion expected to change hands as baby boomers retire, millions of small and mid-sized businesses employing tens of millions
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The Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF) is the latest funder to add its support to the Catalytic Capital Consortium (C3). SEDF joins 10 other philanthropic investors that are helping C3 strengthen the global community of
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Three new funders have joined the Catalytic Capital Consortium (C3) to accelerate momentum around the building of a stronger community of practice for the field of catalytic capital. The Ford Foundation, the Sorenson Impact Foundation,
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The Catalytic Capital Consortium (C3) is moving forward with a new chapter of work to expand the flow of catalytic capital for funds, initiatives, and enterprises addressing the world’s most pressing challenges. We are doubling
A recent episode of the Money + Meaning podcast features a conversation with several C3 partners discussing the initiative’s progress and future plans for building the field of catalytic capital. Participants include Urmi Sengupta (MacArthur
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CHICAGO (October 24, 2024)—Leaders of the Catalytic Capital Consortium (C3) today announced the next chapter of the C3 Grantmaking initiative: the extension of a collaborative program working to build the catalytic capital community and increase
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In a new blog for Mission Investors Exchange (MIE), C3’s Urmi Sengupta takes a look at how and why philanthropic investors use catalytic capital to drive progress on key impact objectives. “While many kinds of
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“Some capital gaps are transient and can be bridged with seeding or scaling catalytic capital,” writes Harvey Koh, an advisor to C3, in a commentary for Impact Alpha. “Other gaps are structural and require sustaining catalytic
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In a new piece for Stanford Social Innovation Review, Harvey Koh analyzes research from C3’s Strengthening the Evidence Base grantees to dispel five long-standing myths about capital gaps. “Without a clear understanding of these gaps,
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We all know that conference season can be an interesting but exhausting trek from one impact investing event to the next. And yet, it also can be an energizing opportunity to forge connections with new
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In Impact Alpha, Maoz (Michael) Brown, with The ESG Initiative at the Wharton School, talks about the results of recent research into the perspectives of impact-first investors. “Profit and purpose, mission and money, values and
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The Rockefeller and MacArthur foundations four years ago partnered on a $30 million Zero Gap Fund to catalyze more private capital for the Sustainable Development Goals. The fund’s final commitment helped Boulder, Colo.-based Trailhead Capital
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