2011 was the year the “impact entrepreneur” was born. Until that time, social entrepreneurship had rarely been placed within a context of systems change. As an entrepreneur, I had experienced first-hand the sense of dislocation and frustration that came from trying to build a triple bottom line company (one of the first B Corporations) in the conventional, single bottom line-dominated business...
2023 Audacious Project grantee Wanjira Mathai is at the forefront of re-greening the planet. Through the forest restoration initiative Restore Local, she’s working to help both Africa’s people and its landscapes flourish. Learn more about how her team invests in local restoration projects across the continent — including a tree-growing movement that aims to revitalize 100...
Electric Hydrogen is building/has built the world’s most powerful electrolyzer to generate green hydrogen. Electric Hydrogen is led by former solar industry executives, has over $1 billion in signed contracts for 2025-2028 delivery, and will reach 30 GW/year manufacturing capacity by 2030 to enable true & lasting fossil-parity green hydrogen at $1/kg. They’re thinking big by using engineering...
Realize Impact welcomes Piper Bonacquist to our team. Piper has a decade of experience in the nonprofit sector and specializes in operations, program management, and governance. Most recently, she was a co-founder and the Director of Operations and Training at Colorado Doula Project. Piper was introduced to impact investing while completing a Master of Nonprofit Management degree at the...
ImpactAlpha, June 6 – Energy Peace Partners and impact fund manager Cameo are out to prove that even in conflict zones there are investable opportunities in basic services. But they can’t test their hunch with commercial capital—such financing doesn’t exist for the renewable energy projects the partners are supporting in places like Sudan, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. So they...
R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund Invests in Sustainable, Community Built Housing in México. R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund, an initiative of Realize Impact and Sprout Enterprise®, announced that the fund has joined Beneficial Returns, an impact investment manager, in an investment to improve the lives of rural Mexicans through community-built housing and infrastructure. R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund is participating in the...
Posted April 2023. Who we are looking for We are seeking a Senior Associate who is passionate about investing to achieve social and environmental impact. In this role, you will receive hands-on experience working with two founding team members in a dynamic and entrepreneurial environment, and you will also contribute to the organization’s development and strategy. You will leave an indelible mark...
A big announcement from Realize Impact’s partner in The TerraFund… VANCOUVER, CANADA (April 17, 2023) — At TED2023, the Audacious Project announced that World Resources Institute (WRI)’s Restore Local project will be awarded $100 million over four years to accelerate locally led land restoration in three African landscapes: the Lake Kivu & Rusizi River Basin area, the Cocoa Belt...
ImpactAlpha, April 4 – The 53rd annual Earth Day is coming up on April 22. Private investors are more engaged than ever. This month’s Liist of eight impact funds currently raising capital highlights new strategies for restoring land and marine ecosystems, while building healthy, resilient food systems and communities. Latin America, home to some of the most biodiverse – and vulnerable...
Adasina calls itself “a bridge between financial markets & social justice”, and the latest investment from Realize Impact. They are a Black-owned and women-operated investment company. Adasina Social Capital is a company dedicated to serving as a bridge between social justice movements and financial markets and the new home of our social justice investing strategy. Their approach...