Impact funds, social impact bonds, and other investments in change making organizations or initiatives that generate societal benefit along with financial return. Read about the winner, a Pharrell-led pitch competition that will provide much-needed capital to minority entrepreneurs.
Finalists
Center for Climate-Aligned Finance, Rocky Mountain Institute
Connect the World Fund, Connectivity Capital
Divest from the Prison Industrial Complex, OpenInvest
Financing Ethiopian agricultural transformation, African Asset Finance Company
ImpactableX, ImpactableX
Plant Your Change, Aspiration
Recycling Philanthropy, Upaya Social Ventures
TabFund, Superunion
The Cambodia Rural Sanitation Development Impact Bond, IDE, USAID, and Stone Family Foundation
Work for Impact, Work for Impact
ZeroCarbonFund, Bloc
Honorable Mentions
Black Impact Fund, Sola Impact
City Builder, Citi
Leveraging investments to protect forests, Green Century Capital Management
Longevity Vision Fund, Longevity Vision Fund
Mighty Deposits, Mighty Deposits
Open Road Impact Fund, Open Road Alliance Impact Fund
Pure Pitch Rally, Pure Pitch Rally
The Rise Fund, TPG
The Unreasonable Collective, Unreasonable Group
Unorthodox Ventures, Unorthodox Ventures
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