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David Bank is joined by the departing and incoming leadership teams at Kapor Capital. Mitch and Freada Kapor, veteran tech entrepreneurs and investors, are handing over the reins to homegrown talent: Brian Dixon and Ulili Onovakpuri. David spoke with the four of them about the leadership transition, where legacy venture capital falls short, and how to get top-quartile returns along with impact and diversity.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

FullCycle’s Stephan Nicoleau deconstructs the climate conversation at the recent Davos meeting of the World Economic Forum with host Monique Aiken, and points to some surprising opportunities for climate investors. Plus the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

Host Brian Walsh is joined by roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank to chew over what institutional and impact investors might – and might not – do when it comes to guns and abortion. Plus the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

On this special edition, Roodgally Senatus catches up with ImpactAlpha's sources on the ground at the World Economic Forum: BlocPower’s Donnel Baird,  the City of Ithaca’s Luis Aguirre-Torres, and Jeffrey Dunston of the Northeast Brooklyn Housing Development Company, to hear how the world's business elite are reacting to their plans to decarbonize the globe while creating jobs -- one city, one affordable housing unit at a time. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

CEO and Founder of VC Include, Bahiyah Robinson joins host Monique Aiken to talk about their mission to to increase the number of diverse managers 10-fold by 2030. Plus, the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

David Bank joins Monique Aiken to discuss the politics of ESG and the importance of flexible financing for startups and small businesses. Plus, the headlines. https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

David Bank joins host Brian Walsh to preview next week’s Agents of Impact call (3:45). And Bank checks in with Kevin Jones from the Neighborhood Economics gathering in Indianapolis (7:00). Jones is this week’s Agent of Impact. Plus, the headlines. impactalpha.com/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

On this Agents of Impact podcast, David Bank is joined by Jonathan Rose, founder and president of the real estate development company of the same name, to talk about building green and affordable housing -- something Rose has been doing since the late '80s. https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

Monique Aiken is joined by Jessica Pothering to explore the, yes, social impact of private investment trends on the African continent. Plus, the headlines. impactalpha.com/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

David Bank talks about diversity in asset management and allocation with Larry Morse, CEO of Fairview Capital, Christine Looney from the Ford Foundation and Najada Kumbuli, Head of impact Investments at Visa Foundation. impactalpha.com/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

Brian Walsh is joined by roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank to decide which type of “activist investor” Carl Icahn is – and what that makes Elon Musk. We also hear from Jah Koh of Lightsmith Group and Benjamin Njenga of Apollo Agriculture, both of whom were guests on this week’s Agents of Impact Call. Plus, the headlines. https://www.impactalpha.com/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to preview next week’s call on catalyzing capital for climate adaptation. And we hear from Jonathan Phillips of the Rogers Energy Access Project at Duke University. Plus, the headlines. Next week's call: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/313635681767 SUBSCRIBE TODAY FOR OUR BEST DEAL OF THE YEAR: HALF OFF. https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/ and use code ANNUAL50. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

Roodgally Senatus joins host Brian Walsh to discuss his story – and photos! – from the frontlines of BlocPower efforts to train a civilian climate corps in the Bronx. Dennis Price checks in with Wefunder’s Jonny Price and Fanbase’s Ramiro Canovas to learn why startups are turning their fans and customers into investors. Plus, the headlines. Roody's piece: https://impactalpha.com/inside-blocpowers-mission-to-upskill-workers-and-green-new-york-city-buildings-photo-story/ impactalpha.com/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to recap this week’s call on how impact investors are approaching political risk and conflict in Eastern Europe and beyond, with call highlights from Jessica Bleyzer of SigmaBleyzer, Media Development Investment Fund’s Harlan Mandel, Daniel Kozlov of Global Venture Alliance and Open Road Alliance’s Caroline Bressan (3:20). And, TIIP has a new systems investing platform (9:45). Plus, the headlines (0:30). www.impactalpha.com/subscribe --> use code Briefing100 for $100 off your first subscription. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

David Bank joins host Brian Walsh to discuss the surprising breakthrough in the SEC’s new rules on corporate climate disclosure and preview next week’s Agents of Impact call on political and country risk. We also hear from Stanford’s Alicia Seiger, who has a contrarian take on the hot issue of Scope 3 accounting. Plus, the headlines.` Next week's call: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/298268478047 Subscribe today: https://impactalpha.com/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

John Markoff, the longtime New York Times tech writer and author of a new biography of Stewart Brand, joins David Bank to talk psychedelic drugs, the roots of Silicon Valley and Brand's knack for being in the right place at the right time. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554161/whole-earth-by-john-markoff/ https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

Monique Aiken is joined by Dana Lanza of Confluence Philanthropy to hear about their annual gathering, and to discuss the crisis in Ukraine, climate change, racial justice and more. Plus, the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

Host Brian Walsh catches up with ImpactAlpha’s Jessica Pothering from Cape Town, South Africa to talk about women driving alpha in emerging markets. And we hear  from Harlan Mandel of Media Development Investment Fund on investing in a free press in countries that need it most. Plus, the headlines. impactalpha.com/subscribe https://impactalpha.com/how-six-impact-investors-are-giving-their-portfolios-a-gender-smart-boost/ https://impactalpha.com/seizing-africas-overlooked-investment-opportunities-with-an-inclusivity-lens/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to share a conversation with Jon Lukomnik of Sinclair Capital about the swift fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (3:20), the weaponization of finance and the Green Way Forward. And we get a preview of next week’s call from Duke’s Cathy Clark (19:10). Plus, the headlines. For all the headlines and more: impactalpha.com RSVP to The Call Jon's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/outside-in-with-jon-lukomnik/id1587041255 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

Host Brian Walsh convenes the roundtable regulars, Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank, to talk about the impact on impact -- if any -- of Russia's invasion of Ukraine (3:50), the disclosure/materiality/externality debate (10:00)… and pregnant pigs (18:00). Plus, the headlines. For more all day: www.impactalpha.com/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message