Impact Capital Managers’ Post

ICM has two exciting opportunities to join our growing team! Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/exjrAU3Z

We're honored to welcome ResilienceVC to the ICM community! ResilienceVC is a venture firm investing in embedded fintech startups that build financial resilience for users and deliver returns for investors. The team has over a decade of experience in seed-stage investing and has supported over 75 innovative and impactful fintech startups. ResilienceVC focuses on startups that empower all Americans to build the financial resilience they need to thrive by concentrating on three key elements: - Reliable income generation and expense management - Risk mitigation and recovery - Asset and wealth building Welcome to the network, Tahira Dosani, Vikas Raj, Billy Taki, and Bryson Hearne!

We’re thrilled to welcome Cherryrock Capital into the ICM network! Cherryrock Capital provides Series A and B financing to high-growth software companies led by Black and Latine founders. The team leverages their combined 50+ years of operating experience to help the best-emerging technology companies scale from $1M to $100M through operational excellence and expertise. The team focuses on the following five investment areas: Fintech, Digital Health, Enterprise SaaS/AI, Future of Work & Education, and Consumer Enablement (B2B2C), and is actively deploying capital.

In the latest episode of Better Money, Better World, host Daniel Pianko is joined by Daniel Prawda, Founding Partner of GEF Capital Partners and co-head of its U.S. investment practice. Join Daniel & Dan as they dive deep into the world of climate-focused, lower mid-market buyout investments in the United States - showing how GEF Capital works to drive profits through addressing climate change and pollution remediation. The pair also discuss the fascinating origin story of GEF Capital Partners, the unique role that private equity can play in solving our climate crisis, and the importance of building a global team. https://lnkd.in/etMH_e_3

This week, we had the privilege of hosting the orientation for our 5th Mosaic Fellowship at the Goldman Sachs World HQ in NYC. We are excited to welcome 25 exceptional fellows into the Impact Capital Managers (ICM) community as they embark on their 10 week summer fellowship at our member funds. Highlights of the orientation included: ICM GP panel with Daniel Pianko (Achieve Partners ), Lila Preston (Generation Investment Management), Tehmina Haider (L Catterton Impact), Philip Reeves (Apis & Heritage Capital Partners), & Brian Walsh (ImpactAlpha) Financial Skills for Impact Investing with Patrick Schena (The Fletcher School at Tufts University) IMM for Impact Investing with Brian Trelstad (Harvard Business School & Bridges Fund Management Ltd.) Mosaic Alumni panel with Kendall Bedford (SustainVC), Fernando Carranza (Cleveland Avenue's CAST US Fund), Grace Aranow (Yale School of Management, Yale School of the Environment), Ray Lu (Columbia Business School, Columbia Law School), and Amy Zhao (Clean Energy Ventures) A heartfelt thank you to our speakers, alumni, mentors, and the ICM team for making this event a success. Thank you to both the Goldman Sachs Sustainable Investing Group for their hospitality (Greg Shell, Emma Sissman, Kayla Glenn) and Cooley LLP for hosting the reception! Check out this year’s incredible cohort of Mosaic Fellows here: https://lnkd.in/ewm5xEku

We are thrilled to recognize and celebrate the ICM members featured in BlueMark's new report, Making the Mark V! It is so great to see our members explaining, through their actions, the “how” of sustainable and impact investing to unlock new insights and provide greater clarity into industry best practices. Each of our 120+ members bring a unique perspective and expertise to the field of impact investing. -Apollo Global Management, Inc. -Bain Capital Double Impact -Bridges U.S. Sustainable Growth Fund -Calvert Impact -Closed Loop Partners -Community Investment Management -GLIN Impact Capital -Jonathan Rose Companies -Nuveen, a TIAA company, Private Equity Impact Investing -Quona Capital -S2G Ventures -St. Cloud Capital -FoW Partners (formerly known as Two Sigma Impact) Check out the report here: https://lnkd.in/gHTdk3pY

Employee ownership models have been making the headlines recently as investors increasingly see them as a means to boost company financial performance and build wealth for both owners and employees. In the latest episode of the Better Money Better World podcast, Daniel Pianko of Achieve Partners is joined by Todd Leverette of Apis & Heritage Capital Partners, a mezzanine debt private equity fund that converts profitable companies from private ownership into 100% employee ownership all the while paying the selling owners a fair price and ensuring employees will be the future beneficiaries of the company’s success. “Done the right way, employee ownership will make companies better. You will reduce turnover, your workers will be happier, and you will align the interests of the people who are working for you with the interests of the company, and that’s the most valuable thing you can do apart from having a good product or service,” said Leverette. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/e63Xf7kt

We’re thrilled to welcome Apax Global Impact into the ICM network!   Apax Global Impact seeks opportunities to invest in companies that deliver tangible societal and/or environmental impact. Their strategy revolves around four sector themes including Health & Wellness, Environment & Resources, Social & Economic Mobility, and Digital Impact Enablers. Apax Global Impact leverages the deep expertise of the Apax sector teams, the strength and scale of the Apax platform globally, and the value creation potential of Apax’s Operational Excellence Practice. Drawing on Apax’s strong track record and heritage, Apax Global Impact seeks to extend the firm’s practices of measuring, monitoring, and reporting into the impact space. Welcome David Su, Alykhan Nathoo, and Edward Donkor!