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Ben Franklin’s revolving loan fund and 80 more ways to expand opportunity with fair financing, from Antony Bugg-Levine's forthcoming book. hubs.li/Q047FmTX0

💼 The #ImpactAlpha Career Hub features new opportunities at @CCRSolar, @REVRenewables, @ArbonicsHQ and @GoldmanSachs. Check out this week's jobs. hubs.li/Q047K7P60

🎧 Lyneir Richardson of @TheChiTREND joins @davidbank on the Agents of Impact podcast. hubs.li/Q047Kcd70

🔎 Netherlands-based @AquaSparkImpact has secured $48 million in anchor funding for what they hope to build into a $250 million fund to invest in Africa’s farmed fish value-chain over the next decade. hubs.li/Q047HvD50

Today in #impinv news: ✏️ Common goods. 🎧 Lyneir Richardson, Esther Ndeti and Joy Anderson. 🔎 Building a tilapia value chain in Africa. hubs.li/Q047HwN10

🎧 Esther Ndeti, managing partner at #Unconventional Capital, explains how she meets African entrepreneurs where they are, with revenue-based financing. Listen to "Women Changing Finance," part of the #ImpactAlpha Podcast Network.

.@TheChiTREND seeks a vice president of advisory services in Chicago. hubs.li/Q047t1fQ0

.@KKR_Co invested $310 million for e-buses in India, taking a majority stake in electric public-transport provider #Allfleet and minority stake in electric vehicle maker @PMI_Electro. hubs.li/Q047v_mk0

.@nextnarrativeAF greenlights nine projects to shift narratives about Africa. “By pairing world-class storytelling with key financing and data validation, we are shaping the African narrative," says Akunna Cook, who launched the $40 million film fund. hubs.li/Q047vZ3k0

Up now at the #ImpactAlpha Career Hub: @CCRSolar seeks a senior analyst for its data center and utility strategy. hubs.li/Q047sYmk0

Finnish startup Elea & Lili, emerging from @VTTFinland, raises $2.9 million to develop plastic-free materials for hygiene and agriculture. @LifelineVC led the round. Ikorni Invest and Baltiska Handels Sverige participated in the round. hubs.li/Q047v_b40

🎧 With “community equity,” Lyneir Richardson’s @TheChiTREND is starting to dismantle that long-standing barrier. How offering the little guy the same terms that big investors get can make a difference. hubs.li/Q047vZXF0

.@Wikifarmer_com raises $7.7 million in a funding round led by Luxembourg-based @brighteyevc and Greek lender @Piraeus_Bank, to digitize agri-supply chains and offer farmer intelligence. hubs.li/Q047vYnk0

Today in #impinv news: 🎧 Cutting neighborhood residents into commercial real estate investments. ✏️ Restructuring agricultural supply chains. ✏️ Investors warm to Africa’s creative economy. hubs.li/Q047w0BW0

Up now at the #ImpactAlpha Career Hub: @Arnold_Ventures is looking for a partnerships and people director in Houston. hubs.li/Q047gtCp0

Bridge Housing secured $92 million for its inaugural impact fund, which is seeking $350 million of equity to build, acquire and preserve affordable and workforce housing. KeyBank, BMO, Capital One, US Bank, Century Housing and PGIM are among investors. hubs.li/Q047jDp70

@PartechPartners Partech raises €300 million to scale European impact technologies. hubs.li/Q047jXxG0

Vienna-based @speedinvest is looking to raise €200 million to invest in the digitization of key services and identify technologies that could be suitable for Europe. hubs.li/Q047jF9X0

When Luis Javier Castro and Brian Gallagher, former head of @UnitedWay, left those roles to work together, they set out to rethink the structure and role of an impact investment fund entirely .@NoVoFoundation is anchoring Abundance Circle. hubs.li/Q047jzK20

Middle East risk: “Those looking to raise capital in the region should probably allow for some slow responses for a while,” Paul O’Brien, former deputy chief investment officer for the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, told #ImpactAlpha. hubs.li/Q047jt430