How was IMPAQTO Capital Created? Justin: IMPAQTO Capital was created by Michelle Arévalo-Carpenter and Justin Schwartz as a spin off of IMPAQTO, an ecosystem builder based in Ecuador that has been a key player in the development of the social...
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Interview with Carolina Lobo-Guerrero, Chief Financial Officer of Viwala
Jen: How was “Fund” Created? Carolina: In late 2018 Rodrigo Villar and Armando Laborde, founding partners of New Ventures realized the need for an investment vehicle that could help bridge the financing gap for missing middle entrepreneurs. With a grant...
Interview with Micha Josephy; Executive Director of Cooperative Fund of the Northeast
How was the Cooperative Fund of the Northeast Created? Micha: During the mid-1970s, community-owned grocery stores (food co-ops) were launching and expanding healthy food access and food sovereignty across the region, but couldn’t access capital for upgrades and...
Interview with Michael Reilly; Co-Founder and Executive Director of Foodshed Capital Loan Fund
Jen: How was Foodshed Capital Loan Fund Created? Michael: Michael Reilly founded the fund to help human-scale farmers access fair, patient and affordable capital Jen: How are your investment funds catalytic in a way that is different from other funds?Michael: We work...
Interview with Sarah Kelley and Teju Adisa-Farrar; Co-Managing Directors of Fibers Fund
Jen: How was Fibers Fund Created? Sarah: Fiber crops are an integral part of agricultural systems with critical impacts on land use, soil health, communities and economic development. The current global textile industry is built on exploitation of ecosystems and...





