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Mapping investments in ‘trustworthy AI’ + New priorities at the US DFC

Mapping the capital providers betting that the next wave of AI returns will come from making the technology more trustworthy; how the US Dev...

00:22:50Oct 16, 2026

Break-even results for Ceniarth’s impact-first portfolio

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: Family Office Ceniarth finds that their impact-fi...

00:18:07Oct 9, 2026

Adding impact investments to the toolkits of grantmakers supporting healthy aging

Xenia Viragh, head of impact investments at The SCAN Foundation, joins David Bani. The $280 million California-based foundation is adding mi...

00:22:15Oct 5, 2026

The power of place in Galveston + Blue Earth unsticks impact capital

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: From Galveston to Kansas City, overlooked cities...

00:22:30Oct 2, 2026

Optimism and action at Climate Week NYC + An employee-owned holdco

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: As President Trump calls climate change a “con jo...

00:23:47Sep 25, 2026

Utah investor Jim Sorenson writes a primer for impact capitalists

Jim Sorenson, the entrepreneur, investor and founder of the Sorenson Impact Foundation and the broader Sorenson Impact Group joins David Ban...

00:21:21Sep 23, 2026

Amit Bouri on leaving the GIIN, chasing scale "with integrity," and impact investing's next act

Amit Bouri joins David Bank. The co-founder and, for a few more months, the CEO of the Global Impact Investing Network is stepping down afte...

00:34:14Sep 21, 2026

Investors roll up their sleeves for Climate Week NYC + ‘Batteries as a service’ as an alternative to diesel

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Jessica Pothering . Up this week: Ahead of New York Climate Week, why invest...

00:22:54Sep 18, 2026

Robert Munson on SOCAP's leap from the Bay Area to Chicago

Robert Munson, CEO of SOCAP Global, the company behind SOCAP, joins David Bank. The annual impact investing conference this fall leaves its...

00:19:51Sep 15, 2026

Restructuring and layoffs at Pro Mujer + Common Good fund of funds from Ascension and Anthos

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: Restructuring and layoffs hit Pro Mujer, as gende...

00:19:32Sep 11, 2026

As Asia Impact Nights turns 10, Doug Lee reflects on the East Asian impact-investing playbook

Doug Lee, founder and CEO of D3Jubilee Partners, a Seoul-based impact venture firm, joins Dennis Price. D3 is co-hosting Asia Impact Nights...

00:39:46Sep 11, 2026

Three takes on revenue-based financing + A deep-tech bet on cleaner and cheaper cement

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: “ Revenue-based financing helps create wealth wit...

00:20:08Sep 4, 2026

S2G Investments seeks alpha in impact – without the label

Aaron Rudberg, managing partner at S2G Investments joins David Bank. The Chicago-based firm co-founded by Walmart heir Lukas Walton, recentl...

00:27:43Sep 2, 2026

Patient capital to support youth mental health + AIM Horizon goes all in on impact for maritime decarbonization

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: “ Patient capital to establish trust, efficacy an...

00:17:17Aug 28, 2026

​Woodcock Foundation’s Stacey Faella on becoming a mission-aligned and impact-first LP

Stacey Faella, executive director of the Woodcock Foundation in New York, joins David Bank for an update on Woodcock's decade-long journey t...

00:23:55Aug 26, 2026

Move over bonds. Are impact investments the new hedge? + Investors tap into South Africa's green transition

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Jessica Pothering . Up this week: “ As Norges Bank warns of potential losses...

00:22:59Aug 21, 2026

Preserving naturally occuring affordable housing with Dr. Canaan Van Williams

Manufactured housing assets and mobile home communities, along with single-room occupancy motels, and multifamily properties, are key source...

00:27:17Aug 19, 2026

Private equity energy power players + Choice and control across the AI stack

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: “ Power for AI, mostly renewable, tops the shoppi...

00:21:26Aug 14, 2026

An ecosystem builder looks homeward toward the reconstruction of Iran

Todd Khozein of SecondMuse, an impact ecosystem builder and investor that designs and deploys innovative financing for resilient, inclusive...

00:32:38Aug 10, 2026

Where Temasek is looking for growth opportunities + Three impact summer reads

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: How Temasek, the $400 billion state-owned investm...

00:24:38Jul 24, 2026