News and Views

  • Impact investments worldwide hit US$1.76tn as growth slows – GIIN report

    Cooler growth sign of a maturing market, according to the GIIN’s State And Size Of The Impact Investing Market 2026, while GIIN leaders suggest focus should turn to greater effectiveness.

  • The social entrepreneur who built a solar-powered AI data centre in his home

    As protests grow around the world against the building of massive, environmentally destructive data centres to serve the ever growing demands of AI, one Australian social entrepreneur has developed a different type of AI data centre which meets his organisation’s social values.

  • Investor in focus: How Anara Impact Capital is pioneering impact VC in the Middle East and North Africa

    Anara principal Mohamed Hussain talks to Pioneers Post about launching the region’s first early-stage impact VC fund, supporting investees in a febrile geopolitical context, and having clear roles in the region’s impact ecosystem. 

Matt Downie

Investor in Focus: Venture Studio from Crisis

INTERVIEW: How can impact investors give a meaningful role to people with lived experience in their decision-making? In the UK, the Venture Studio from Crisis is doing just that. We talk to CEO Matt Downie.