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By the end of 2020, the size of the impact investment market was estimated at US$715 billion. Flickr

May 11, 2023

The triple challenge facing impact investments in the developing world

Emmanuelle Dubocage, Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne (UPEC) and Evelyne Rousselet, Université Gustave Eiffel

The development effectiveness of these investments could be enhanced by, among other things, greater transparency or better impact measurement.

April 24, 2020

Chinese start-ups are being starved of venture capital – with worrying omens for the west

Ross Brown, University of St Andrews and Augusto Rocha, University of St Andrews

China rose to become the second biggest market for venture capital in the world. Then came COVID-19.

Sustainable ventures can markedly contribute to Canada’s economy and employment with the right investor strategies to help them grow to medium and large size. (Shutterstock)

February 27, 2020

Sustainable start-ups should consider corporate venture capital first

Deborah de Lange, Toronto Metropolitan University and Dave Valliere, Toronto Metropolitan University

Sustainable start-ups are better off choosing an investor with aligned interests that can lend them legitimacy.

Women-focused capital financing is supposedly aimed at ending the corporate gender gap. But many equity investors, still largely high-net-worth men, still view women entrepreneurs as being deficient — and are practising what’s known as pinkwashing. (Shutterstock)

February 18, 2020

Do women-focused capital funds actually help women, or are they just ‘pinkwashing?’

Barbara Jayne Orser, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Women-focused capital financing is supposedly aimed at ending the corporate gender gap. But many equity investors still view women entrepreneurs as being deficient and are practising pinkwashing.

Research shows that so-called angel investors who write cheques to startups have a much bigger and more positive impact than governments providing ‘founding’ help to entrepreneurs. (Shutterstock)

December 9, 2018

Angel investors, not entrepreneurs, need government support

Veikko Thiele, Queen's University, Ontario

New research shows supporting angel investors, rather than giving startups ‘founding’ help, fosters entrepreneurship.

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