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Open Road funds companies combating climate change and reducing inequality during crucial moments of growth and momentum. openroadalliance.org

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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"Too much of our sector has quietly dropped impact from the top of the priority stack. It happened gradually – the path of slightly less resistance," writes Caroline Bressan in "Impact investing is growing in name but shrinking in conviction: it’s time to focus on impact first."
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‘Impact investing is growing in name but shrinking in conviction: it’s time to focus on impact first’
OPINION: Social entrepreneurs feel increasingly disconnected from the $1.5tn allocated to impact and which claims to be on their side. This is what happens when capital forgets to put impact first, sa...
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
In the third and final piece of “A Letter to Impact Entrepreneurs,” Open Road’s Tom Schumacher turns the lens back on our organization and gets specific about what we do and what we don’t do.
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NextBillion @nextbillion.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
When Competitors Collaborate: How Eight Impact-First Investors Came Together to Confront the Valley of Death nextbillion.net/when-competi... @acumen.org @openroadimpact.bsky.social @villagecapital.bsky.social @kiva.org #ImpactInvesting #SocialEnterprise #SocialImpact #GlobalDevelopment
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When Competitors Collaborate: How Eight Impact-First Investors Came Together to Confront the Valley of Death
A collaborative study involving eight leading impact investors aims to identify the true cost of closing the "Valley of Death."
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
In "A Letter to Impact Entrepreneurs," Tom Schumacher shares a candid perspective on one of the hardest realities in impact finance: fundraising almost always takes longer, and becomes more complex, than organizations expect. Read the full piece here: openroadimpact.substack.com/p/your-fundr...
Blue background and a quote from a new series by Open Road's tom Schumacher: Our borrower survey data shows that the average delay between a committed investment and actual disbursement is eight months. That’s not the full fundraise — that’s just the gap between “yes” and the money actually hitting your account. The full cycle? Equity transactions in these markets routinely take 6 to 12 months. Debt deals, especially from DFIs and institutional lenders, can stretch well beyond a year.
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
We are proud to launch a new series grounded in lessons from 150+ bridge loans to mission-driven organizations worldwide.
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Your Fundraise Will Take Longer Than You Think (And Other Uncomfortable Truths From 150+ Bridge Loans)
Part 1 of 3: A Letter to Impact Entrepreneurs
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Mission Investors Exchange @missioninvestors.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
We look forward to gathering with leaders in #impactinvesting and #philanthropy in Atlanta, April 27-29. Learn more: bit.ly/MissionX2026
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Mission Investors Exchange 2026 National Conference hosted on Whova
April 27 – 29, 2026, Atlanta, GA
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Fantastic Q&A with Liesel Pritzker Simmons on the state of impact investing, the unique role family offices can play at this time, deploying capital for the long term and the crucial role of public policy. @bluehaveninit.bsky.social @impactalpha.com #impinv impactalpha.com/blue-havens-...
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Blue Haven’s Liesel Pritzker Simmons on family office impact investing in perilous times (Q&A)
Climate action, racial equity and even systems-change are all fine. But when Liesel Pritzker Simmons starts talking about a global wealth tax, she ...
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
We are proud to release Open Road’s five-year Open Road Impact Fund (ORIF) Impact report. The report details how since 2020, ORIF has disbursed $54 million over 94 loans, keeping $549 million of committed funding on track.
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Open Road Impact Fund: 5 Year Impact Report
Open Road Impact Fund: 2020–2025. Open Road was founded in 2012 with an ambitious goal: to help the social sector weather the unexpected risks that threaten to derail impact.
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
We’re excited to announce today that Open Road Impact has secured over $35M in impact capital through the first half of 2025. Open Road Impact, a newly created non-profit, is the successor to the Open Road Impact Fund (ORIF), a fixed-term investment fund, which will wind down as planned in 2025.
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Open Road Impact has secured over $35M of Impact Capital in 2025 - Open Road Impact
The Newly Organized Non-Profit Rebrands to ‘Open Road Impact’; Releases Its Five-Year Open Road Impact Fund Impact Report
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
We’re excited to announce today that Open Road Impact has secured over $35M in impact capital through the first half of 2025. Open Road Impact, a newly created non-profit, is the successor to the Open Road Impact Fund (ORIF), a fixed-term investment fund, which will wind down as planned in 2025.
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Open Road Impact has secured over $35M of Impact Capital in 2025 - Open Road Impact
The Newly Organized Non-Profit Rebrands to ‘Open Road Impact’; Releases Its Five-Year Open Road Impact Fund Impact Report
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
🚨 We’re Hiring: Analyst at Open Road! 🌍 Are you passionate about impact investing and ready to put your analytical skills to work for social good?
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We're Hiring: Open Road Seeking Analyst - Open Road Impact
We are looking for an Analyst to provide comprehensive support across our Investment and Portfolio teams.
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Our CEO shares insights on the #SkollWorldForum in a piece for @impactalpha.com. "With the shuttering of USAID, many of the social entrepreneurs that attend Skoll brought difficult stories of impact lost," writes Caroline Bressan.
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Rebuilding global aid was the (mostly) talk of the town at Skoll World Forum
An image evoked at the Skoll World Forum this year was kintsugi. Literally meaning to “join with gold,” kintsugi is the Japanese art ...
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
A half-dozen new impact debt strategies on the Liist.
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A half-dozen new impact debt strategies on the Liist
By one estimate, there are more than a thousand private credit funds raising money this quarter. First-time and impact fund managers offering up ...
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ImpactAlpha @impactalpha.com · 10/04/2025
"With the shuttering of USAID, many of the social entrepreneurs that attend #SkollWF brought difficult stories of impact lost," wrote @carobressan.bsky.social of @openroadimpact.bsky.social. But there may be a silver lining. @altusaid.altgov.info impactalpha.com/at-skoll-for...
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Rebuilding global aid was the (mostly) talk of the town at Skoll World Forum
An image evoked at the Skoll World Forum this year was kintsugi. Literally meaning to “join with gold,” kintsugi is the Japanese art ...
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Open Road raises $14 million to bridge funding gaps for high-impact USAID projects. Story via @impactalpha.com. “I keep asking myself, how do you eat an elephant? And it’s one bite at a time,” says Caroline Bressan of Open Road.
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ImpactAssets @impactassets.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Announcing the release of the ImpactAssets 50 2025 – the definitive guide to impact investment fund managers globally. This year’s #IA50 features 165 experienced and emerging impact investment fund managers, the highest number to date: buff.ly/VlaQrdt Press release (buff.ly/w3HnnyG)
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
We're excited to share that we've been selected to the ImpactAssets 50 2025 as an Emerging Impact Manager! It's an honor to be recognized alongside a diverse group of impact investment fund managers creating meaningful impact. Congrats to all the other incredible funds making an impact this year!
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ImpactAssets 50 - Impact Fund Manager Showcase
The ImpactAssets 50 (IA 50) is the most recognized free database of impact investment fund managers committed to generating positive impact. Learn More!
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ImpactAlpha @impactalpha.com · 24/02/2025
The EU is streamlining its corporate climate regulations, reports Climate Proof's @louiewoodall.bsky.social. “We have a very clear signal from the European business sector that there is too much complexity,” says @ec.europa.eu President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu. impactalpha.com/the-european...
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The European Union is poised to scale back its ambitious climate finance regulations, too
The EU is streamlining its corporate climate regulations. Does that mean it's backing off?
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Again and again, what we’ve heard from organizations that do have mostly foreign aid funding, the killer really is uncertainty… The idea of having to lay people off on a USAID-funded project that then have to get hired 60 days later or 90 days later,” Bressan said. “How does that work?"
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Impact Investing to Bridge Funding Shortfalls: Laurie Michaels’ Model
Through Open Road Alliance, Michaels and her team offer financial lifelines to impact organizations facing funding delays. It’s a strategy with lots of salience right now.
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
O15 Capital Partners raises $370 million to invest in under-resourced companies and communities. “By looking where other market participants are not, we are able to source compelling, proprietary deal flow while creating stronger local economies and more equitable communities,” said Colin Meadows.
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O15 Capital Partners raises $370 million to invest in under-resourced companies and communities
Atlanta-based investment firm O15 Capital Partners reached a final close for its first Emerging America Credit Opportunities Fund, which provides debt to small ...
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Inside Philanthropy @insidephilanthropy.com · 07/02/2025
💰 Can impact investing fill philanthropy’s funding gaps? Laurie Michaels’ model blends finance & social impact to create sustainable funding solutions. Inside Philanthropy takes a closer look. 📖 Read more: tinyurl.com/eafzs68f #Philanthropy #ImpactInvesting #FundingInnovation #SustainableGiving
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Impact Investing to Bridge Funding Shortfalls: Laurie Michaels’ Model
Through Open Road Alliance, Michaels and her team offer financial lifelines to impact organizations facing funding delays. It’s a strategy with lots of salience right now.
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U.S. Impact Investing Alliance @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
@franseegull.bsky.social shared predictions for the 2025 impact economy in @pioneerspost.bsky.social, including that impact investors need to focus on real-world impacts like clean air & thriving communities. Read more from Fran & other leaders here: www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/2... #impinv
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Impact leaders’ 2025 predictions: what will matter most this year
From the ‘Coca-Cola risk’ to AI, leading social entrepreneurs, impact investors and network builders from across the world tell us what they're keeping an eye on in 2025. Make sure to read their analy...
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
“We exist to ‘unstick’ capital and capital is very certainly getting stuck and risking billions of dollars of foreign aid,” Open Road’s Caroline Bressan wrote on LinkedIn.
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Mission-driven funders scramble to respond to Trump’s funding freeze
As confusion reigned Tuesday after Trump's funding freeze, philanthropic and impact-focused funders mobilized to build bridges for social enterprises facing cancelled programs and funding shortfalls.
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ImpactAlpha @impactalpha.com · 29/01/2025
Funding Freeze: Impact-focused funders are mobilizing for social enterprises facing cancelled programs, funding shortfalls and layoffs. We exist to ‘unstick’ capital and capital is very certainly getting stuck," says @openroadimpact.bsky.social's Caroline Bressan. impactalpha.com/trump-fundin...
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Mission-driven funders scramble to respond to Trump’s funding freeze
As confusion reigned Tuesday after Trump's funding freeze, philanthropic and impact-focused funders mobilized to build bridges for social enterprises facing cancelled programs and funding shortfalls.
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ImpactAlpha @impactalpha.com · 27/01/2025
Naked Insurance adds climate coverage to insurance policies in South Africa. The protection is automatic – policyholders don’t need to opt in or undergo additional underwriting. impactalpha.com/naked-tops-u...
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Naked tops up its financing to add climate coverage to insurance policies in South Africa
Naked embeds protection against floods, wind and fire directly into its policies without the need to opt in or additional underwriting.
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
A note from our CEO @carobressan.bsky.social on our work.
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Caroline Bressan on LinkedIn: Titan Web
I know many of you nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs received the harrowing "stop work" order from the USG on Friday. We are still figuring out how…
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Our CEO, @carobressan.bsky.social delivers a passionate call to action, urging support for impact-first capital as our organization transitions to a nonprofit fund. impactalpha.com/standing-up-...
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Standing up for impact-first capital at Open Road Impact
Even with over $1.5 trillion now dedicated to impact investing, all indicators point to poverty levels, human conflict and strife as getting worse.  ...
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U.S. Impact Investing Alliance @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
(9/10) Charting the path forward for responsible and impact investing with a systems lens by William Burckart (@tiiproject.bsky.social)- bit.ly/3P7NVrw
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Charting the path forward for responsible and impact investing with a systems lens
Uncover the potential of a systems lens in impact investing to tackle global crises like climate change and inequality.
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
How catalytic capital helped unlock ecosystem regeneration in Brazil.
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How catalytic capital helped unlock ecosystem regeneration in Brazil
Learn how catalytic capital is reshaping land use and agriculture sectors in Brazil, prioritizing social equity and ecological regeneration.
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Open Road's Caroline Bressan and Impact Entrepreneurs Laurie Lane-Zucker explore the critical role of bridge financing and sustaining the resilience and mission driven impact of social enterprises. #impactinvesting
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Bridge Financing for Resilience and Mission-Driven Impact with Open Road's Caroline Bressan
YouTube video by Impact Entrepreneur
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Some believe every investment has impact, which engages the public markets, and some think that by definition [impact investment must be] catalytic,” says Erika Karp.
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How to get more impact into investing
The impact investing market has been growing rapidly. Whether its tools and techniques can be applied more broadly remains to be seen
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Supporting emerging fund managers to drive capital to communities. Story via @impactalpha.bsky.social.
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Supporting emerging fund managers to drive capital to communities
Boston Impact Initiative calls for action to back emerging fund managers. Discover the report on supporting women and leaders of color in building wealth in communities.
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U.S. Impact Investing Alliance @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
We are proud to share our new public policy docket outlining where impact investors and policymakers can help to drive shared prosperity. Now is the time to double down, not disengage. Explore our recommendations: impinvalliance.org/privatecapit... #impinv
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott reveals another $2 billion in donations in 2024.
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Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott reveals another $2 billion in donations in 2024
Scott acknowledged $2 billion in 2024 donations in a blog post, bringing the total she’s given away since 2019 to $19.2 billion.
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Open Road @openroadimpact.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
UK institutions set to boost private markets impact investment, according to a survey of 150 institutional investors.
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UK institutions set to boost private markets impact investment, says survey | Impact Investor
An L&G survey indicates increasing enthusiasm for impact investing mandates within the private markets portfolios of UK pension schemes, insurers and charities.
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