For a second year in a row, we're excited to announce that we've been selected to the ImpactAssets 50 2025 as an Emeritus Impact Manager!
The IA50 Emeritus recognizes impact fund managers who have achieved IA 50 recognition for at least 5 years and consistently demonstrate a commitment to generating positive impact. We are proud to be recognized among this prestigious group of influential players in building the impact ecosystem - including a few of our GPs (Core Innovation Capital, Lumos Capital Group, Next Billion Capital Partners, and The Vistria Group).
IE CEO Jessica Droste Yagan will be a featured speaker at the Global Impact Investing Network's West Coast Impact Forum on April 16. Her fireside chat at the San Francisco gathering with Inherent Group CEO Tony Davis will focus on how families can unlock the full potential of family capital for positive change. Registration is now open for the event which typically features 250 attendees representing over $300 billion in Impact AUM.
IE Chief Investment Officer Priya Parrish recently sat down with Jana Hlistova on The Purse podcast to discuss her journey into impact investing, how women and millennials are driving change and how to support female investors in the impact investing industry.
Listen to their illuminating 45 minute discussion on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
The Wharton School/NBER: Carbon Burden
IE CIO Priya Parrish writes: The latest research from University of Chicago Booth School of Business faculty member Lubos Pastor quantifies the U.S. corporate sector's carbon externality, showing that 77% of firms have carbon burdens that exceed their market capitalizations. Data like this is precisely why we need all companies and funds to measure impact, not just the ones who are committed to managing it positively.
IE Partner Partner Roger Liew and Senior Associate Maggie Stohler file this report from the 2025 Impact Capital Managers Spring Convening Day in Washington, DC.
Maggie writes:
This was the first ICM event I've attended and I enjoyed meeting many of our funds, including team members from Lumos Capital and Ecosystem Integrity Fund. I appreciated hearing transparent commentary from policy experts about the changing regulatory and political environments, as well as the impacts of anti-DEI legislation. In times of uncertainty, I am grateful to lean on and learn from the ICM community as we navigate the new impact investing landscape together.
Twentyeight, the women's reproductive telehealth provider, hired former Warby Parker senior director Mara Castro to serve as the company's new Chief Operations Officer.
The company, which earlier this year announced a $10 million Series A round, has scaled to serve women in 43 states. Castro was the very first employee hired at Warby Parker, where she stayed for ten years, helping the glasses-by-mail startup transform into a billion dollar brand. Twentyeight provides contraceptive options via mail in a stigma-free process that Castro has advised from the outside for the last several years.