Impact Investing Glossary

Learn all of the most important impact investing terms and concepts here. These definitions are based on our understanding, but borrow from publicly available information. We have attempted to include hyperlinks to sources where appropriate.

15a-6 chaperone

A 15a-6 chaperone is a registered broker-dealer that is responsible for overseeing and supervising the activities of a foreign broker-dealer in the...

Accredited Investor

An accredited investor is a type of sophisticated investor. The SEC says that in the United States, an accredited investor is anyone who has made m...

Asset

An asset is a financial investment that is bought with the hope that it will grow in value and be sold at a higher price in the future.

Asset Allocation

Asset allocation is a way for an investment advisor to help a client find a balance between how much risk they are willing to take and their invest...

Benefit Corporation

A benefit corporation is a type of business that allows for-profit, mission-driven companies to pursue positive benefits to society as part of thei...

Blended Finance

Blended finance is the strategic mobilization of private capital alongside development funding (i.e. public and philanthropic funding) to finance s...

Blue Economy

The Blue Economy is a concept that has been gaining attention in recent years, as stakeholders and decision makers have begun to recognize its pote...

Carbon Capture Subsidies

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is an emerging technology that has the potential to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from large stationary so...

Certified B-Corporation

B Corporation certification (also called “B Corp Certification”) is a private, third-party standard for companies that meet certain soc...

Community Development Finance Institutions (“CDFIs”)

CDFIs are private financial institutions with a mission. They provide credit and other financial services to underserved markets and people in orde...

Development Impact Bonds (“DIB”)

DIBs are similar to Social Impact Bonds, but instead of a local government paying for achieved results, an aid organization or philanthropic founda...

Donor Advised Funds (“DAFs”)

DAFs are charitable giving vehicles that allow donors to make an irrevocable charitable contribution in a specific tax year to realize an immediate...

About Impact Capital Partners

At Impact Capital Partners, our mission is to connect institutional capital with the growing impact investment market to address the world’s most pressing challenges. By utilizing impact investments, institutional investors are able to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. We are constantly finding new impact investment opportunities in both emerging and developed markets, targeting market-rate returns. Schedule a call with us HERE if you’re interested in learning more about our impact investing strategies.

Disclaimers

1 Prospective investments that are sourced through a Foreign entity or Broker-Dealer (“FBD”) are offered to U.S. Institutional Investors through an engagement with Pinnacle Capital Securities, LLC (“Pinnacle”), member FINRA / SIPC, who is authorized to chaperone the FBDs under SEC Rule 15a-6.

2 All listed investment opportunities are intended for INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS ONLY.

3 All listed investment opportunities may or may not be profitable. They are speculative investments and, as such, involve a high degree of risk. Nothing contained above shall constitute a recommendation or endorsement to buy or sell any security or other financial instrument.

4 For Funded Opportunities, there is no guarantee that future investments will be similar.

5 Investment in a non-listed LLC involves significant risks including but not limited to: ownership is restricted; no secondary market; limitation on liquidity, transfer and redemption of ownership interest; distributions made may not come from income and, if so, will reduce the returns, are not guaranteed and are subject to management discretion.

6 Impact Capital Partners is dependent upon its Fund Mangers and FBDs to select investments and conduct operations.

7 Total facility amounts represent the proposed amounts that would be available to the borrower under an agreement. This amount may change over time.

8 Interest rates include contractual rates and accrued fees where applicable and are gross of fund fees and expenses. This metric is not a measure of investment performance nor is it necessarily indicative of distributions that the Fund Manager may provide to investors.

9 All industry updates are provided to Impact Capital Partner by their Fund Managers and FBDs.