Category: Thought Leadership
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Why should funders care about CDFI data capacity?
This piece is co-authored by CNote and PCV’s Radiant Data Hub. CNote is a fintech platform that leverages technology and data to streamline the flow of capital, providing investors confidence their capital is deployed efficiently and responsibly, in order to strengthen a financial system that funds underserved communities, having deployed more than $645 million dollars
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Regeneration Starts with Business Model Design: What That Means for Finance
“Regeneration starts with business model design. Products matter, but how a company operates determines its true impact.” When I came across that line recently, it stayed with me. It prompted a simple but important question: if regeneration is truly about design, not just optimization, what does that mean for financial services? In sectors like apparel
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Stories Behind the Numbers: Real-World Impact of Your Capital
As 2025 comes to a close, it is worth pausing to look beyond allocations, percentages, and dashboards. Impact investing often gets discussed through the language of markets, but the clearest expression of impact is found in the real people and places that benefit from investor capital. Throughout the year, CNote investors of every type, individuals,