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CNote Team Raises Oversubscribed $3M funding round
We’re proud to announce CNote has closed an oversubscribed investment round. See the full release below. Selected Early Coverage: Crunchbase ImpactAlpha Yahoo! Finance CNote Raises $3 Million to Scale Technology-Enabled Investment Into America’s Most Underserved Communities Fintech company focused on advancing economic justice through community investments will use the funding to grow its team and…
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CNote named Best Alternative Investment Platform at Finovate
CNote was selected as the Best Alternative Investment Platform at the 2020 Finovate Awards! The Finovate Awards, which are in their second year of running, recognizes the individuals and companies that are driving fintech innovation forward. Award judges included media analysts, board members, bankers, and fintech founders. They had the difficult task of distilling a…
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Mastercard Expands Partnership with CNote
Mastercard has expanded its partnership with female-founded impact investment platform CNote with a commitment to CNote’s Promise Account, an insured, 100% impact cash management solution. Mastercard and the Mastercard Impact Fund are collectively deploying $20 million into the Promise Account to provide recovery and growth funding for underserved communities across the U.S. Supporting a More…
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CDFIs: America’s First Responders to Economic Crisis
CDFIs: America’s First Responders to Economic Crisis Community development financial institutions (CDFIs) have consistently operated on the front lines of economic disasters such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, Superstorm Sandy, Hurricane Harvey, and the 2008 financial crisis, providing economic relief to American communities when they need it most. As “first financial responders” CDFIs have demonstrated their…
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Case Study: Doubling Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) Impact with Cash Alternatives
This case study highlights how Triskeles Foundation was able to increase the impact of its cash and short-term positions with the help of CNote. This case study highlights the impact investment opportunity around cash and short-term investments and how CNote serves as a strategic partner to mobilize those funds for community impact. Read Case Study…
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Webinar: Investing in Indigenous Communities through CDFIs
CDFIs have a strong history of providing economic resources to financially underserved communities across America, helping to create jobs, fund small businesses, and support affordable housing development. Often, many of the success stories you hear about CDFIs relate to urban or rural development projects and small business lending. This webinar will focus on CDFIs that have…
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CNote Named to ImpactAssets 50 List
We’re proud to announce that CNote was listed as an Emerging Impact Manager on the 2020 Impact Assets 50 list of fund managers. About The List The ImpactAssets 50 2020 (IA 50), a publicly available, online database for impact investors, family offices, financial advisors and institutional investors that features a diversified listing of private capital fund…
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CNote CEO Catherine Berman Selected for InvestmentNews’ 2020 Icons and Innovators List
The entire CNote team is proud to announce that Cat Berman, our brave and inspiring leader, was selected as one of ten innovators driving change in the financial services industry! Read the full release below. OAKLAND, Calif., February 13, 2020 (Newswire.com) –InvestmentNews has recognized Catherine Berman as a 2020 Icons and Innovators honoree. Catherine was…
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CNote Partners with Natural Capital Investment Fund
Fintech firm focused on financial inclusion partners to become new capital source for loan fund serving central Appalachia and the Southeast. CNote has entered into a partnership with the Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIFund) that will allow NCIFund to access new investor capital aligned with NCIFund’s mission of catalyzing environmentally and socially responsible business development, sustainable…
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Investing locally for a global impact: An Introduction to How CDFIs are Addressing the Climate Crisis
CDFIs have a strong history of providing economic resources to financially under-served communities across America, helping to create jobs, fund small businesses, and support affordable housing development among other great projects. With international attention and demand for action around the climate crisis, what role do CDFIs have in addressing this enormous challenge facing communities across…