Post by sweetpea33 on Jan 24, 2024 3:10:25 GMT -3
Deetken Impact Alexa Blain (left) and Fernando Alvarado (right) of investment firm Deetken Impact. Leigh Anne Statuto: Impact investing has really become a buzzword in the past few years. I'm curious how Deetken Impact differentiates from other investing firms out there. Could you share a little bit more about your investment focus? And the untapped opportunities for growth that you seek out? Fernando Alvarado: For us, it's not so much about trying to differentiate ourselves as impact investors, [but] it's more about being committed to consistently measuring, recording and communicating our impacts derived from our investor company.
So from that point of view, we actually have rigorous procedures and tools that we use to develop our regular investment activity in the region. But I would say, how we stand before other impact investors Email List in let’s say the clean energy space is that we actually focus in the Central American and Canadian regions — especially servicing the niche of what we would call the small and medium enterprises of the clean energy sector. We have been traditionally doing that for quite a long time already, and I would say that that's perhaps our main differentiation when it comes to other impact investors that are also operating in the region.
Alexa, do you want to add to that? Alexa Blain: I might just add that impact investing is a lot like other types of investing. Track record really matters. The Deetken team has been investing this way since before it was called impact investing. We focus on high-quality businesses that operate sustainably without reliance on ongoing grant funding or subsidization. We look for businesses that are benefiting their communities by providing really important services. So, clean energy is a clear example, [as are] financial services for women building small businesses, or sustainable agriculture.
So from that point of view, we actually have rigorous procedures and tools that we use to develop our regular investment activity in the region. But I would say, how we stand before other impact investors Email List in let’s say the clean energy space is that we actually focus in the Central American and Canadian regions — especially servicing the niche of what we would call the small and medium enterprises of the clean energy sector. We have been traditionally doing that for quite a long time already, and I would say that that's perhaps our main differentiation when it comes to other impact investors that are also operating in the region.
Alexa, do you want to add to that? Alexa Blain: I might just add that impact investing is a lot like other types of investing. Track record really matters. The Deetken team has been investing this way since before it was called impact investing. We focus on high-quality businesses that operate sustainably without reliance on ongoing grant funding or subsidization. We look for businesses that are benefiting their communities by providing really important services. So, clean energy is a clear example, [as are] financial services for women building small businesses, or sustainable agriculture.