News Archive.

  • If this CEO succeeds, all cafes will roast their own coffee

    June 16, 2025 | San Francisco Business Times

    Bellwether Coffee’s innovative approach could transform how cafes source and prepare their coffee, while slashing costs and carbon footprints. To read the full article, click here. Originally posted on bizjournals.com.

  • Spatial Analogue profiled as an app for Apple Vision Pro with the visionOS 26 update

    June 9, 2025 | Apple

    CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today previewed visionOS 26, an expansive update packed with groundbreaking spatial experiences and new features for Apple Vision Pro. Everyday interactions become more immersive and personal, with widgets that integrate into a…

  • Autonomous firefighting helicopter may be solution for higher efficiency, safety in battling fires

    May 2, 2025 | ABC7 Eyewitness News |

    VICTORVILLE, Calif. (KABC) — From the outside, it might look like just another Firehawk helicopter. But one might say – it’s the firefighting helicopter of the future. Its designers say this Firehawk can literally take…

  • Report: 5 Impact Investing Trends to Watch in 2025

    March 31, 2025 | Sorenson Impact Institute

    The global impact investing community represents more than $1.5T in assets under management. How can these resources be mobilized to address critical global challenges — from escalating climate crises to the rise of authoritarianism —…

  • Chestnut Carbon is recognized by TIME as one of America’s Top GreenTech Companies of 2025

    March 26, 2025 | TIME

    Each year the impacts of climate change are felt more acutely, but so are the contributions of a growing number of greentech innovators. The United States’ best sustainable solutions don’t just strive to replace the…

  • The ImpactAssets 50™ 2025

    March 12, 2025

    DBL was recognized as a 2025 ImpactAssets 50 Emerging Manager. The Emeritus Manager category recognizes impact investment fund managers who have achieved IA50 recognition for five or more years for their commitment to generating positive…

  • These Entrepreneurs Want to Use Robotics to Fight Wildfires

    February 15, 2025 | Inc. |

    One company plans to use machinery to burn the ground on purpose. Another aims to put fires out using autonomous helicopters. Entrepreneurs are aiming to use robots to fight wildfires—by both lighting fires deliberately and…

  • Chestnut Carbon gets $160M to turn old farms into forests

    February 12, 2025 | TechCrunch |

    Nature-based carbon removal startup Chestnut Carbon has raised $160 million in Series B financing, the company told TechCrunch. The startup buys marginal and degraded farmland, plants them with native trees, and harvests the resulting carbon…

  • Make dollars make sense

    January 22, 2025 | Financial Times |

    While studying for her MBA at NYU Stern School of Business, Maya Johnston learnt how to build an impact investment portfolio — from sourcing early-stage companies to conducting investment diligence and pitching companies to an…

  • AI, drones and sensors: How technology could help battle future fires

    January 21, 2025 | Los Angeles Times |

    Maxwell Brodie vividly recalls the destructive wildfire he experienced as a kid growing up in the interior of British Columbia. One night in 2003, lightning struck a tree at around 4 a.m., sparking a massive…

  • Fueling Innovation to Navigate the Wildfire Challenge Ahead

    January 7, 2025 | Stanford Social Innovation Review |

    The climate-driven wildfire crisis calls for a comprehensive, cross-sector approach to funding, research, and action. One glimpse at the August 2024 wildfire incident map of Western North America and one might have thought half the continent was…

  • Elections, Policy, And Impact: Global Leaders Discuss New Paths For Social And Environmental Change In A Shifting World

    December 10, 2024 | Forbes |

    This year, more than 50 national elections worldwide are expected to have ripple effects on businesses, investors, entrepreneurs, and the global impact community. To help inform the future work of impact investors and others, the…