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CNote selected as Real Leaders 2021 Top Impact Company
(Oakland, CA) (January 13, 2021) – We are thrilled to announce that Real Leaders has selected CNote as a 2021 Top Impact Company. CNote was selected based on the calculated impact from our most recent B-Impact Assessment, most recent impact report, and other company financial statistics. “These top impact companies prove that businesses can thrive…
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CNote’s Q3 2020 Impact Metrics
We know one of the main reasons you invest with CNote, is because of the impact your investment has. We’re proud to share CNote’s Q3 2020 impact data. In Q3 2020, our members helped create/maintain over 200 jobs! If you’d like to see our annual impact data, along with an explanation of how we map CNote’s…
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CNote’s Impact Roundup
Welcome to the first edition of the CNote impact Round-Up! In this monthly publication, we’ll take you through some of the most impactful and popular things we recently shared, discovered, or learned. From big industry news to op-ed pieces, we’ll paint an entertaining and full-spectrum picture of everything that you need to know in the…
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CNote Wins WEP Award in the Best Women-Owned Business Category
CNote has been chosen as the winner of the 2020 G7 – EU WEPs Best Women-Owned Business! The award recognizes Women’s Empower Principles signatories’ exceptional championship of gender equality within their organizations and networks. CNote’s submission was shortlisted by the UN Women team based on our application, which highlighted our internal measures and external actions…
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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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CNote Impact Investment Themes
CNote is an investment platform on a mission to close the wealth gap. Led by the belief that everyone deserves a shot at financial freedom and that each of us can play a part in building a more equal world, CNote uses financial technology to unlock investments in Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs). CDFIs are…
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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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Change Makers Interview: Deborah Frieze
Deborah Frieze is an author, activist, and serial entrepreneur committed to the redistribution of wealth and reparations through finance. In 2001, Deborah left her job as a high-tech executive disillusioned by a corporate culture that cared more about short-term results than community. She became the co-president of The Berkana Institute, a nonprofit that strives to…
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How Vanessa Silva is Recreating Her Recipe For Success During a Global Pandemic
Vanessa Silva has always been comfortable in the kitchen. As an introverted child growing up in Brazil, food was how she preferred to communicate. Cooking became Vanessa’s love language, and by the time she was 10 years old, she was quite fluent in that love language, preparing special dishes for her parents’ dinner guests and…
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