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60 Decibels raises $8.8 million in Series A financing

60 Decibels raises $8.8M to enable listening at scale for global stakeholder engagement and impact measurement 60 Decibels, which spun out of impact investor Acumen in 2019, raises $8.8 million from FPE Capital in their Series A funding round. The company will use the investment to accelerate adoption of global benchmarks for impact performance, based on data gathered directly from end stakeholders.

Series A

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60 Decibels Press Release: Series A
60 Decibels Press Release: Series A
Series A

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Oct 3, 2022

ALIVE Ventures and 60dB listen to parents & teachers to study the impact of school electrification Colombia

Electricity generation can not just benefit previously off-grid schools, but the overall communities they are a part of. This article by Alan Pierce was originally published by ImpactAlpha on September 29th, 2022. At Acumen Latam Impact Ventures (or ALIVE Ventures), one of our solar energy investments has reached over 100,000…

Social Impact

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ALIVE Ventures and 60dB listen to parents & teachers to study school electrification in Colombia
ALIVE Ventures and 60dB listen to parents & teachers to study school electrification in Colombia
Social Impact

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Mar 1, 2022

What will it take to put a real ‘S’ in ESG?

ESG Investing Needs to Expand Its Definition of Materiality — This article was originally published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) on February 23, 2022. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing — an approach to investing designed to consider a wider set of factors that influence financial returns — is everywhere. ESG is so hot, it will be a…

Innovation

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What will it take to put a real ‘S’ in ESG?
What will it take to put a real ‘S’ in ESG?
Innovation

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Feb 16, 2022

The Volume, Issue 23: A hot hot dog controversy (and our Series A!)

The Volume is our monthly collection of our own data and insights, plus the best things we’re reading elsewhere. We hope you enjoy and tune in to get next month’s issue :) — > ESGsential reading Our co-founder Tom Adams is always up-to-date on the latest in ESG, and he shared this hard-hitting Bloomberg piece, The ESG Mirage, with our team. The article gets under the hood of mega-index fund company MSCI, revealing a disturbing fact: “[ESG] ratings don’t measure a company’s impact on…

Lean Data

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The Volume, Issue 23: A hot hot dog controversy (and our Series A!)
The Volume, Issue 23: A hot hot dog controversy (and our Series A!)
Lean Data

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Dec 1, 2021

In Conversation With > Vinayak Nandalike and Dr. Sanjay Sharma, Co-Founders at Yostra Labs

By: Aditya Gulwadi and Shruti Sheopurkar, 60 Decibels In a nutshell: Yostra Labs is a health-tech firm based in Bangalore that is rolling out innovations to make healthcare more effective, affordable and sustainable. Yostra Labs used Lean Data to hear from 50 doctors and operators in India about their experience…

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In Conversation With > Vinayak Nandalike and Dr. Sanjay Sharma, Co-Founders at Yostra Labs
In Conversation With > Vinayak Nandalike and Dr. Sanjay Sharma, Co-Founders at Yostra Labs

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May 27, 2021

A lifeline for relief, CDFIs are even more essential now for the recovery of under-banked businesses

By Lindsay Smalling This article originally appeared in ImpactAlpha When the initial COVID shutdowns hit a year ago, community development financial institutions, or CDFIs, were critical in getting small businesses quick relief through the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP to make payroll and keep their businesses alive. Since May 3…

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May 14, 2021

In Conversation With > Folu Okunade, CSO & COO of Hello Tractor

By: Shruti Sheopurkar and Prashant Maheshwary, 60 Decibels In a nutshell: Hello Tractor facilitates access to convenient and affordable tractor services for smallholder farmers, while providing additional income to the tractor owners. …

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In Conversation With > Folu Okunade, CSO & COO of Hello Tractor
In Conversation With > Folu Okunade, CSO & COO of Hello Tractor

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May 10, 2021

Instead of Assuming What Hourly Workers Want, Ask Them: Using Lean Data to Amplify Employee Voices

By 60 Decibels and SJF Ventures This article originally appeared on the SJF Ventures website. While traditional annual and pulse surveys are useful tools to gather employee feedback, it can be challenging to successfully collect and assess inclusive, candid insights from a full spectrum of workers. Are all employees aware…

Employee Engagement

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Instead of Assuming What Hourly Workers Want, Ask Them: Using Lean Data to Amplify Employee Voices
Instead of Assuming What Hourly Workers Want, Ask Them: Using Lean Data to Amplify Employee Voices
Employee Engagement

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Feb 23, 2021

Listening During COVID-19: A Year in Review

In the early days of the pandemic, we noticed that the data circulating about the impact of COVID-19 was coming from wealthy markets and customer segments. The 3.5 billion who are offline or didn’t have a smartphone were omitted from the conversation. We mobilized to do what we do best…

Covid-19

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Listening During COVID-19: A Year in Review
Listening During COVID-19: A Year in Review
Covid-19

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Dec 21, 2020

In Conversation With Tony Burdon, CEO of Make My Money Matter

60dB co-founder, Tom Adams, speaks with Tony Burdon, CEO of Make My Money Matter. Check out the transcript below and listen to the full recording. Tom Adams: Hello, my name is Tom Adams, one of the co-founders of 60 Decibels, and this is a short 10-minute interview with someone I admire and…

Impact Investing

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Impact Investing

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