Pinned60 Decibels raises $8.8 million in Series A financing60 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 A4 min read
Mar 1What 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…Innovation8 min read
Feb 16The 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 Data3 min read
Dec 1, 2021In Conversation With > Vinayak Nandalike and Dr. Sanjay Sharma, Co-Founders at Yostra LabsBy: 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…6 min read
May 27, 2021A lifeline for relief, CDFIs are even more essential now for the recovery of under-banked businessesBy 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…6 min read
May 14, 2021In Conversation With > Folu Okunade, CSO & COO of Hello TractorBy: 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. …5 min read
May 10, 2021Instead of Assuming What Hourly Workers Want, Ask Them: Using Lean Data to Amplify Employee VoicesBy 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 Engagement4 min read
Feb 23, 2021Listening During COVID-19: A Year in ReviewIn 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 193 min read
Dec 21, 2020In Conversation With Tony Burdon, CEO of Make My Money Matter60dB 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 Investing7 min read
Dec 16, 2020The (impact) performance mindsetBy Tom Adams, Kelsey Jarrett, and Ashley Speyer This article was originally published in Impact Alpha on December 8, 2020 What on earth could connect 100 meter sprinting and impact measurement, two activities that, on the face of it, seem a world apart? The answer, it turns out, is more…Data4 min read
