In their recent op-ed for Impact Alpha, Prime Coalition’s Chief Programs Officer, Anna Goldstein, and Senior Associate, Impact, Alban Yau, make the case that catalytic capital only delivers on its promise when guided by careful diagnosis and disciplined design. In their recent op-ed for Impact Alpha, Prime Coalition’s Chief Programs Officer, Anna Goldstein, and Senior Associate, Impact, Alban Yau, make the case that catalytic capital only delivers on its promise when guided by careful diagnosis and disciplined design. They explore why capital gaps are more often rooted in structural misalignment than scarcity, and how catalytic interventions must be intentionally crafted and paired with complementary infrastructure to unlock private participation and enable systems-level change.