Our Chief Program Officer, Anna Goldstein, and Dan Block, our Director, Catalytic Investing, joined a growing global community of systems investing practitioners and field-builders in Rio de Janeiro for the Systemic Investing Summit, hosted by the TransCap Initiative. With roughly 250 attendees, over half of whom were from Brazil, the convening reflected both geographic and thought diversity, as well as the accelerating momentum behind systemic investing.

At MIT’s 2026 ClimateCAP MBA Summit, Prime’s Chief Program Officer, Anna Goldstein, joined leaders across finance and policy for a panel on “Financing the Energy Transition.” The discussion centered on a persistent challenge in energy finance, which applies to climate finance more broadly: multi-faceted systems change is required to address overlapping economic and environmental crises.

Prime’s Director, Catalytic Investing, Dan Block, wrote the following reflections on this year’s DC Climate Week: 

Prime’s Assistant Director, Impact, Jenny Zhang, joined leaders across the climate finance ecosystem in Washington DC for a Climate Week Earth Day panel titled “Climate Capital Has No Off Switch: Measuring Impact in a Shifting Landscape.” The discussion was convened by the Investors for Climate (I4C) DC Chapter and hosted by Foley Hoag, Prime’s legal partner since its inception. 

Last week, Prime's Assistant Director of Impact, Jenny Zhang, attended the inaugural IMM Convening for advanced practitioners in Montreal, Canada. Co-hosted by Impact Frontiers, The Global Impact Investing Network / IRIS+, and Impact Principles, the convening brought together impact practitioners for a rare opportunity to deepen reflection, strengthen connections, and learn directly from one another. Jenny co-led a learning lab with Hannah Schiff focused on IMM for climate mitigation, drawing on Prime's catalytic investing work and experience convening the Project Frame community. As climate impact practitioners, we are excited to continue collaboration with this amazing community and together advance the practice of authentic and meaningful IMM!

At the end of January, our Managing Director, Lara Pierpoint, joined a fireside chat “Insuring the Path to Scale” alongside Maria Guercio of Chubb and Sasha Bukhari at Cleantech Group's North America Forum. The session focused on how insurance can unlock first-of-a-kind (FOAK) deployments and covered both market rate and catalytic instruments. 

In Mid-November, Prime’s Assistant Director, Partnerships, Lindsey White joined peers at “Collaboration for Catalytic Capital,” a practitioner-focused gathering in NYC for catalytic capital investors, co-hosted by Prime ecosystem partners Toniic and The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN).

Earlier this month, Prime’s Chief Program Officer, Anna Goldstein, joined peers at the New Private Markets Investor Summit, the leading gathering on thematic investing across private markets. Anna spoke at the workshop “How to Build a Good Impact Strategy,” where the discussion focused on what makes an impact strategy credible in today’s market.

Prime’s Claudia Leon, Assistant Director, Impact, joined ReFED and CapShift for a virtual panel on catalytic capital intermediation. Claudia shared insights on the role of catalytic capital in addressing critical climate-related investment gaps.

The Trellis Climate team just closed out another whirlwind New York Climate Week (NYCW). More so than past years, 2025 was a special celebration for the team and our partners. On Monday of Climate Week, we announced the launch of Vensurety with GreenieRE Coalition (read the press release for the details). The timing of the launch sparked lots of invigorating discussions and set a tone of curiosity and excitement for the rest of the week. The Trellis team also had the opportunity to promote the launch at several events, including the Node FOAK Summit and the InnSure Climate Forum.

The Prime Coalition team was on the ground at New York Climate Week 2025, engaging with a wide range of investors, founders, and ecosystem partners to better understand how catalytic capital can advance climate solutions. Across panels, convenings, and fireside chats, our team explored key themes in climate finance, adaptation, resilience, and the scaling of first-of-a-kind solutions.

We were honored to be invited to and have Ellie O’Malley of Prime’s Impact Team attend the 2025 Louisiana Climate Donors Group convening in Baton Rouge to support Prime’s deepening understanding of Louisiana’s climate challenges.

On September 8, Gigi Alsaadi presented her work as a CRANE Fellow at Prime Coalition during the final poster presentation of her Master of Environmental Science (MEnvSc) program at the University of Toronto. Her studies focused on environmental policy and legislation, project management, and science communication—skills she has applied directly in her fellowship at Prime.

Our team traveled to San Juan, Puerto Rico, for our annual in-person retreat in May. This year’s gathering focused on deepening our working relationships and learning about the unique environmental challenges facing local communities, along with the inspiring efforts to address them.

Our Chief Growth Officer, Keri Browder, along with our Chief Program Officer, Anna Goldstein, attended The Rockefeller Foundation’s climate convening on impact integrity at The Bellagio Center. They left feeling energized and deeply humbled by the passion, insight, and collaborative talent that was present.

Project Frame and Climate Collective explored emissions impact measurement and beyond during a workshop titled "From Intent to Impact: An Experiential Workshop on Navigating Climate Metrics & Reporting," at the Mosambi Climate Conference on March 20, 2025. 

This session delved into the complexities of impact measurement, with a particular focus on the challenges and potential solutions surrounding Adaptation & Resilience (A&R) and the evaluation of climate co-benefits.

The Prime Coalition’s Impact Team recently wrapped up a rich and energizing week in London for the Systemic Investing Summit 2025, where they deepened relationships, explored new ideas, and connected with a global community of peers committed to systems change through systemic investing.

Jordan Metro, Manager of Impact Accountability at Prime Coalition, recently contributed to a joint webinar hosted by the American Evaluation Association’s (AEA) Social Finance and Environmental Program Evaluation Topical Interest Groups, where he led a conversation around the Climate Finance Impact Measurement and Management (IMM) Playbook—a new resource being built by Prime and Climate SMILE designed to lower barriers to entry and provide practical, accessible IMM tools across key impact areas, including GHG mitigation, adaptation & resilience, biodiversity, Just Transition water, and circular economy.

The Trellis Climate team has been busy, recently announcing catalytic investments in Nitricity and Tandem PV while deepening our connections within the first-of-a-kind (FOAK) climate infrastructure ecosystem.

At this year’s Yale Philanthropy Conference, themed “Catalyzing Change,” Prime Coalition’s Executive Director, Sarah Kearney, participated in a panel alongside Sheena Strawter-Anthony, Director of Impact Investment Strategy at the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund. Liqian Ma, Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing Research at Cambridge Associates and Prime Fund Advisory Committee member, moderated the discussion. The conversation centered on “the evolution and challenges of impact investing in philanthropy.” Together, they explored the promise of catalytic capital—how philanthropists can deploy charitable dollars while offering the possibility of financial recovery—and how it is distinct and also complementary to mission investing among returns-prioritizing investors.