Research
Discover our catalytic capital and climate finance research, case studies, white papers, and reports.
Building Financial Backbones: Lessons from the Strategic Capital Facilitation Community
As catalytic investors, we aim to understand how different capital is flowing currently and use our resources strategically to fill capital gaps with the goal of meeting a given system's needs on the ground. Prime’s experience of designing and building innovative catalytic capital solutions and companion programming allows us to explore creative structures and instruments to match the financing need, be it catalytic venture capital, development capital, insurance for direct investment, or even innovating on how to best support existing fund managers.
Catalyzing Climate Solutions: Prime Coalition’s Pursuit of Additionality
How can catalytic investors ensure their dollars generate impact that wouldn’t occur otherwise? Impact Frontier’s new case study highlights how a focus on additionality has allowed Prime Coalition to advance untapped climate solutions since 2014. The case study outlines Prime’s approach to additionality both in theory and practice, covering the full lifecycle of catalytic investing programs—from establishing additionality in program design, to assessing it during investment diligence, and sustaining it post-investment.
Maximizing Impact: Prime Coalition’s Partnership with CNote
At Prime Coalition, we seek to align every financial decision with our mission to unlock catalytic capital for climate solutions. That’s why we partnered with CNote to ensure that even our cash deposits make an impact before being deployed into climate investments.
Prime Coalition Partners on Impact Management Course With Impact Frontiers, Duke University
Prime Coalition is thrilled to partner with Impact Frontiers and the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at the Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business to deliver a new course for impact investors, Strengthening Impact Management (SIM).
Prime Advocates for Philanthropy's Role in Boston's Retrofit Efforts
Prime Coalition was honored to join the Boston Green Ribbon Commission in providing advisory support for The Boston Foundation's latest climate report, Powering Up Together, which focuses on the urgent need to retrofit Boston’s small buildings to meet the city’s net-zero emissions goals.
Barriers and Levers for Catalytic Capital in India
The report "Regulatory Barriers and Levers for Deploying Foreign Catalytic Capital in Impact-Focused Enterprises, Funds, & Facilities in India" is a collaborative effort led by Desai & Associates in partnership with Prime Coalition, with support from The Lemelson Foundation. It explores pathways, both direct and indirect, for channeling US and European catalytic capital into Indian social enterprises.
Additionality in Theory and Practice
For over a decade, Prime has led the way in catalyzing climate solutions that can mitigate or remove gigaton-scale emissions. Our latest white paper, “Additionality in Theory and Practice,” explores this core value that has shaped our work since 2014.
Meeting the Moment: 2023-2033 Strategic Vision
Meeting the Moment: Prime Coalition’s 2023-2033 Strategic Vision