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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Impact Investment Finance by Duke University

About the Course

What are impact investors looking for? This course offers a practical introduction to the impact investing marketplace. You’ll learn how the market is structured, including the roles of asset owners and asset managers, and how capital flows between them. The course explores how impact investors pursue both financial and social or environmental returns, and the different types of investors involved along with their motivations, constraints, and preferred investment vehicles. You’ll hear directly from impact enterprise leaders about their experiences raising capital, and from investors about what they look for when evaluating opportunities. The course also highlights common mistakes enterprises make when seeking funding and offers strategies to attract aligned capital. By the end of this course you’ll be able to identify an effective impact investing strategy, and be prepared to start your journey in the impact marketplace. This course requires no prior knowledge and is designed for anyone interested in impact investing: whether you're an aspiring investor, an enterprise leader, or exploring a career in the field. We break down key concepts, explain investor types in accessible language, and define essential financial terms....

Top reviews

AG

Jul 30, 2025

The course offers a fundamental idea about the nuances of Impact Investment. The interviews by the industry stalwarts made the course more interesting

KC

Sep 20, 2025

Helpful overview of impact investing and its challenges and opportunities for all actors that play a role, from entrepreneurs to asset managers.

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By Iris A

Sep 12, 2025

The course did an amazing job at explaining the difference between asset managers and asset owners clearly. I really liked the interventions from people in the field and I think this did a great job at introducing impact investment finance concisely and clearly.

By ABIR G

Jul 31, 2025

The course offers a fundamental idea about the nuances of Impact Investment. The interviews by the industry stalwarts made the course more interesting

By Katie C

Sep 21, 2025

Helpful overview of impact investing and its challenges and opportunities for all actors that play a role, from entrepreneurs to asset managers.

By Manuel A

Aug 28, 2025

Fantastic overview of the impact investment ecosystem, the different stakeholders and the challenges of and opportunities for alignment.

By Abhinav L

Jul 7, 2025

Useful for investors to get an understanding of impact investing, the objectives and the participants.

By Asmaa A K

Sep 29, 2025

I was already familiar with most of the content but it was good to review it organized in such order and visualized. The information in the Guide to Types of Impact Investors was mostly new and quite informative. I'd have liked to know more on how the impact investing landscape differs among different regions, for example MENA vs. Sub-Saharan Africa. Also, if I'm pursuing a career in impact investment, what kind of roles can I take, and what kind of learning do I need to achieve? since the career thing was mentioned as part of the objecties.