FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
VANCOUVER, BC – March 11, 2026 – Achieving a milestone that reflects sustained leadership in impact investing, Deetken Impact has been included in the 2026 ImpactAssets 50 (IA 50) for the seventh time since 2020, the second consecutive year as an Emeritus Manager. The IA 50, one of the industry’s most widely respected guides to private market impact investment managers, is announced annually by ImpactAssets and highlights firms advancing measurable social and environmental outcomes through disciplined investment strategies.
This year’s IA 50 coincides with the fifteenth anniversary of the initiative, highlighting how impact investing has evolved into a global marketplace spanning a wide range of sectors and strategies. Within the IA 50, the Emeritus designation is reserved for fund managers that have been included on the list for at least five years and continue to maintain an active investment strategy grounded in a clear impact thesis while deploying capital toward measurable social or environmental outcomes. All IA 50 managers must also meet baseline criteria, including a minimum five-year operating history, the ability to accept U.S. investment, operations at a meaningful geographic scale, and strong financial oversight, along with a demonstrated commitment to measuring and reporting impact using recognized frameworks and indicators.
“Being recognized on the IA 50 for the seventh time is a meaningful milestone for our team. It reflects years of thoughtful partnership with companies and investors who believe that well-structured capital can help businesses grow and provide competitive returns while addressing some of the region’s most pressing social and environmental challenges. For us, the work has always been about building sustainable enterprises and demonstrating that impact investing can be both rigorous and pragmatic.”
A Sector at Scale
This year’s IA 50 arrives during a period of significant expansion across the impact investing ecosystem. The initiative’s fifteenth anniversary underscores the rapid institutionalization of the field: when the IA 50 first launched in 2011, the selected managers collectively represented $8.9 billion in assets under management, with none exceeding $500 million. Today, firms across the IA 50, Emerging Impact Managers, and Emeritus Managers lists represent approximately $202 billion in combined assets, illustrating the scale impact investing has achieved in a decade and a half.
“Over the past 15 years, impact investing has evolved into a sophisticated global marketplace. The depth, scale, and diversity represented in today’s IA 50 demonstrates that impact investing is now a core investment strategy—one that brings together a wide range of asset classes, geographies, and investment themes to drive measurable change.“
The 2026 IA 50 cohort reflects the diverse strategies shaping today’s impact investing landscape. Social impact themes remain the primary focus for 58% of listed managers, targeting areas such as financial and economic inclusion, community development, affordable housing, and health and wellbeing, while 34% prioritize environmental solutions including energy transition, clean technology, and decarbonization. Collectively, IA 50 fund managers deployed nearly $17 billion toward impact investments over the past year alone. These priorities closely align with the investment themes reflected in Deetken Impact’s portfolio, which supports enterprises advancing financial inclusion, gender equality, and climate solutions across Latin America and the Caribbean.
“Across the IA 50, we see sustained investor commitment to affordability and economic development strategies that strengthen communities and expand access to opportunity. From affordable housing and community development to capital for small businesses and underrepresented entrepreneurs, these managers are directing capital where it can help build an inclusive economy while delivering competitive financial returns. That alignment between impact and performance is what continues to drive momentum in the market.“
Strengthening Climate and Gender-Focused Investment
The 2026 IA 50 also reflects a sector growing in both diversity and professional expertise. More than half of the firms included have been operating for over a decade, and the number of managers with assets exceeding $1 billion continues to increase, highlighting the maturation of the market and the expanding institutional participation in impact strategies.
Within this evolving landscape, Deetken Impact continues to advance investment strategies at the intersection of climate action and gender equality. The firm recently expanded its climate finance initiatives through a partnership with the Government of Canada supporting the Inclusive Climate Action Fund, a blended finance vehicle designed to accelerate climate solutions while advancing gender equity across emerging markets.
A Trusted Benchmark for Impact Investing Excellence
A practitioner and leader in the impact investing market, ImpactAssets brings a unique vantage point to the IA 50. Its experience and scale of private market investments, as well as institutional expertise in evaluating fund managers for clients and its investment platform, continue to be integral to the analytical framework that underpins the IA 50.
Selections are made by an independent IA 50 Review Committee of 13 globally recognized industry leaders, following a rigorous, multi-stage process that leverages both qualitative and quantitative analysis led by ImpactAssets Capital Partners. The IA 50 Review Committee makes the final selection, ensuring the analysis adheres to a structured framework of fairness, rigor and objectivity. All selected firms must demonstrate a track record in impact investing, clear impact objectives, and U.S. investor accessibility.
“The steady expansion of the IA 50, along with an increase in investment professionals across underrepresented groups and continued strengthening of impact practices, signals a market that is growing with discipline and integrity.”
As global investors increasingly seek strategies that pair disciplined capital deployment with measurable outcomes, Deetken Impact remains focused on building partnerships that enable businesses to grow, communities to thrive, and markets to become more inclusive and resilient.
Through this work, they continue to contribute to the expanding ecosystem of investors demonstrating that thoughtfully structured capital can play a powerful role in shaping a more sustainable and equitable global economy.
The full IA 50 database is available at impactassets.org/IA-50.
About the ImpactAssets 50
ImpactAssets 50® (IA 50) is the definitive guide to impact investing fund managers globally. The publicly available database is composed of experienced and emerging private debt and equity impact investment fund managers committed to generating positive impact. The IA 50 2025 reflects the innovation and exponential growth of impact investing that the IA 50 has helped to spotlight over the last 15 years.
The IA 50 is not an index or investable platform and does not constitute an offering or solicitation to buy or sell securities or a private placement, or recommend specific products. Nor is this an endorsement of any of the listed fund managers. It is not a replacement for due diligence. Additional details on the selection process are available here.
About Deetken Impact
Deetken Impact is an award-winning Canadian impact asset manager generating strong financial returns while creating lasting social and environmental impact in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through our family of funds, we have invested in over 60 companies operating in sectors including clean energy, financial inclusion, agriculture, and housing, while pioneering technical assistance programs to maximize meaningful and measurable impact outcomes. Deetken Impact is registered with the Canadian securities commissions, and an Impact Assets 50 Emeritus manager.
About ImpactAssets
ImpactAssets is an impact investing trailblazer dedicated to changing the trajectory of the planet’s future and improving the lives of all people. As a leading impact investing firm, ImpactAssets offers deep strategic expertise to help its clients define and execute on their impact goals. Founded in 2010, ImpactAssets increases flows of money to impact investing in partnership with its clients through its impact investment platform, philanthropic solutions, and field-building initiatives, including the IA 50 database of private debt and equity impact fund managers. ImpactAssets has more than $5 billion in assets, working with purpose-driven individuals and their wealth managers, family offices, foundations and corporations. ImpactAssets is an independent 501(c)(3) organization. Learn more at www.impactassets.org
About ImpactAssets Capital Partners
ImpactAssets Capital Partners (IA Capital) is an SEC-registered investment adviser specializing in impact investing for institutional investors, including foundations, corporations, and family offices. IA Capital offers a full range of custom services, including investment and impact strategy design, sourcing and origination, due diligence, portfolio construction, monitoring, risk management, and reporting. IA Capital also structures and manages bespoke fund vehicles for aligned investor cohorts, providing support from mandate design and formation to capital raising, deployment, and administration. As a subsidiary of its non-profit parent entity, ImpactAssets, IA Capital works across both market-rate and impact-first investing approaches to help clients align capital with mission.
For more information, contact:
Heather van Mil
Communications & Marketing Associate, Deetken Impact
Email: hvanmil@deetkenimpact.com
Gregory Agency
impactassets@gregoryagency.com
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