Prime Blog

Welcome to the Prime blog, where we share event highlights, reflections from our team, and exciting updates about our organization!

Report, Research Esme Park Report, Research Esme Park

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.

Read More
Report, Research Esme Park Report, Research Esme Park

Climate Adaptation Funding in Africa

As Prime's Impact Fellow for Spring 2023, Chidalu Onyenso led a research paper on the funding challenges and opportunities for climate adaptation efforts in Africa. The research builds upon Prime's ongoing capacity-building efforts to address critical climate adaptation goals.

Read More
Report, Research Esme Park Report, Research Esme Park

Catalyzing Development of First-of-a-Kind Climate Projects

Prime Coalition's 2022 report highlighted the scaling issues climate startups face, especially in obtaining infrastructure finance. It pointed out the lack of capital to commercialize climate technologies, including development capital for pre-construction activities. In 2023, Trellis Climate examined this capital gap further, deploying philanthropic catalytic capital as a solution. This note summarizes the insights from Trellis' work.

Read More