{"id":6170,"date":"2011-02-04T07:11:57","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T15:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ietransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=6170"},"modified":"2011-02-04T07:11:57","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T15:11:57","slug":"mission-markets-the-worlds-first-impact-investing-stock-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/articles\/mission-markets-the-worlds-first-impact-investing-stock-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Markets:  The World&#8217;s First Impact Investing &#8220;stock market&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconom.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMPACT.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6173\" src=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/files\/2011\/02\/IMPACT-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMPACT-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMPACT-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMPACT-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMPACT-186x186.jpg 186w, https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMPACT.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missionmarkets.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mission Markets<\/a> is the world\u2019s first fully functional, FINRA-regulated electronic impact investment platform. \u00a0Its mission is to provide the essential infrastructure to scale the social and environmental markets by facilitating transparency, efficiency, and impact measurement. \u00a0It is one step closer to achieving scale with its <a href=\"http:\/\/3blmedia.com\/theCSRfeed\/Mission-Markets-Facilitates-First-Transactions-Impact-Investment-Platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first two investments<\/a> on its <a href=\"http:\/\/missionmarkets.com\/platform\/Private-Capital-Marketplace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Impact Investment Platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missionmarkets.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mission Markets<\/a>&#8216; website, the <a href=\"http:\/\/missionmarkets.com\/platform\/Private-Capital-Marketplace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Impact Investment Platform<\/a> connects Impact Investors with sustainable enterprises and organizations that generate positive social and environmental impact. \u00a0The Platform includes capital raising and \u00a0secondary liquidity transactions for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Private unregistered debt<\/li>\n<li>Private equity<\/li>\n<li>Private partnership interest<\/li>\n<li>Eco-Notes &#8211; Environmental credit backed debt securities<\/li>\n<li>Co-op shares<\/li>\n<li>Profit sharing notes<\/li>\n<li>Water banks, fisheries permit banks<\/li>\n<li>Primary and secondary market for direct and intrastate public offerings<\/li>\n<li>Private funds \u2013 Limited Liability Partnerships<\/li>\n<li>Project financing<\/li>\n<li>Ecosystem and fisheries notes backed by environmental credits and fisheries permit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sectors supported include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Community Investment<\/li>\n<li>Social Enterprises<\/li>\n<li>Social Investment Funds<\/li>\n<li>Global Microfinance<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable Agriculture<\/li>\n<li>Cooperatives<\/li>\n<li>Water Supply Markets<\/li>\n<li>Climate and Renewable Energy<\/li>\n<li>Ecosystem Services<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable Fisheries<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable Infrastructure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missionmarkets.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mission Markets<\/a> also maintains <a href=\"http:\/\/missionmarkets.com\/platform\/the-earth-exchange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Earth Exchange<\/a>, the first centralized exchange facilitating transactions for multiple environmental credits, transferable development rights (TDR\u2019s), fisheries catch shares and water rights transfers and leases.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csrwire.com\/press_releases\/31535-Hotfrog-LLC-Makes-Impact-Investment-History-with-First-Sale-on-Mission-Markets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CSRwire&#8217;s press release<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/missionmarkets.com\/platform\/Private-Capital-Marketplace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Impact Investment Platform<\/a> alone clears the path for a new $400 billion to $1 trillion industry to thrive. \u00a0The impact investment community will surely pay close attention to this unique marketplace for raising capital.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image Credit: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lumaxart\/2626681080\/sizes\/m\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lumaxart<\/a> via Flickr under CC license.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission Markets is the 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