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When impact investing feels like performative capitalism

I started this impact fund to change the world but now I spend all my time chasing returns for wealthy LPs who just want to feel good about their money while making more of it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The tension between authentic purpose and systemic pressures reveals the gap between idealistic intentions and institutional reality.

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