The company wants to see its technology adopted for industrial wastewater treatment — The Orono, Maine-based startup makes ceramic water filters that use the “size and shape” of DNA as a template to remove ultrafine water impurities. (More on how it works here.) The company wants to see its technology adopted for industrial wastewater treatment. “Under ‘business as usual’ the world’s water needs will exceed supply by 40 percent by 2030,” Cerahelix’s Susan MacKay told Maine Startups Insider.

8IP launched the fund, which invests only in Australian-listed companies, last January — In another example of broadening access to impact investments, Eight Investment Partners, or 8IP, a Sydney-based fund manager, has lowered the investment minimum for its Australian Equity Impact Fund to A$10,000 (US$7,700), from A$100,000. 8IP launched the fund, which invests only in Australian-listed companies, last January.

The latest round of funding went to 40 housing and community development organizations — The Trump administration is (again) seeking to ax funding for more than 1,000 community development financial institutions. Meanwhile, the Treasury Department’s Capital Magnet Fund continues to support CDFIs and housing nonprofits that attract capital to distressed communities. The latest round of funding went to 40 housing and community development organizations.

Impact Terra is leveraging Myanmar’s mobile connectivity growth to provide agricultural data and advice via its Golden Paddy app — More than 60% of Myanmar’s workforce depends on farming for a living, but the country’s agriculture sector is among the least productive in Asia. The World Bank says farmers in Myanmar are less educated and less knowledgeable than others in the region and access fewer public services. …

Capital Impact Partners and Local Initiatives Support Corp. will manage the funds — There are only 44 affordable rental units for every 100 extremely low income families in the District of Columbia. The District is seeding two affordable housing preservation funds with $5 million each. Capital Impact Partners and Local Initiatives Support Corp. will manage the funds. They’re looking to buy multi-family buildings where at least half the units are affordable to families earning up to 80% of median family income. “The fund managers will allow us to move more nimbly and quickly to acquire properties that we want to preserve as affordable housing,” said Polly Donaldson, of the district’s Department of Housing and Community Development.

The fund, now called Amundi Planet–Emerging Green One, launched last year — The fund will invest in green bonds issued by emerging market financial institutions. Mexico and India are among the top 10 green bond issuers, but activity in other emerging markets is low. France, the US and China account for most of the $155.5 billion total green bond issues through December 2017. The fund, now called Amundi Planet–Emerging Green One fund, launched last year and has raised $1.4 billion, including almost $425 million from the IFC, European Investment Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

The company says 27 million citizens have submitted digital forms through SeamlessGov — The company’s SeamlessGov tool is used by more than 300 US state and local governments to manage digital forms, online payments and workflow automation. The company says 27 million citizens have submitted digital forms through SeamlessGov. SJF Ventures invested $4.5 million in SeamlessDoc’s Series C round and Motorola Solutions, Entrepreneur Roundtable Accelerator, NY State Innovation Ventures and CapRock also invested.

The Open Society Foundations, Dutch family office Dreilinden among investors — Media Development Investment Fund’s Media Finance I will issue loans to news organizations in emerging and frontier markets that need working capital, equipment financing and short-term cash. The fund was announced in late 2016. Its investors include the Open Society Foundations, Dutch family office Dreilinden, and impact investor and Guerrilla Foundation founder Antonis Schwarz.

Fund to focus on health, wellness, the future of work and more — Spero, which means “hope” in Latin, will make Series A and Series B tech investments, focused on health, wellness and food; the future of work; and human relationships and connection. The fund is being spun out of the Omidyar Network; eBay founder Pierre Omidyar is the new Spero’s sole investor…