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Catalytic Capital
Milken Institute Catalytic Capital leverages our platform and network to address pressing global challenges across health, economic stability, community resilience, and infrastructure.
Our Work
We work to solve market failures and close funding gaps through two complementary capabilities:
Featured Thought Leadership
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Financing Cancer Care: Investing in Prevention, Early Detection, and Diagnosis
Globally, cancer claims nearly 10 million lives each year, inflicting immeasurable pain and loss across families, workplaces, and communities.Read Report -
Strengthening Private Markets: Fueling Economic Growth and Global Competitiveness
Private markets built America’s innovation engine, supporting over 13 million jobs and driving outsized growth in venture-backed firms.Read Report
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Stories from the Field: Ivan Frishberg
Over a decade at Amalgamated, you have transitioned from your role in impact policy to lead the bank’s sustainability efforts. How has your ability to reach your environmental targets impacted the overall goal of Amalgamated’s responsible...Read Article -
Financial Innovations Labs Newsletter: 2025 Recap and 2026 Updates
In This Newsletter Financial Innovations Labs Updates Continuing Lab Outcomes 2025 Events and Convenings Highlights Recent Publications Upcoming Events Financial Innovations Labs Updates Current projects underway: Financing the Future of...Read Article -
One Year After the Fires, A Lesson in Community Resilience
One year after the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, the costliest wildfire event in global history, with over $130 billion in extreme weather losses, communities face a growing resilience crisis as insurance markets retreat, public...Read ArticleImage
Théo Cohan
Director, Catalytic Capital, Milken InstituteThéo Cohan is a director of catalytic capital at the Milken Institute, focusing on communications and marketing strategies, and partnerships, and working with her team to develop and execute Financial Innovations Labs®. -
Stories from the Field: Kei Onishi
You’ve spent 17 years of your career at Yamaha Motor Company. How has your ability to adapt to disruptions shaped your current role at Yamaha Motor Ventures? Throughout my tenure at Yamaha Motor Company, I’ve led diverse teams across...Read Article -
Innovative Financing Models for Resilient Critical Mineral Supply Chains
The need for resilient and secure critical mineral supply chains is now a globally acknowledged concept. Decades of investment disparities have exposed the fragility of supply, as strong and rising global demand clashes with monopolistic...Read Report -
Models for Financing Affordable and LGBTQ+-Affirming Elder Housing at Scale
The number of Americans aged 65 and older, known as elders or older adults, will increase to 82 million by 2050 (a 47 percent increase from 2022), accounting for nearly a quarter of the US population.1 Many, however, will be financially...Read Report
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New Report by the Milken Innovation Center Details Innovative Financing Solutions to Rebuild and Accelerate Growth Across Israel
20 February 2025 (Jerusalem, Israel) – Israel’s economy is facing significant challenges as communities, businesses, and local authorities navigate the financial impact of recent events.Read ArticleImage
Glenn Yago
Senior Fellow and Founder of the Financial Innovations Labs at the Milken InstituteGlenn Yago is a senior fellow and founder of the Financial Innovations Labs at the Milken Institute and the senior director of the Milken Innovation Center and Blum Lab for Developing Economies at the Jerusalem Institute. -
Financial Innovations Labs Newsletter: 2024 Recap and 2025 Updates
In This Newsletter Financial Innovations Labs Updates Continuing Lab Outcomes 2024 Events and Convenings Highlights Recent Publications Past Events Upcoming Events Financial Innovations Labs Updates Our current projects underway: Unlocking...Read Article -
Stories from the Field: Matthew Bonam
I’m a chemistry graduate and have spent my entire career in pharmaceutical R&D, with more recent roles leading drug development programs. In 2013, I saw the potential to use digital solutions to support patients in improving their...Read Article -
The Reinvention of Prevention: How to Fund and Finance a Pivot to a Prevention-First Healthcare System
As part of the debut of the Milken Institute’s Project Prevent initiative in 2024, the Institute conducted a series of interviews with 35 key stakeholders and experts in health, finance, philanthropy, pensions, and public policy to explore...Read Report