Candide Group

The company can lead portfolio transitions to 100% impact alignment across asset classes or focus on private debt and equity allocations.

The company describes its belief that impact investments can help build a more equitable society and that broader changes in the culture of money can support systemic economic and political change.

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The housing affordability crisis is not short of diagnosis. Every report, every conference, every meme confirms what anyone paying rent already knows: the gap between what families can afford and what housing costs is widening and not in a way that may self-correct.

At the end of 2022, Candide Group had moved over $200 million into more than 110 companies, funds, and organizations since its inception.

James Pippim is listed as a contact at James@candidegroup.com.

For Immediate Release: November 23, 2020

Candide Group manages impact portfolios for families, foundations, and other clients. These may include direct deals, venture and private equity funds, cash, public equities, debt funds, and real assets.

The page argues that workers with a stake in their work can contribute to stronger business outcomes, and that sharing profits with workers can support families and vibrant communities.

Candide Group has policies intended to ensure fair and competitive staff compensation and to support an inclusive work environment.

Candide Group works with families, foundations, and other clients on impact portfolios that may include direct deals, funds, and other structures. As of May 2026, over 95% of the companies and funds in which it facilitates investments were led by women and/or BIPOC.

Mariela Cedeño has worked on local economies, resilient food systems, and investment models for Black, Indigenous, and POC entrepreneurs. She co-founded Manzanita Capital Collective, which works to shift capital to BIPOC-led food and agriculture.

Aner co-leads Afterglow Climate Justice Fund and is Candide Group's founding partner and chief investment officer. Since 2013, Aner has led its climate practice and over 25 clean energy investments, and held board seats with Solar Holler and Complete Solar.

Ben has nearly two decades of experience in clean energy finance and operational leadership, focused on equity and access for low-income communities and working families. Ben was president of capital markets and strategy at PosiGen and worked at the Connecticut Green Bank and Inclusive Prosperity Capital.

The page describes climate justice investing as directing capital to communities on the front lines of climate change and links the climate crisis to racism, economic injustice, and environmental harm.

Candide Group’s Home and Place work focuses on local ownership, access to affordable rentals, and building and preserving resilient, inclusive communities.

Candide defines assets under advisement (AUA) as the total value of assets for which it actively provides advisory or management services, including regulatory AUM, certain non-securities assets, and client portfolios under active advisory engagement.

Candide Group Office Address 1721 Broadway, Suite 201 Oakland, CA 94612

Candide Group works with families, foundations, and other investors seeking to align their money with their values. Its typical investor aims to move at least $5 million annually into impact investments, and the company also serves as a subadvisor to firms.

Candide Group supports families, foundations, and other institutions who want their money flowing to social justice companies and funds building a new economy.

Candide Group supports families, foundations, and other institutions who want their money flowing to social justice companies and funds building a new economy.

Candide Group, LLC is a registered investment adviser with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Its registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training.

The website has forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties and is for accredited investors. It says Climate Justice Fund, LLC (doing business as Afterglow Climate Justice Fund) may not achieve its investment objective or make successful loans.