Driven by data. Led by purpose.

We provide impact data and strategic insights on the value of social, economic, and environmental impact strategies for development finance institutions, developers, and municipalities working to (re)develop ​​urban areas.

Services

• Systems-level opportunity identification and capture strategy development
• Impact Master Plan development and planning
• Social and environmental impact ROI calculation
• Full value-chain
• Stakeholder identification
• Social, economic and environmental risks identification

Ecotone Analytics: Urban Regeneration Impact = Returns Workshop at the 2023 GSG Summit taking place in Málaga, Spain, from 1:50–2:50 pm on October 2nd, 2023. Meeting Room 4.

Join us as we walk through the conceptual groundwork for human capital improvements as a appreciation driver for real estate.

Including the three key pillars to develop a new impact investment market in urban regeneration projects, based on real time learning from projects across the Americas.

Ecotone Analytics™ — Fundamental Tools for Urban Regeneration Planning and Finance

Read our article on urban regeneration here.

Rapid and unplanned urbanization has led to degraded urban areas creating key challenges and opportunities for society and capital to create the next evolution of cohabitation. The legacy development toolkit has proven incapable of providing large scale comprehensive solutions to these wicked problem. We inherently know human and urban development investments create great economic value for society. By identifying, managing, and communicating this previously unknown value of the combination of the two we can design and develop sustained value across the full spectrum of Urban Regeneration.

Ecotone in Action, Rebuilding Together DCA Case Study:

View our case study for Rebuilding Together DCA here.

Rebuilding Together DC — Alexandria, USA (“Rebuilding Together DCA”) provides home repairs and modifications at no-cost to homeowners. Its Safe and Healthy Homes program addresses home and safety health hazards, leveraging the 25 Safe and Healthy Priorities and the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Healthy Home Rating System to improve homeowners’ living conditions and quality of life.

We developed an impact overview and a social return on investment (SROI) figure to illustrate the overall theory of change, understand the range of activities included, and identify the outcomes generated by Rebuilding Together DCA’s home repair and modification activities supporting urban regeneration. We then projected the value of Rebuilding Together DCA’s home repair work and to whom the benefits accrue. This analysis helped Rebuilding Together understand, better measure and communicate the value of its work and improve fundraising strategies.

Our Team

Alejandro Preusche, Principal, is the founder and CEO of Almado SA. He is an Industrial Engineer (UCA-Argentina) and has an MBA (Stanford-California). He leads all consulting projects and deals with investors and other key stakeholders. Alejandro was a Senior Partner at McKinsey and he led the set-up of McKinsey offices in South America (Argentina and Chile in the 1990s). Additionally, Alejandro Preusche is the Global Ambassador of the GSG, a UK-based global network organization that promotes impact investments. Moreover, he sits in the Investment Committee of a Latin American Fund of Funds. Alejandro is an investor and real estate developer himself and a coach to McKinsey global Partners.

Email: alejandropreusche@almado.com.ar

Timothy Roman, Principal, is the co-founder and CEO of Ecotone Analytics where he leads product development, analysis design, and corporate strategy. Tim has an MBA from Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, and a degree in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has consulting experience in business modeling, organizational design, and process improvement for social enterprise, as well as technical experience in database design and application development.

Email: tim@ecotone-partners.com

Dafne Regenhardt is Senior Impact Solutions Manager at Ecotone Analytics. She has more than 10 years’ experience in social impact and housing and urban development policy work with the Inter-American Development Bank, the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, and multiple civil society organizations in Latin America, India, and the United States. Dafne worked for 5 years on the iconic project of social and urban integration of an informal settlement called Barrio 31, in Buenos Aires, providing evidence-based advice for the design and implementation of public policies. She received her master’s degree in International Affairs with a specialization in Development from The New School in New York City, a postgraduate degree in Design and Evaluation of Public Policies from University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, and a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations from the University of Belgrano in Buenos Aires.

Email: dafne@ecotone-partners.com

William Nielsen is the Chief Economist with Ecotone Analytics where he develops impact analyses and SROI projections. Will brings 10 years’ experience in impact oriented consulting work, working with the World Bank on economic inclusion research, sustainable business practices with a Latin American think tank, a sustainable agriculture enterprise in Pakistan, among other projects. In each case he has worked to support various stakeholders to understand and maximize their positive impact. Will received an MPA from Cornell University and received his BS from the University of Minnesota in applied economics.

Email: will@ecotone-partners.com