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PRESS RELEASE: Aindra Systems Gets Backing by Villgro, the Social Enterprise Incubator
Aindra Systems, an early-stage startup, has secured backing by Villgro, the Social Enterprise Incubator focused on funding startups having a social impact.
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- Impact Assessment
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SOCAP14 Takeaways: Scaling Impact: Standardization, collaboration and funding for long-term impact
Housing and sanitation: Perhaps no two sectors have greater potential for substantial impact on the many complex problems facing humanity – if their solutions are scaled. And just how to do that, and to know you’re doing it through metrics tools, was an ongoing theme at SOCAP14.
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Ideas to Practice, Pilots to Strategy: World Economic Forum report shares best practices and lessons learned from impact investing innovators
Impact investing is a rapidly growing sector that’s generating a lot of knowledge, yet this expertise is spread among dozens if not hundreds of practitioners and academics. Last week, the World Economic Forum released the second edition in its series “Ideas to Practice, Pilots to Strategy” with the goal of democratizing and disseminating this expertise.
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- Impact Assessment, Social Enterprise
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- impact investing
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LeapFrog raises $400 million for social impact investments in Asia, Africa
(Reuters) - LeapFrog Investments, a private equity firm backed by George Soros and JP Morgan, said it has raised $400 million for socially responsible investments in Asia and Africa - the largest ever for a fund specializing in low-income emerging market financial services.
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- Impact Assessment
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Investing to Make a Difference Is Gaining Ground
Interest in impact investing, which has been around for more than a decade, is growing and changing. Some $3.74 trillion, or 11 percent, of total United States assets under management were placed in sustainable investments in 2012.
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Peer-to-Peer Learning: CHMI program will provide up to $8,000 to facilitate partnerships
The Center for Health Market Innovations is launching a peer-to-peer program, the CHMI Learning Exchange, designed to help organizations share knowledge around a particular need or business practice.
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- Education, Health Care, Impact Assessment
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Seen and Heard at SOCAP14, Day 3
SOCAP14 Day 3 started on an inspirational note, then hit high gear with a flurry of awards and some interesting insights into the expense of being poor and the value of (proper) data. Check out our team coverage.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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Is India’s new financial inclusion strategy already outdated?
Plans to extend the reach of traditional banks seem so old-fashioned. Wouldn’t mobile money be quicker and cheaper?
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- Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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