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Frontier Economies Need For Capital May Mean Returns, Impact for Investors
The New York-based nonprofit analyzed 40 investments in emerging and frontier markets. “Frontier finance” investments are aimed at helping help low- and lower-middle income groups in the countries, and according to GIIN, the landscape is diverse. The investments came from for-profit and nonprofit investors on five continents, and from a mix of sources.
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Mainstreaming Impact Finance: Major Momentum and Gaps in the Transformation of the Financial Industry
There are exciting signs of a new level of mainstream corporate interest in sustainable business and finance. But despite the significant progress made in the sector since the 1970s, challenges remain – from lack of transparency in impact measurement, to lack of clarity about what impact even means. AlphaMundi founder Tim Radjy explores why we need to transform the rules of business and shift our systems to sustainable alternatives – and how impact finance can help make that happen.
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Press Release: Blended Finance Report Finds Steady Growth but Not Enough to Fill SDG Financing Gap
Convergence currently estimates that upwards of $140 billion in aggregate financing has been mobilized by blended finance to date, with at least 50 transactions launched annually across a diverse set of regions and sectors.
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Press Release: TEAMFund Closes $30MM Impact Fund
TEAMFund invests in commercial-stage companies addressing non-communicable diseases in low-resource settings, with an initial geographic focus in India and Sub- Saharan Africa.
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Press Release: The Governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tunisia agree to invest in BLOC Smart Africa
BLOC Smart Africa, the blended finance impact fund dedicated to financing innovative African tech startups, was conceived and developed by Bamboo Capital Partners. Declaration of intention signed during Afric’Up Summit taking place in Tunis to promote African technology startups, innovation and entrepreneurship.
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Aavishkaar Group Scoops up $37 Million in Fresh Financing From FMO
Aavishkaar Group, one of the world’s largest impact investors, has raised $37 million in fresh financing from Dutch development finance institution FMO.
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Press Release: In Impact Investing First, LeapFrog Announces Audit on Impact Principles, Achieving Top Rating
In the independent audit by Tideline, a leading US impact advisory consultancy, LeapFrog was assessed as an “Exemplification of industry best practice,” with its Impact Measurement and Management (IMM) system achieving “an advanced level of alignment across the board for all nine of the Principles.”
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Splunk Ventures Launches With $150 Million to Fuel the Next Generation of Data Analytics
“Organizations around the world are not only racing to make faster, better decisions, they’re also hoping to turn data into business outcomes that are both cost and time effective,” Doug Merritt, Splunk president and CEO, said in a statement.
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- data, startups, venture capital
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