-
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.
- Tags
- blended finance
-
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.
- Categories
- Health Care, Investing
-
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.
- Source
- Press Release
- Categories
- Investing, Technology
- Tags
- blended finance
-
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.
- Categories
- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
-
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.”
- Categories
- Investing
- Tags
- impact investing
-
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.
- Categories
- Investing
- Tags
- data, startups, venture capital
-
Understanding the Other Side of the Table: Closing the Gap between Social Entrepreneurs and Impact Investors
In over a decade working in social impact, Ayla Schlosser, the former CEO of Resonate, increasingly realized that she had a lopsided view of funders. In fact, she says, both entrepreneurs and investors tend to sit on one side of the table or the other, which can lead to mutual blind spots and inefficiencies. She shares insights from a Miller Center research project, in which she interviewed 42 investors, entrepreneurs and others to identify best practices and help bridge this information gap.
- Categories
- Investing, Social Enterprise
- Tags
- impact investing, startups
-
Climate Change Moves to Top of Investors’ List of ESG Issues
As institutional investors spend an increasing amount of time thinking about environmental, social and governance risks and strategies for dealing with them, the issue of climate change continues to push its way to the top of the list.
- Categories
- Environment, Investing
Subscribe to Our Weekly Newsletter, "NextBillion Notes"
Published each Wednesday, our e-newsletter features NextBillion's latest original articles, along with a selection of news, jobs, bizdev opportunities and events from our recent coverage — and regular conference ticket giveaways.
We respect your privacy. Your information is safe and will never be shared.
Don't miss out. Subscribe today.