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From Impact Investing to ‘Impact-First’ Investing: Seven Ways Investors Can Take a Holistic Lifecycle Approach to Impact
Impact investing is playing a growing role in addressing many complex societal problems. But as Varad Pande and Twinkle Malhan at Omidyar Network India point out, one of the critiques of the sector is that its approach to impact is not holistic – i.e., many investors' focus on impact stops after a fund's strategy has been set and its deals have been vetted. To address this issue, they propose a more holistic approach to creating impact across the lifecycle of each investment – from sourcing higher-impact deals, to supporting investees' efforts to sustain and increase their impact.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Press Release: United States Announces $30 Million Commitment to Advance Women and Girls’ Rights in Afghanistan
The “Enabling Essential Services for Afghan Women and Girls” activity will increase Afghan women and girls’ access to social protection services
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- Investing
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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SaaS Firm SquadStack Raises $17.5 Million led by Bertelsmann India Investments
The startup aims to utilise the funding to hire top talent and strengthen its workforce for expansion. It also plans to increase its sales experts base and further expand into new verticals.
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- Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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CoinSwitch Launches $10 Million Web3 Discovery Fund to Invest in Early-Stage Indian Startups
The fund will invest in and incubate early-stage startups building blockchain solutions for the evolving Web3 landscape in India.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- blockchain, cryptocurrency, startups
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Votorantim Partners With Temasek to Launch $700 Million Fund to Invest in Brazil
Brazil's Votorantim group and Singapore's Temasek Holdings teamed up to launch a $700 million fund to invest in Brazilian companies, they said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
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- Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Dezerv Raises $21 Million in Funding Led by Accel
Portfolio management startup Dezerv has raised USD 21 million in Series A funding led by Accel to drive funding to working professionals.
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- Investing
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- Global
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Why Social Enterprises Struggle to Measure Impact – And What Impact Investors Can Do About It
Impact investors typically rely on output measurements, such as total capital invested or number of people served, to assess their impact. But it's harder for investors and their investees to sustainably capture outcome data that assesses actual improvements in customers' lives. Spencer MacColl at Kiva shares data from Kiva's annual impact measurement survey, which reflects the current measurement practices and challenges of the microfinance institutions and other social enterprises Kiva supports. He explores the lessons these findings offer to impact investors and others who are working to design more effective measurement practices.
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- Finance, Impact Assessment, Investing, Social Enterprise
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Analysis: ESG Investing Isn’t Designed to Save the Planet
While ESG investing might be a way to measure risks to corporate cash flows, it is no way to advance planetary sustainability.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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- climate change, ESG, governance