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Meet The All-Female Angel Group Making Profitable Bets On African Entrepreneurs
While the fund is focused on building a network of female investors, Rising Tide Africa will invest in both male- and female-led companies, although they prefer and do actively search for female-led companies. If the founders are men, they have to have at least one woman in an executive position.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Unlocking the Untapped Opportunity in Asia Through Impact Investing
There is a huge, untapped market opportunity in Asia, driven by under-served populations, with income levels of the poor in Asia expected to increase significantly over the next decade.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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GSAM Unveils Environmental Impact Equity Fund
Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has launched the Global Environmental Impact Equity fund, which seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by providing investors exposure to global companies aligned to key environmental themes.
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- Environment, Investing
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Commentary: The impact investing talent war heats up
The next generation of impact investing leaders will include more women and finance professionals.
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KKR raises $1.3 bn for global impact investing fund
Private equity firm KKR & Co. Inc has raised $1.3 billion for a global impact fund, as it joins peers such as Blackstone and TPG in seeking to invest in companies that strive to solve environmental or social problems.
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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Family offices lead the way on impact investing
When former investment manager Ron Cordes started a charitable foundation in 2007, he got frustrated because he could only “do good” when he was actively giving the money away to needy causes. Then Cordes discovered impact investing. “We became passionate about sustainability,” he told Reuters.
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- Investing
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- North America
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Press Release: BlackRock Creates Foundation to Advance a More Inclusive and Sustainable Economy
The BlackRock Foundation will broaden the firm’s philanthropic investments in economic mobility, financial resiliency and sustainability.
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Press Release: Global Partnerships and Acceso El Salvador Announce New Partnership to Further Improve the Opportunities and Incomes of Salvadoran Smallholder Farmers and Fishers Through Expanding Into High-Value Processing
Global Partnerships Social Investment Fund 6.0 issued a $750,000 USD loan to Acceso Oferta Local – Productos de El Salvador (“Acceso El Salvador”). Acceso El Salvador is the leading local agribusiness working with smallholder farmers and fishers to boost agricultural productivity, create job opportunities, and cement long-term market linkages.
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- Press Release
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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