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Ankur Capital bets on real India, invests in three early-stage rural ventures
NEW DELHI: Impact investment fund, Ankur Capital, has invested in three early-stage ventures that focus on rural markets.
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- Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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- impact investing
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The White House’s new $65.8M Social Innovation Fund competition is the largest to date
The 2014 competition, which was officially announced this week, will provide up to $65.8 million to grantmakers.
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- Impact Assessment
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Success in Impact Investing Through Policy Symbiosis
Some may be surprised to hear it, but impact investing would barely exist -- certainly not at its current, modest scale -- but for the support and partnership of government. Government is ubiquitous in all economies, to be sure. But in the types of underserved markets in which impact investors operate, the role of public policy is profound.
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- Impact Assessment
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The rise of Africans Investing in Africa (AIA)
Foreign firms are not the only ones heavily investing in Africa’s numerous opportunities, shows the “Africa attractiveness survey 2013, getting down to business” published by Ernst & Young (E&Y). Increasingly, Africans, who were previously Missing In Action (MIA), are becoming Africans investing in Africa (AIA). Investments range from individuals in Africa, the diaspora, the private sector, governments, multilaterals and even social enterprises.
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- Impact Assessment
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OPINION: Sustainable investment performance criticisms ‘out-of-date’
Arguments that sustainable investment approaches are too simplistic and don’t offer competitive returns have been labelled as “out-of-date” by Kevin Parker, chief executive of Sustainable Insight Capital Management.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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Community Foundations: What It Takes to Become Dynamic Hubs of Local Capital
What is preventing these anchor institutions from realizing their potential? What exactly is that potential, and how can community foundations shift to an impact investment strategy that really makes a difference to community success and resilience?
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- Impact Assessment
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d.light Announces $11 Million Series C Financing, Expands Board of Directors
The Series C round included participation from all major investors, including DFJ, Omidyar Network, Nexus India Capital, Gray Ghost Ventures, Acumen Fund and Garage Technology Ventures. With the closing of Series C, d.light has raised a total of $40 million in capital.
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- Energy, Impact Assessment, Investing
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One-Stop Site Paints A Clearer Picture For Impact Investors
Sure, the impact investing and social enterprise world is thriving. But it’s also disjointed and often confusing, with a variety of groups, startups, investors, schools, conferences, and even basic terminology.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing