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Founders vs. Funders: How the Two Sides of the Investing Relationship Can Foster More Effective Collaboration to Maximise Impact at Scale
Funders in the social impact space and founders of social ventures depend on one another to drive positive change at scale, so their relationship must be built on trust and alignment. But as Fan Gu at 100x Impact Accelerator explains, these partnerships are often marred by complex dynamics that threaten their success. She shares some of the key ingredients to effective partnerships between these two crucial players in the social impact sector, based on insights from 100x's community of funders, entrepreneurs and non-profits.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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Press Release: Global Blended Finance Volumes Reach 5-Year High
The global network for blended finance, Convergence, has released the 8th edition of the State of Blended Finance report.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: Near East Foundation Launches Siraj Financial Services to Expand Micro and Small Enterprise Financing in Northern Syria
Near East Foundation (NEF) today announced the establishment of Siraj Financial Services (SFS), a new social enterprise operating in Northern Syria.
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- Social Enterprise
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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Allianz and Dutch Development Bank Back $1.1 Billion Sustainable Loans Fund
The fund is the largest of its type since 2018 and one of the five biggest to date, according to Convergence.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Finance, Investing
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- Global
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Press Release: Catalytic Climate Finance Facility Launches Learning Hub with Cad 1.5 Million Grant from IDRC
This investment will kickstart a knowledge-sharing platform to generate and disseminate new evidence on best practices in mobilizing private capital for climate action in developing economies.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Global
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A New Approach to Philanthropy: Why the Sector Must Prioritize Systems Change — And How Funders Can Respond
As global development challenges like inequality and climate change worsen, philanthropy is increasingly focusing on systems change — i.e., efforts to address the complex root causes of societal problems, rather than simply addressing the problems themselves. Heather Grady at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) explores why this new focus requires a different approach to philanthropic giving, and shares key learnings from RPA's Shifting Systems Initiative that could be useful to the broader philanthropic community working on systems change.
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- Investing
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Press Release: Convergence Blended Finance Releases New Findings — Reports 45% Decline in Global Blended Finance for Climate
Public financing for climate, while increasing, has seen the overall growth rate decline, private climate financing volumes lag, and climate blended finance flows regress.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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ABC Fund Invests €800,000 into Ugandan Coffee Supplier JKCC
The ABC Fund is a blended-finance impact fund which provides catalytic financing to underserved yet profitable segments of agribusiness value chains in developing countries.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa