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Press Release: Catalyst Fund Deepens Bet on Africa’s Climate Resilience Founders
Catalyst Fund, the pan-African venture fund and venture builder backing founders from pre-seed to Series A, has announced the completion of its second close, with total commitments now reaching $30 million.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Spring Impact Appoints Emma Colenbrander as CEO
Emma’s experience spans social entrepreneurship, development innovation and strategy, as a 2 x founder with a track record of building impactful organisations and supporting founders and enterprises across Africa, Asia, Europe, the US and the Asia-Pacific.
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- Investing
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- Global
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What Drives Positive Outcomes in Gender-Lens Investing? DFI Portfolio Evaluations Reveal Four Key Factors
Few developments in the impact investing space have been as striking as the rise of gender-lens investing, as recent years have seen development finance institutions (DFIs) and others mobilize a growing amount of capital for gender equality. Katie Turner, and Jenny Holden at Kore Global share a first-of-its-kind synthesis of portfolio evaluations involving several DFIs, providing evidence on the outcomes and impact of their gender-lens investments at scale. They explore what these findings suggest about how and why some investments achieve deeper and more meaningful gender outcomes than others.
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- Investing
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Mercy Corps Ventures invests in Logidoo
Logidoo’s platform helps businesses plan, manage, and track shipments across key trade corridors.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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TLG Capital Fund Reaches $120 Million Second Close
In the year since the fund’s $75 million first close in April 2025, AGIF II has already invested in nine SMEs across seven countries and seven sectors, with debt facilities ranging from $5 million to $15 million to each company.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Livelihoods Launches €150 Million Fund to Support Nature-Based Climate Projects
Over a 25-year period, the fund aims to sequester or avoid between 7 million and 10 million tons of CO₂.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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D.light Takes PAYGo Solar From Impact Funds to the London Stock Exchange
The listing brings d.light’s cumulative PAYGo receivables purchasing capacity to $1 billion — a milestone that few in the off-grid energy sector thought achievable when the company pioneered the first-ever PAYGo securitisation back in 2020.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New Forests Launches A $1 Billion Global Natural Capital Fund
According to the company, the new fund is designed to provide institutional investors with access to a globally diversified portfolio of natural capital assets, reflecting growing demand for investment strategies that can deliver long-term returns alongside environmental benefits.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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