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Ground Up Investing Reaches $6 Million First Close on its Second Fund to Grow Farmer Income Across Africa and Latin America
The $20 million fund expects to generate $200 million in new income for smallholder farmers, $10 for every $1 invested.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Global
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Madica Secures $6 Million from Flourish Ventures to Extend African Pre-Seed Investment Pilot
Madica is an Africa-focused pre-seed investment programme affiliated with Flourish Ventures. It aims to empower underrepresented and underfunded mission-driven founders on the continent by providing funding and democratising access to company-building support.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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ADB Advances Resilient Agriculture and Women’s Economic Empowerment in Rural Cambodia
The Smallholder Resilient Economic Development Sector Project will upgrade agricultural infrastructure and services across 186 communes in seven provinces, which are severely vulnerable to natural hazards.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- South Asia
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Cascador and Sterling Bank Announce $200 Million SME Credit Backstop Fund
Sterling Bank is an innovation-led financial institution guided by a belief in impact capitalism, deploying capital to deliver commercial returns while improving lives and expanding opportunity.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Research: Policy Roadmaps Point the Way to Impact Economy Development in Peru, Central America, and Zambia
The findings provide policymakers opportunities to mobilise private capital towards national priorities – supporting inclusive growth, job creation, climate resilience and micro, small, and medium enterprises.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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AUD $4 Million Mobilised For Impact-Focused MSMEs Around the World
That capital has fuelled MSMEs improving access to menstrual products for women and girls in Indonesia, tackling child and maternal malnutrition in Cambodia, delivering nutritious locally sourced and made meals to students in Nepal, and reducing armed conflict in trouble spots around the world.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: Beyond Capital: What It Will Take to Unlock Investment in Africa’s Social Enterprises
Isaac Aggrey of the African Social Entrepreneurs Network explores what it takes to unlock investment for Africa’s social enterprises and SMEs. Beyond capital, he highlights investment readiness, appropriate finance, risk-sharing, market access and impact measurement as critical to helping viable enterprises grow, create jobs, empower women and strengthen inclusive, resilient economies across Africa.
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- Social Enterprise
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Capital Without Context is Not Impact Investing: Why Trust Networks are Essential Infrastructure, and How the Sector Can Leverage Them More Effectively
According to many funders, a common reason why impact capital does not reach enterprises in emerging markets is the lack of investable deal flow. But as Alessa Berg at Top Tier Impact argues, a pipeline of investable businesses exists. What's lacking is the connective tissue between investors and entrepreneurs: networks of trusted, embedded practitioners who can surface credible opportunities, do meaningful due diligence, and bridge the enormous information asymmetry between funders and founders. She explores the importance of these trust networks in impact investing, and argues that the sector needs to mobilize funding to help build them.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
- Tags
- impact investing, lending
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