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Press Release: TEAMFund Closes $30MM Impact Fund
TEAMFund invests in commercial-stage companies addressing non-communicable diseases in low-resource settings, with an initial geographic focus in India and Sub- Saharan Africa.
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- Health Care, Investing
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Aavishkaar Group Scoops up $37 Million in Fresh Financing From FMO
Aavishkaar Group, one of the world’s largest impact investors, has raised $37 million in fresh financing from Dutch development finance institution FMO.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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Climate Capitalists Have Serious Money in Climate-Friendly Investments
All want to do good by the planet. Most expect to do well for themselves.
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- Energy, Environment
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Press Release: In Impact Investing First, LeapFrog Announces Audit on Impact Principles, Achieving Top Rating
In the independent audit by Tideline, a leading US impact advisory consultancy, LeapFrog was assessed as an “Exemplification of industry best practice,” with its Impact Measurement and Management (IMM) system achieving “an advanced level of alignment across the board for all nine of the Principles.”
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Understanding the Other Side of the Table: Closing the Gap between Social Entrepreneurs and Impact Investors
In over a decade working in social impact, Ayla Schlosser, the former CEO of Resonate, increasingly realized that she had a lopsided view of funders. In fact, she says, both entrepreneurs and investors tend to sit on one side of the table or the other, which can lead to mutual blind spots and inefficiencies. She shares insights from a Miller Center research project, in which she interviewed 42 investors, entrepreneurs and others to identify best practices and help bridge this information gap.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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- impact investing, startups
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Climate Change Moves to Top of Investors’ List of ESG Issues
As institutional investors spend an increasing amount of time thinking about environmental, social and governance risks and strategies for dealing with them, the issue of climate change continues to push its way to the top of the list.
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- Environment, Investing
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Financial Advisors Lag Behind Clients on Impact Investing
Financial advisors who don’t bring up impact investing options are “leaving opportunities on the table to better engage clients,” Gelfand says, particularly millennials.
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- impact investing
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Press Release: Open Road Alliance Launches the Open Road Impact Fund to Bridge Financing Gaps for Social Entrepreneurs at Scale
$40 million fund to build on Open Road Alliance's market-leading expertise providing loans to help social entrepreneurs overcome unexpected funding obstacles; Offers investors access to high-impact investments across multiple geographies while also providing a financial return
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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