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Fundnel Partners With Impact Guru to Transform Social Impact Investing
Singapore-based investment platform Fundnel has entered into a strategic tie-up with Indian crowdfunding platform Impact Guru to tap into philanthropic and investment capital from the Indian diaspora based in Southeast Asia and plough back investments into ventures that address social needs.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- South Asia
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Morningstar Gives Marks for Environmental Prudence
Morningstar has begun to rate more than 20,000 mutual funds on their environmentally sustainable characteristics, and that should give a boost to sustainable investing in general say organizations that promote impact investing.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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Why ‘Impact Investing’ Will Pay Off in 401(K) Performance
Walk through the doors of Green Alpha Advisors in Boulder, Colorado and you get what you’d expect; an open space floor plan with an older model bike in the entryway that’s art (or maybe not) and a garage door to open on sunny days. Add in the organic nut company next door and the impact investing stereotype is complete—and paying off handsomely.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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In Jerusalem, Sir Ronald Cohen Ties Impact Investing to Solving Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
It was a hot morning down the street from the Knesset. With a backdrop of Jerusalem’s Malcha Technology Park to the left and minister-busing choppers flying to the left, and a blistering sun overhead, Forbes brought dozens of entrepreneurs from around the world to listen to leaders of co-creation and co-existence organizations discuss social entrepreneurship, conflict resolution, and startup pivoting.
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- Investing
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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- impact investing
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NexThought Monday: Don’t Brag That You’re More Selective than Harvard and Other Lessons in Startup Acceleration
Investors, foundations and governments all want to use their funding dollars most efficiently, but it takes time and sustained effort to gather useful data. Village Capital recently released a new report with Social Enterprise @ Goizueta that begins to shed light on an answer. Part of the Global Accelerator Learning Initiative (GALI), the study is the most ambitious effort to date to track what’s working in accelerators.
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- Investing
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Catalytic Finance Initiative Brings Together Banks and Investors, Directs $8 Billion in Capital for High-Impact Sustainable Projects
A consortium of leading financial institutions and investors today announced a new partnership under the Catalytic Finance Initiative (CFI) to direct $8 billion in total commitments toward high-impact sustainable investments. Partners joining the CFI include AllianceBernstein (AB); Babson Capital Management LLC, a subsidiary of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual); Crédit Agricole CIB; European Investment Bank (EIB); HSBC Group; International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group; and Mirova, a subsidiary of Natixis Group, all of which have pledged capital and expertise to develop and advance innovative financing structures for investments in clean energy and other sustainability focused projects. In addition, the Aligned Intermediary, representing a group of long-term institutional investors, will collaborate on specific investment opportunities with members of the partnership. This announcement follows last year’s ratification of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the historic climate agreement in Paris. It aims to promote the SDG objectives, including acting on climate change and advancing access to clean energy and water.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Capria accepts inaugural cohort into Capria Network, prepares to accept second cohort
After completing its inaugural four-week Intensive, Capria has accepted 3 impact fund management teams into the Capria Network: iungo capital, Vakayi Capital, and Pomona Impact headquartered in Uganda, Zimbabwe, and Guatemala, respectively.
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- Press Release
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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The Evolution of Impact Investing – An Interview with Amit Bouri
Since its founding in 2009, the GIIN has become a standard bearer for the industry, providing everything from specialized training to fund managers and a searchable database of funds and products, to an active Career Center and the influential IRIS catalog of performance metrics. We spoke with Amit Bouri, the chief executive officer and co-founder of the GIIN, about his views on the sector's challenges and future.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing, Social Enterprise
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