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Weekly Roundup 9-13-14: Movirtu’s Blackberry buyout and a $400M leap from LeapFrog
“Cloud phone” company Movirtu was best known, at least among the social enterprise crowd, for its BoP-focused applications. But it appears that flagging smartphone provider Blackberry found its top of the pyramid technology more enticing. Blackberry on Thursday announced it had purchased Movirtu for an undisclosed amount.
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PRESS RELEASE: Aindra Systems Gets Backing by Villgro, the Social Enterprise Incubator
Aindra Systems, an early-stage startup, has secured backing by Villgro, the Social Enterprise Incubator focused on funding startups having a social impact.
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Three Lessons on Impact Investing: Reflections from Batman and Robin
After our panel last week at the Social Capital Markets (SOCAP) conference in San Francisco, a colleague tweeted a photoshopped image of me and Antony Bugg-Levine, CEO of Nonprofit Finance Fund, as Batman and Robin, respectively.
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Why This VC Firm Thinks B Corporations Are A Good Investment
The Collaborative Fund believes that B Corp social good certification is a signal that startups are making decisions that are better in the long term.
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Ideas to Practice, Pilots to Strategy: World Economic Forum report shares best practices and lessons learned from impact investing innovators
Impact investing is a rapidly growing sector that’s generating a lot of knowledge, yet this expertise is spread among dozens if not hundreds of practitioners and academics. Last week, the World Economic Forum released the second edition in its series “Ideas to Practice, Pilots to Strategy” with the goal of democratizing and disseminating this expertise.
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LeapFrog raises $400 million for social impact investments in Asia, Africa
(Reuters) - LeapFrog Investments, a private equity firm backed by George Soros and JP Morgan, said it has raised $400 million for socially responsible investments in Asia and Africa - the largest ever for a fund specializing in low-income emerging market financial services.
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Investing to Make a Difference Is Gaining Ground
Interest in impact investing, which has been around for more than a decade, is growing and changing. Some $3.74 trillion, or 11 percent, of total United States assets under management were placed in sustainable investments in 2012.
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CREO Investors Pledge $300 Million for Environmental Impact
Nearly a dozen wealthy families are announcing today that they have committed to invest a combined $300 million over five years in commercial ventures in the areas of climate, energy, health, food and sustainability.
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