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Rural education firm Hippocampus raises $2.4M from ADB, Unitus, Khosla Impact
Hippocampus operates 128 learning centres in Karnataka with a student base of over 7,500.
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- South Asia
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Impact investing: What’s in it for your nonprofit?
Are you a nongovernmental organization wondering how to benefit from impact investors?
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Social Lending for Smallholders: Opportunities to support social lenders in closing the smallholder agricultural finance gap
The global demand for food is increasing, but the smallholder farmers who could help meet that demand lack the funds to invest in productivity and connect to markets. And many of the businesses that aggregate smallholders lack access to credit. Social lenders are one solution, says Laura Goldman, in discussing the Initiative for Smallholder Finance’s new guide to investing in or funding the sector.
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TriLinc Global Impact Fund Makes Impact Investment in Argentina
TriLinc Global Impact Fund approves a new $5.0 million revolving trade finance facility to an Argentine beef company, bringing total financing commitments as of June 30, 2014 to $28.7 million for business expansion and socioeconomic development in Latin America
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- Impact Assessment
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- Latin America
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Indonesia Receives Us$500 Million from World Bank in Support of Financial Sector Reform Policies
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- World Bank issued the following news release:The World Bank'sBoard of Executive Directors approved today a US$500 millionFinancial Sector Reform and Modernization Development Policy Loan for the Government of Indonesia. The loan supports Indonesia's policies aimed at reinforcing the stability of the financial system, diversifying the financial sector, and expanding financial inclusion to reach the poor and other underserved groups.
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Impact investor money chasing very few investible companies in India
Venky Natarajan, Managing Partner at impact investment fund Lok Capital, speaks to BUSINESS TODAY about impact investing in India.
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U.N.’s Own Study Reveals Its $13 Billion Maternal Health Efforts Aren’t Saving Lives
LONDON (AP) — In the past decade, billions of dollars have been spent trying to save the lives of mothers in developing countries using strategies — usually inexpensive drugs — deemed essential by the U.N. health agency.
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Orissa-based Milk Mantra raises $13M in Series C led by Fidelity Growth Partners
The transaction also had a secondary component where 25 angel investors and an old fund under Aavishkaar have exited.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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