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Us Family Biz Icon Launches Africa Fund
Dr John Coors, fourth-gen chief executive of ceramics company CoorsTek and a member of the Coors brewing dynasty, is behind the launch of an investment group targeting Africa that plans a new approach to investing in the continent.
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Is social enterprise sustainable?
Social enterprise first evolved in the developing world. Now the business models and social metrics may be going mainstream.
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Venture Capital Trust Fund signs MoU with GIMPA to establish Centre
Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF) signed a Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with the Ghana Institute for Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) to establish a Centre for Impact Investing in the country.
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Now, a regulatory body to set norms for impact investment
In order to avoid excesses that derailed the Indian microfinance industry three years ago, nine entities doing 'impact investing' have come together.
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A Microlender Backs Startups to Bring More Than Loans to the Poor
Microlending has lost a lot of its shine in the seven years since Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize for delivering small loans to help poor women start businesses.
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What is the best way of innovating for social change?
There are many different ways – organisationally speaking – that you can save the world.
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Cheering social entrepreneurship: How Lok Capital did it
Investing in a social enterprise in India has become quite the in-thing and the definition of who is a social entrepreneur seems to be changing as well.
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SJF Ventures Raises $90MM Third Fund, Tripling Size of Previous Fund
SJF Ventures conducted the final closing on its third fund with more than $90MM in capital commitments, tripling the size of the previous $28MM second fund.
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