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September 10, 2012
Government to announce a social investment initiative
The Israeli government, on the eve of Rosh Hashanah will be announcing the launch of a social investment fund, to be used for social goals and social businesses. This will encourage the growth of the almost 200 social businesses in the country. It has full support from Prime Minister Benjamin […]
September 10, 2012
Rockefeller Foundation supports Impact Investing research in Africa
Rockefeller Foundation, under its Impact Investing initiative, is supporting research in as many as 5 SSA (sub-Saharan Africa) countries. The purpose of backing the research is to crack the complex code of policy barriers and ecosystem barriers in impact investment in these countries. Read more here.
September 10, 2012
IFC shows high impact on investments
IFC, member of the World Bank group reported high impact in terms of development funds mobilised in SSA (sub-Saharan Africa), from both its advisory services projects and investments which reached a record US$4 billion. IFC investment clients also benefited from US$1.2 billion mobilized from other investors. Read more here.
September 10, 2012
Impact First Ventures interested in high-tech social enterprises in Israel
Impact First Ventures, an Israel-based investment management firm is targeting a sum of US$25 million for social enterprises in the country that are high-technology dense. The firm is looking to fund enterprises with strong social motives. Read more here.
September 10, 2012
‘Gamifying’ impact investment
GreenBusinessOwner.com has launched an innovation game called GBO Hawaii, a sustainable strategy game which makes each player an impact investor who can make the conditions of Hawaiians, who have to import most of their food, and rely mostly on fossil fuel diesel, better, starting with an initial investment of US$500,000. […]
September 10, 2012
New impact investing stock exchange makes steady progress
The iX, or the Impact Exchange Board, the publicly regulated stock exchange has been making steady progress since its launch a year ago. Launched in partnership with SEM (Stock Exchange of Mauritius) and NeXii, a social enterprise which aims at encouraging impact investment ecosystem building, the initiative has seen through […]
September 10, 2012
2012 mid-year predictions for ‘socent’ and impact investment
This post includes mid-year predictions for the impact investment sector. While the predictions by the author regarding the impact investment climate in mid-2011 have also been discussed, this year’s predictions include better facilitation, integrated decision making, and more confluence. Read more here.
September 10, 2012
Maximum impact investing with IIVN
To tackle development issues at a sustained, effective and global level, impact investment must be scaled massively. This is where the model of IIVN (Integrated Impact Value Network) comes in. IIVN is a model designed to channel and leverage capital for maximum environmental, developmental and financial impact. Read more here.
September 10, 2012
India: Ankur Capital – the new seed investor on the block
Ankur Capital, which has already raised over US$5 million and expects to invest INR 2-2.5 million is interested in enterprises that work in livelihoods, rural, health and education sectors. Their specialty is that they are making seed investments in enterprises which would otherwise have no way of growing. Read more […]
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