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September 23, 2013
GATE Gobal Impact to host impact investment meet at UN Summit
GATE Global Impact is an internet-based impact investment platform, which is also a part of US’s GATE Technologies. The firm has now been invited by the United Nations Global Compact to gather speakers for the UN Leaders’ Summit on September 19, 2013, where professionals from investment and development areas will […]
September 23, 2013
How to make money mean more
This post by Jean Case, the CEO of the Case Foundation recognizes the potential of impact investment while also acknowledging its loopholes. This post synthesizes insights generated regarding the same, through a collaborative dialogue with Sonal Shah (former Director of Social Innovation at the White House), and Sean Greene (former […]
September 23, 2013
5 lessons to learn from social enterprises that didn’t work
FAILFaire is a new project that looks at social enterprises involving use of ICT, which failed to take off in the long run. The recent FAILFaire was held at Nairobi this past month, and insights about what social enterprises should focus on were distilled, using the intelligence gained from social […]
September 23, 2013
9 points that beg contemplation before deciding on impact investments
Impact investment still has several interpretations. This post looks at market based business models where impact investment is most likely succeed, and identifies a list of checklists too look for when evaluating impact investments. Read more here.
September 23, 2013
Exploring the social impact market in Australia
CSI or the Centre for Social Impact in Australia is priming up for a major conference that will evaluate the potential for impact investment market in Australia. This event will be called “The Social Marketplace”. Read more here.
September 23, 2013
US: What does impact investment mean in the Bay Area
As the fifth SOCAP (Social Capital Market) Conference comes to a close this week at San Francisco, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Director Rae Richman and Senior Philanthropic Advisor Joanne Greenstein talk about what impact investment stands for in the Bay Area, and the scope for this impact-investment movement. Read more here.
September 23, 2013
US: New platform to boost seed stage investment for social enterprises
Impact Assets, a nonprofit financial services company focusing on impact investment recently launched the Seed Ventures Platform to address the lack of seed capital available to social enterprises. This platform enables Impact Asset’s donor advised fund (DAF) Giving Fund to recommend capital investments of amounts as low as US$2500 for […]
September 23, 2013
US: Lower-net-worth individuals more interested in impact investment
A recent research by Spectrem Group found that nearly half of all investors have become more involved in socially responsible investing, and most of this “benevolence” comes from individuals with annual income less than US$100,000. Only 31% of millionaires (net worth between US$1-5 million) and 40% of mass affluent investors […]
September 23, 2013
How impact investment, has indeed made impact
This post is a summary of conclusions from the Duke’s Centre for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship where 13 impact investing funds and foundations were recently studied with the objective of proving that impact investing, has indeed made an impact. From these studies, 3 unique insights were gathered about what […]
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