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| 23.02.2026 | Finnfund’s Hanna Loikkanen: Impact investing captivates private investors | Finnfund’s Hanna Loikkanen: Impact investing captivates private investors
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The allure of impact investing among private investors is surging, with an increasing number seeking not just financia... |
| 20.01.2026 | Summa Equity acquires Dignio, a Norwegian specialist in remote care | Summa Equity acquires Dignio, a Norwegian specialist in remote care
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January 20, 2026, Stockholm: Summa Equity has acquired Dignio, a Norwegian tech company that is adapting the health system t... |
| 15.05.2025 | Impact Leaders Convene to Accelerate Impact Investing Momentum across APAC during the SFi Impact Week 2025 | SFi reconvenes its third annual regional gathering scaling impact over the course of the week with 250+ family offices, asset owners, impact investors and sustainability pioneers to accelerate purpose-driven capital
The 2025 theme "The... |
| 16.01.2024 | TVM Capital Healthcare invests in Vietnamese Eye Care Business Alina Vision in a Growth-Buy Out Transaction | Alina Vision operates hospitals in the underserved Vietnamese ophthalmology market, providing affordable and high-quality eye care services for people across all income levels to combat avoidable blindness; and meeting the impact investing ... |
| 05.09.2023 | Good investment: The ambitious fund that shows how social impact can pay dividends | Amplify Capital’s Kathryn Wortsman wants every dollar to make a difference |
| 30.08.2023 | Impact Investors Will Focus More On Emerging Markets | Impact investors plan to step up their capital allocation to emerging markets and meeting the basic needs of communities in those regions over the next five years. It’s a change from previous activity, which focused more developed markets.... |
| 17.07.2023 | Measuring what matters: Northzone evaluates portfolio ESG performance | London-based VC firm Northzone has published a new report "Measuring what matters: Northzone ESG Annual Report (2022)" in which they break down the numbers behind their overall portfolio impact and the wider framework of ESG perfo... |
| 11.06.2023 | Impact Insights - May '23 | Curated by our Sustainability Strategist, Åsne Burgess Øyehaug.
■A turning point for impact investing
A new white paper from the World Economic Forum (WEF) has surveyed the impact investing landscape and concluded that impact investing ha... |
| 26.05.2023 | Beyond Returns: The Rise Of Values-Aligned Investing | Tamara Kostova, CEO of Velexa, empowers institutional clients through customized and embedded investing services. |
| 20.04.2023 | Incofin raises growth capital from new shareholders DPAM and Korys | According to a survey (GIIN, 2022) the size of the global impact investment universe amounts to EUR 1 trillion. These investment play a vital role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, a funding gap to reach the SD... |
| 30.03.2023 | The GIIN Launches Its Second Impact Performance Benchmark | A year ago, the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) introduced the first of its impact performance benchmarks for different sectors of particular interest to investors. It just announced the launch of its second benchmark, this one focus... |
| 23.03.2023 | Exclusive: GIIN launches performance benchmark for agriculture impact investment funds ‘living in a vacuum’ | The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has launched a new tool for agriculture impact investment funds to measure the impact of their investments against others.
Eighteen agriculture impact investment funds have contributed data about s... |
| 27.02.2023 | Что нужно, чтобы сделать социальный бизнес привлекательным для стейкхолдеров и потребителей? | Социальный бизнес — это бизнес, который направлен не только на получение прибыли, но и на создание решений социальных или экологических проблем. Таких бизнес-моделей в мире и в России известно множество: от пунктов приёма вторсырья до высок... |
| 23.02.2023 | Top 5 Impact Investing Trends to Watch in 2023 | As impact investing gains momentum, the industry is poised for exciting developments in the coming year. At Norselab, we've been keeping a close eye on the latest trends and predictions for impact investing; here is our take on what to expe... |
| 23.02.2023 | Impact Investing: What It Is and Why It Will Go Mainstream | In 2022, I made my first angel investment in Bulgaria – FoodObox, a mobile app, which lets people buy quality food at a minimum 40% discount, while at the same time reducing food waste and consequently CO2 emissions.
I invested while believ... |
| 25.10.2022 | A ‘Quantum Leap Forward’ For Impact Measurement With New Benchmarking Tools | It’s all about context. |
| 27.09.2022 | Bitgreen secures $5M in crowdfunding to launch the premier Polkadot climate-investment platform | Jessel Thomas, Tech Times 27 September 2022, 02:09 am
Bitgreen, the company building blockchain's epicenter for sustainability, prepares to launch the first phase of its layer-1 network built to empower climate-action initiatives. The compa... |
| 15.08.2022 | Klarna founder to launch new ‘Nobel Prize for Impact’ | According to BCG global assets under management are around $100 trillion, but only $715 billion, or less than 1%, goes on what you might term ‘impact’ companies or projects to tackle the world’s biggest environmental and social issues.
Now,... |
| 22.07.2022 | Impact und Rendite sind voneinander untrennbar! | Impact Investing bedeutet, Geschäftsmodelle zu unterstützen, die nicht nur von Rendite getrieben sind, sondern auch einen positiven Einfluss auf die Welt haben. Obwohl Impact kaum noch wegzudenken ist, gibt es zum Thema Impact-Investing imm... |
| 30.06.2022 | Why impact investing needs to be 'decolonized' to help the people most affected by climate change and inequity | Women and children carry drinking water after collecting drinkable water from a pond at the coastal Khulna, Bangladesh on March 21, 2022 Kazi Salahuddin Razu/NurPhoto via Getty Images
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| 30.06.2022 | Why impact investing needs to be 'decolonized' to help the people most affected by climate change and inequity | Advertisement
Women and children carry drinking water after collecting drinkable water from a pond at the coastal Khulna, Bangladesh on March 21, 2022Kazi Salahuddin Razu/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Impact investing doesn't always help the pe... |
| 31.05.2022 | Closing the gap: gender lens investing and the future of finance | Public perception of gender equality issues runs in a repetitive cycle. We’ve all seen it. A scandal breaks out, or a study discovers yet another damaging disparity. Think pieces are written, hands are wrung, and companies promise to do bet... |
| 29.10.2021 | 3 signs that a startup’s ‘impact’ is just a marketing ploy for investors | Jonathan Greechan Contributor
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| 12.10.2021 | Indian Railway Finance : Sustainable Finance And India's Climate Goals | While the pandemic changed our world overnight, it also forced us to slow down, evaluate and begin to work towards the kind of world we want to inhabit. Perhaps therefore, even amid COVID-19 induced economic slowdowns all over the world, th... |
| 06.10.2021 | 5 years of ImpactPHL: 15 regional impact investing growth signals to accelerate | What future do you imagine for the Greater Philadelphia region?
When we ask this question, responses touch on everything from climate resiliency to racial justice, eliminating poverty to greater health equity. While the answers are varied, ... |
| 29.07.2021 | YPO and the Global Impact Investing Network Announce Strategic Partnership | “YPO’s collaboration with GIIN provides an invaluable opportunity for YPO members to further engage with impact investing and use capital as a force for good,” said Florian Kemmerich, YPO member and Chair of YPO’s Impact Network Council.
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| 14.07.2021 | For Investors: Is The New Normal Going To Be Enough? | Amit Bouri, chief executive of the Global Impact Investor Network (GIIN)GIIN |
| 12.07.2021 | ESG, SRI and Impact Investing: What's the Difference and What's Best for Your Portfolio? | July 12, 2021 6 min read This story originally appeared on MarketBeat
When it comes to "conscience-based" investing, you might find it a little confusing to understand the exact differences between environmental, social, and corpo... |
| 12.07.2021 | JTC Asking the Experts: Measuring Social Impact | JTC has recently launched a range of practical ESG solutions to support family offices and family businesses in aspects such as training, policy writing, carbon reduction and efficient philanthropic structuring. But how can clients measure ... |
| 24.05.2021 | Why Conscious Economics Is the Leadership Style of the Future | May 24, 2021 5 min read
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Despite the worldwide impact that the pandemic has had on our lives (personally and professionally), it — like most things in life — is not without a sil... |
| 14.04.2021 | As Impact Investing Grows, So Do Expectations | By Andrew Mayeda
In the spring of 2019, representatives from 60 investors gathered in the sun-filled atrium of World Bank Group headquarters to adopt new market standards for impact investing. One by one, they stepped on stage to place the ... |
| 09.03.2021 | Eight Finance Pros Share Their Go-To Resources On Impact Investing | Modern-day investors are often just as interested in promoting change as in making money. ESG/SRI—environmental, social and governance/socially responsible investing, also known as impact investing—is the practice of seeking out investment ... |
| 12.02.2021 | Why Philly is a good place to get started in impact investing | Jumping into the world of impact investing isn’t exactly the same as any old investment game.
While investing in social enterprises has been present in the U.S. for more than a century, certain investing circles haven’t always been quick to... |
| 19.01.2021 | GROW Impact Accelerator invites applications from startups fostering food sustainability | GROW, the impact venture builder backed by AgFunder, is now accepting applications for its 2021 Impact Accelerator program. This is a unique opportunity for startups operating in new frontiers of foodtech and agtech to supercharge their gro... |
| 16.01.2021 | Impact investing finances companies that aim to do good in the world — here’s how it works and how to get involved | Impact investing focuses on companies, funds, or firms that are dedicated to improving the environment or society — while also providing a financial return for investors. Westend61/Getty Images
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| 16.01.2021 | Impact investing finances companies that aim to do good in the world - here's how it works and how to get involved | Impact investing targets companies or projects committed to specific social or environmental causes.
While many perform well, the return on impact investments may be lower than more traditional investments'.
Impact investing is largely limi... |
| 04.11.2020 | This fintech startup helps investors evaluate the impact of their portfolios on society & planet; raises €12.8M | Over the past decade, impact investing has gained significant momentum as both an investment strategy and an approach to address social and environmental challenges. Impact investing is defined as investments made with the intention to gene... |
| 16.10.2020 | Column: Investing in Technology and a Vision to Strengthen LA's Social Net | Before there were gas stations, roadways or traffic lights, people really couldn't drive their cars very much, or far. It took a while for momentum to build and create the pull for new services. During that time there were people who were j... |
| 07.10.2020 | Salesforce Ventures launches second €85M impact fund to support cloud startups with social linings | In the past few years, there is a growing demand for purpose-driven finance or some call it ‘Impact investing.’ This has resulted in a new approach of investing capital to generate positive social & environmental impact, alongside a fin... |
| 06.10.2020 | The Crunchbase News Briefing: Tue., Oct. 6 | 5 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Here’s what you need to know today in startup and venture news, updated by the Crunchbase News staff throughout the day to keep you in the know.
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| 17.09.2020 | 3 Tips To Get Started With Sustainable Investing | By Lisa Wirthman |
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Arborview Maps to the SDGs
| Since their adoption, the SDGs have become a north star for many, including impact investors (1). In January 2020, the Global Impact Investing Network reported that as of 2019, 80% of surveyed impact investors leveraged the SDGs up from 43%... |
| 12.08.2020 | How Sustainability-Minded Companies Could Lead The Way In Covid-19 Recovery | In the early days of Michigan's stay-at-home order, when many businesses were laying off workers and cutting back on their expenses, many corporations were searching for solutions. Bedrock Detroit, a commercial real estate firm that’s part ... |
| 15.07.2020 | Invest in community-based organizations to put health dollars where they are really needed | If it wasn’t already clear that the U.S. does a poor job of investing in things that keep people healthy, the coronavirus crisis and its disproportionate effects on people of color has made this abundantly clear — even though we spend more ... |
| 01.07.2020 | “Never waste a good crisis”: Mercy Zulu-Hume on the pandemic, opportunities and impact investments in Africa | My Life In Tech is putting human faces to some of the innovative startups, investments and policy formations driving the technology sector across Africa.
Mercy Zulu-Hume is part of a team of investors working to fund and support businesses ... |
| 30.06.2020 | Ten Ways That Racial And Environmental Justice Are Inextricably Linked | The statue of former US President Theodore Roosevelt is to be removed from the American Museum of ... [+] Natural History, New York City announced on June 22. The statue, put up in 1940, features a Native American and a Black man standing a... |
| 22.06.2020 | Опыт развития импакт-инвестирования | Даниил Козлов, управляющий партнер Global Venture Alliance о развитии отрасли, ключевых проблемах и главных составляющих успешного импакт-инвестирования.
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| 21.05.2020 | Why don’t more VCs care about good tech (yet)? | Johannes Lenhard Contributor
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One of the VC partners in a well-established London firm told me straight out... |
| 14.04.2020 | Does Impact Investing Always Come At A Price? | Heading into the space of impact investment requires an understanding of the broader landscape and ... [+] where this fits into an investor's strategy.Joshua Earle on Unsplash |
| 08.04.2020 | Now Is A Great Time To Give: New Charitable Rules Incentivize Generosity During COVID-19 | The National Domestic Workers Alliance is working to slow the spread of the virus by providing ... [+] emergency assistance for domestic workers, that enables them to stay home and healthy.NDWA |
| 09.03.2020 | How to Get Funding for a Social Enterprise | 8 shares
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| 12.02.2020 | Peru’s startup scene is ready for more | Greg Mitchell Contributor
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Greg Mitchell is regional director of Angel Ventures, a startup investor and advisor and is the creator of the blog Ruta Startup.
Funding of Latin American startups has doubled each year over the p... |
| 21.01.2020 | Accelerating impact – five lessons in five years | Supply and demand for growth capital in socially responsible companies has grown. |
| 21.10.2019 | On the importance of measurement in impact investing | Policymakers, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, and impact investors frequently comment that we need evidence-based strategies to tackle social and environmental challenges effectively.
The call for more thoughtful evidence-use has rec... |
| 14.10.2019 | How to invest in companies that pay employees well, clean up the environment, and care about the future | Impact investing is a way to support companies that share your values. Hero Images/Getty Images
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| 30.09.2019 | Our approach to innovating with catalytic capital | This week, our Catalyst Strategies team are at the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) Investor Forum to talk about our approach to innovating with ‘catalytic capital’. |
| 30.09.2019 | Our approach to innovating with catalytic capital | This week, our Catalyst Strategies team are at the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) Investor Forum to talk about our approach to innovating with ‘catalytic capital’. |
| 30.09.2019 | Our approach to innovating with catalytic capital | This week, our Catalyst Strategies team are at the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) Investor Forum to talk about our approach to innovating with ‘catalytic capital’. |
| 03.09.2019 | What’s slowing a wider adoption of impact investing? | Impact investing has existed for a century but it has not been fully embraced by the investment community and, to many, is still not considered a mainstream investment practice.
While there are signs that its adoption is increasing, there a... |
| 20.06.2019 | Future Positive Capital’s Vision for the Future of Farming and Food | Sofia Hmich cut her teeth in agtech venture capital backing a startup involved in a nascent field: insect farming. That company, Paris-based Ÿnsect, has since gone on to raise more than $180 million to harvest bugs for its range of sustaina... |
| 25.02.2019 | Impact investing: a new way to fund cures for cancer | Impact investing is changing the world, offering socially conscious investors opportunities to drive social and environmental change without sacrificing financial returns. It’s become common in sectors like renewable energy and education. B... |
| 12.11.2018 | Why Wharton Impact Investing Partners is Interested in AgriFood Tech | Curious about the role of AgriFood tech startups in impact investing? Read on as Devika Balachandran, an associate on Wharton Impact Investing Partners’ Food & Nutrition sector team, discusses the importance of AgriFood Tech in impact i... |
| 25.07.2018 | Purpose and Profit – unlocking the potential of Tech for Good | Since the invention of money, people have invested with the aim of making cash returns. Now, investors are increasingly asking for more: they would like to see their money bring social and environmental benefits alongside financial returns.... |
| 21.05.2018 | Millennials are driving a shift in investing - here's how to meet your financial and social impact goals | Advertisement
Amit Bouri is the CEO and co-founder of the Global Impact Investing Network (the GIIN) which provides tools to make impact investing more accessible and effective.
According to Bouri, the huge wave of interest in impact invest... |
| 05.12.2017 | Social enterprises are building a more inclusive Australian economy | Rosyln Campbell, founder of eco-friendly feminine hygiene company Tsuno, is one the growing number of social entrepreneurs in Australia. Source: Supplied
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| 10.11.2017 | Empowering OPIC: Why the U.S. Should Embrace Development Finance and Harness the Power of Impact Investing | The coming decades will be defined by dramatic changes that threaten to upend natural and man-made systems alike. From population growth and migration to dwindling natural resources and technological disruption, the impa... |
| 12.09.2017 | Millennials are driving a shift in how the ultra-wealthy manage their money | Flickr / Kevin Harber
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| 10.08.2017 | Millennials are driving a $9 trillion change in investing | Reuters/Jim Young
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| 07.11.2016 | First Impact Investment Summit Bangladesh To Be Held oN 10 November | The first ever summit on Impact Investment in Bangladesh is to be held on 10th of November at The Westin Dhaka, said a press release.
The summit, namely Impact Investment Summit Bangladesh, with the theme “Driving the Sustainable Agenda” h... |
| 05.10.2016 | How Does Agtech Fit an Impact Investing Thesis? | Editor’s Note: I recently attended SOCAP, the largest conference for the impact investing community, and was excited to note a growing enthusiasm on the potential for food and agriculture technology to promote positive change in the world. ... |
| 09.12.2015 | 6 facts about the Nigerian Impact Investing landscape | Some actors believe that Nigeria may be in some sort of ‘impact investing bubble’. This thinking is encouraged by the lack of a record of successful exits and the growing skepticism in the long-term viability of existing impact investments,... |
| 15.02.2014 | Investing In Africa’s Future: Youths As An Asset | With 200 million people aged between 15 and 24, Africa maintains the youngest population in the world. The current trend indicates that this population will double by 2050, according to an African Economic Outlook report, which aggregates d... |
| 08.04.2013 | Rockefeller, Tony Elumelu Foundation Fuel Impact Investing In Africa | In a bid to drive impact investing in Africa, Tony Elumelu Foundation and one of America’s oldest private foundations, Rockefeller Foundation have launched the Impact Economy Innovations Fund (IEIF) at the Impact Investing in Africa: Accele... |
| 10.01.2013 | Impact Investing to hit $9 Billion in 2013 | Read the full article on Environmental Leader here. Also, full disclosure: DBL Partners is a Founding Network member of the Global Impact Investing Network. |
| 02.10.2012 | DBL Partners a Founding Network member of GIIN | The Global Impact Investing Network (www.thegiin.org) is a non-profit dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing. DBL Partners is proud to be a Founding Network member, one of 83 that have sign... |
| - | Of Course You Can Do It! | What we want to invest in and what kind of returns we want are changing. There’s many things causing this shift (way too many to go into in this blog) but I’ll bet you are nodding your head in agreement.
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| - | La inversión de impacto como motor para superar la crisis | El 2018 había sido el año en el que la inversión de impacto llegó a convertirse en mainstream. En otras circunstancias, analizando el ejercicio 2019, el sector estaría de celebración por un aumento de los activos de inversión de impacto en ... |
| - | La inversión de impacto sigue creciendo y profesionalizándose | El mundo está cambiando y dentro del gran monstruo de los mercados financieros hoy más de 114 billones son inversión de impacto (según los datos recogidos de 208 fondos de impacto que captura el último estudio anual de GIIN 2017). Asimismo,... |
| - | Хватает ли денег на импакт-инвестиции? | Говорят, когда дело касается денег, их всегда недостаточно. С чем готов поспорить администратор Программы развития ООН Ахим Штайнер. Читайте, как программа Impact Accelerator помогает стартапам в Индонезии, и как обстоят дела в России. Стат... |
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HCAP Partners Joins the Response, Recovery, and Resilience (R3) Investment Coalition | HCAP Partners has joined the Response, Recovery, and Resilience Investment Coalition (R3 Coalition) managed by The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN).
The R3 Coalition is a collaboration across prominent impact investing networks aimed... |
| - | Venture Philanthropy, una nueva estrategia de apoyo y financiación a proyectos de alto impacto social | La sociedad actual se enfrenta a muchos retos: cambio climático, educación, igualdad, diseño de las ciudades, pobreza… que se agruparon en los 17 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible dentro de la Agenda 2030 que aprobó la ONU en 2015. Aunque ... |
| - | ¿Qué es la inversión de impacto? | El mundo está cambiando y, con él, los diferentes agentes económicos. Los emprendedores apuestan cada vez más por poner en marcha proyectos con impacto social y medioambiental, las empresas introducen los términos de impacto en sus modelos ... |
| - | Los grandes gestores de capital privado apuestan por el impacto | ?El capitalismo está bajo asedio?La pérdida de la confianza en las empresas está haciendo que los líderes políticos tomen medidas que socavan el crecimiento económico?Las empresas están atrapadas en un círculo vicioso?El propósito de una co... |
| - | Импакт-инвестиции: какую прибыль приносят расходы на социальную ответственность | Термин impact investing («инвестиции влияния», «импакт-инвестиции» или «социально-преобразующие инвестиции») вместе с первыми кейсами появился в России недавно и примеры еще редки. Поэтому понятие часто путают с традиционной благотворительн... |
| - | Разбор технологического рынка Африки: пока Китай вкладывает в него миллиарды, местные власти тормозят рост Статьи редакции... | Как он устроен, кто и почему привлекает многомиллионные инвестиции из Китая и США и зачем власти тормозят его развитие — в пересказе анализа The Generalist.
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| - | La inversión de impacto se consolida en el mundo | Hasta hace unos años, la inversión de impacto era una gran expectativa, sin aún mucha actividad palpable. Hoy en día, sin embargo, empieza a tratarse como un activo más en la gestión de carteras. El Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) se... |
