IDB Invest and OPIC partnered to launch Fund Mujer, the first gender-focused fund for Latin America and the Caribbean, to invest in female entrepreneurs, companies with a significant share of women leaders, and firms that generate jobs or consumer products for women. The fund has a US$200m target and is expected to be comprised of 70% equity / 30% debt.
Creation Investments Capital Management made a MX$250m investment in Pluscorp, a Mexican financial services company.
Harvard Angels, Insper Angels and Anjos Do Brasil made an undisclosed investment in Incentiv, a Brazilian crowdfunding platform for impact-driven projects.
The Omidyar Network has launched a new impact investing guide for families, “Building and Impact Investing Team.”
MassChallenge Mexico awarded MXN$2m in zero-equity cash grants to four startups from their 2017 accelerator program: Urbvan, Iluméxico, Totolines and Econduce. (Press Release) Mexico City, December 7, 2017 – MassChallenge…
Pomona Impact has made a US$150k investment in Ecofiltro, a social impact water filtration startup based in Guatemala with a presence in Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Costa Rica.…
Impact investing firm Capria announces investments in an unnamed fund manager in Latin America who is creating a US$21m fund focused on Chile, and in Lateral Capital, a Sub-Saharan African…
Fundación Impacta and the Chilean Ministry of the Economy have partnered to launch Chile’s first Social Impact Bond. (Economía y Negocios) Creados en Inglaterra, a la fecha mueven aproximadamente US$…
Dutch social impact investor Oikocredit has exited Peruvian microfinance institution Financiera Confianza with sale to BBVA Foundation for an undisclosed amount. (Press Release) Social impact investor Oikocredit has exited Peruvian…
Adobe Capital has announced the first closing of its second impact fund, Adobe Mezzanine Fund II, after raising US$21m. The second fund aims to raise a total of US$40m. (Impact…