Doble Impacto, a Chilean crowdfunding platform for impact projects, and Quest Capital, a Chilean corporate finance advisory firm, partnered to launch a US$10m Chilean social impact fund. (Press Release) Doble…
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Yunus Invests in Arbusta
8 October 2019Yunus Social Business made an undisclosed investment in Arbusta, an Argentine sourcing and talent development company focused on providing opportunities for low income youth and women. (Yunus) Training vulnerable youth…
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Aqua-Spark Invests in Fisher Piscicultura
2 October 2019Dutch private equity firm Aqua-Spark invested in Fisher Piscicultura, a Brazilian tilapia farm. Aqua-Spark acquires minority stakes in sustainable aquaculture SME’s around the world. Financial terms of the deal were…
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Oikocredit and Incofin CVSO Leads a US$8m Series A Investment in Sempli
24 September 2019Oikocredit and Incofin CVSO led a US$8m Series A investment in Sempli, a lending platform for small businesses in Colombia, with participation from IDB Lab, XPT1 Fund, Generación Exponencial, Impulsum…
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Accion Venture Lab Launches a New US$33m Fund
4 September 2019Global nonprofit Accion’s seed-stage investment initiative, Accion Venture Lab, launched a new US$33m fund, leveraging third-party capital for the first time (US$23m) and including a separate US$10m investment from Accion. …
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Alacrity Mexico, in partnership with Wesley Clover, a Canadian investment management firm with global operations, closed its first seed fund, Canada Fund I. (Press Release) Alacrity Mexico anuncia que el…
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Schroders Acquires Majority Stake in BlueOrchard
26 July 2019British asset manager Schroders agrees to acquire a majority stake in Swiss impact investor BlueOrchard. The deal gives the Schroders access to BlueOrchard’s about US$3.5b assets under management as of…
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Acumen Invests US$876k in Acceso Colombia
12 June 2019Acumen invested US$876k in Acceso Colombia, a local agribusiness working with smallholder farmers, through its Investing for Peace Fund, in partnership with USAID. (Press Release) Acumen announced today a $876,000…
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Oikocredit Invests US$ 4.7m in Caravela Coffee
22 May 2019Oikocredit Invested US$4.7m in Caravela, a coffee trader in Latin America that uses direct trade principles. Oikocredit purchased shares from Annona Sustainable Investments. (Press Release) The Netherlands / United Kingdom…
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Acumen Latam Capital Partners Invests in Peru’s Phoenix Foods
14 January 2019Impact investor Acumen Latam Capital Partners completed an investment in Phoenix Foods, a Peruvian agro-industrial exporter (Press Release) Acumen Latam Capital Partners LLC (“ALCP”) announced today an investment in Phoenix…