Impact Investing

TPG is preparing to raise US$3.5b for its second impact investing fund, The Rise Fund II, and it will focus mainly on healthcare, education, financial services and energy. New Jersey…

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.” 

The Rise Fund, a global impact investing fund managed by TPG Growth, invested US$130m in DreamBox Learning, the company that pioneered Intelligent Adaptive Learning technology.  

The IFC intends to invest US$13m in impact investor Capria to focus on emerging markets.

Vox Capital sold 30% of its stake in TEM, a Brazilian healthtech company offering a pre-paid card for health services in São Paulo, providing a partial exit for the firm at a 26% IRR. Vox invested R$3m in TEM in 2015.

Switzerland-based private markets investment manager Partners Group will launch a US$1b global social impact fund with an investment strategy in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.  (Financial Times)…

Impact investing firm Capria aims to raise US$200m this year to deploy in emerging markets. Capria’s network of impact investment funds in LatAm includes Odiseo in Colombia, Performa Investimentos in…

FIS Ameris, a new social impact fund, made its inaugural investment in Chilean carpooling app Allride. (Economía y Negocios) Lanzado oficialmente a mediados del año pasado, FIS Ameris, el fondo…