Temasek, an investment company headquartered in Singapore, has formed a USD500 million strategic partnership with leading global impact investment group LeapFrog Investments. The strategic partnership will take the form of a multi-fund investment by Temasek to anchor LeapFrog’s future funds. Temasek will also take a minority stake in LeapFrog
Futurepump Ltd, a manufacturer of solar-powered irrigation pumps for smallholder farmers in Africa and Asia, has raised over GBP450,000 in one week, by selling shares to investors in over 50 countries on the crowdfunding website Crowdcube. Futurepump says it wanted to avoid the conventional corporate venture-funding route, and instead offer
RM Funds, a specialist asset manager focusing on alternative investments, is to launch the new RM Impact Credit Fund (RM ICF).
Palatine Private Equity has completed the seventh investment from its Impact Fund, with the acquisition of a significant minority stake in tranScrip, a fast-growing global business playing a key role in the innovation and commercialisation of new medicines, including treatments for Covid-19. Headquartered in the Thames Valley, tranScrip provides a
CDC Group, a UK-based impact investor and development finance institution (DFI), has announced a commitment to invest over USD1 billion again in African businesses in 2021. The commitment will enable CDC to invest in many more promising African entrepreneurs and SMEs, and continue to drive inclusive growth and job creation
Big Issue Invest, the social investment arm of The Big Issue, and the University of Oxford’s Government Outcomes Lab (GO Lab) within the Blavatnik School of Government, have release the ‘Exploring Social Investment – An Indigo Technical & Learning Report’ detailing their collaboration towards data sharing in the social outcomes
Palatine Private Equity has completed the sixth investment from its Impact Fund, with the acquisition of a stake in a fast-growing training company which helps individuals return to employment and develop new skills.Palatine’s returns-focused GBP100 million Impact Fund, which invests in profitable businesses making a positive impact on the environment
Tideline, a specialist consultant for the impact investing industry, has launched BlueMark, an independent business providing impact verification services for investors and companies. BlueMark’s mission is “to strengthen trust in impact investing” through rigorous and independent assessments of an investor’s or company’s impact practices and performance, with the aim of building
Jan Pensaert is the founder and managing partner of Valiance, a global life sciences investor focused on addressing the unmet needs of a growing and ageing population. Valiance makes an impact through investments in medtech, with an additional focus on digital and nutritional health.
Well-known Irish figures including former Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Guinness family head Lord Iveagh and U2 band members Adam Clayton and The Edge are among a wide-ranging line-up of advisors and investors in a new ‘Impact Ireland’ fund launched by Dublin-based venture private equity investor VentureWave Capital. VentureWave this week confirmed
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