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Notable Firms[edit]

Below is a list of notable impact investing organizations.

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Name Location Year established Partners or CEO Industries and Investment Type Assets under management
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Strategic Investment Fund Seattle, Washington 2009 Andrew Farnum Private Equity: health, development and education $2,000M[1]
Boston Common Asset Management Bolton, Massachusetts 2003 Allyson McDonald Private Equity: climate, sustainability, social $5,000M[2]
Bridges Fund Management London, United Kingdom 2002 Michele Giddens, Ronald Mourad Cohen and Philip Newborough Private Equity: health, skills, sustainability, social $800M[3]
Omidyar Network California 2004 Pierre Omidyar, Pam Omidyar and Mike Kubzansky Private Equity: social, technology, and human capital $735M[4]
Open Society Foundations’s Soros Economic Development Fund New York, United States 1997 George Soros and Sean Hinton Private Equity: development $19000M[5]
International Finance Corporation’s Investments New York, United States 1956 Philippe Le Houérou Private Equity: development, health and tech $68000M[6]
Actis Capital London, United Kingdom 2004 Torbjorn Caesar Private Equity: energy, infrastructure, and real estate $9200M[7]
LeapFrog Investments South Africa 2007 Jim Roth and Andrew Kuper Private Equity: financial services and health $1600M[8]
Blue Haven Initiative Cambridge, Massachusetts 2012 Liesel Matthews and Ian Simmons Private Equity: social and environment $500M[9]
Future Planet Capital London, United Kingdom 2015 Douglas Hansen-Luke Private Equity: Climate, Health, Education, Sustainable Growth and Security $400M[10]
Credit Suisse Switzerland 1856 Marisa Drew Private Equity $1000M[11]
Acumen New York 2001 Jacqueline Novogratz Private Equity: health, energy, financial inclusion, education, agriculture and real estate $99M[12]
United Nations Capital Development Fund New York 1996 Judith Karl Private Equity: development and financial inclusion $7000M[13]
Synthesis Capital London, United Kingdom 2020 Costa Yiannoulis and Rosie Wardle Private Equity: food technology and sustainability $300M[14]
BlueOrchard Finance Ltd Zürich, Switzerland 2001 Philipp Müller Private Debt, Listed Debt, Private Equity: development and financial inclusion, climate, education, women's empowerment, health, agriculture and sustainable infrastructure $4500M[15]
Yunus Social Business Berlin, Germany 2011 Muhammad Yunus and Saskia Bruysten Private Debt, Venture Philanthropy, Corporate Social Innovation $20M
Quadria Capital Singapore 2012 Abrar Mir and Dr. Amit Varma Private Equity: Leading investor in Asian Healthcare $2,900M[16]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Catherine Cheney [https://www.devex.com/news/q-a-how-gates-strategic-investment-fund-gets-companies-to-take-on-global-health-93265 "How Gates' Strategic Investment Fund gets companies to take on global health", Devex, 16 August 2018
  2. ^ "Geeta Aiyer: President and founder, Boston Common Asset Management". Time. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  3. ^ Adva Saldinger [https://www.devex.com/news/a-deepening-relationship-between-impact-investing-and-the-sdgs-96075 "A deepening relationship between impact investing and the SDGs", Devex, 21 November 2019
  4. ^ Eldon, Eric (2019-10-28). "Omidyar Network CEO opens up about VC-influenced philanthropy". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  5. ^ David Bank [https://impactalpha.com/lgt-acquires-aspada-from-soros-to-expand-lightstone-impact-investing-platform/ "LGT acquires Aspada from Soros to expand Lightstone impact investing platform", ImpactAlpha, 27 August 2019
  6. ^ Bhakti Mirchandani [forbes.com/sites/bhaktimirchandani/2019/04/12/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-ifcs-operating-principles-for-impact-management/#1400b21526b7 "What You Need To Know About The IFC's Operating Principles For Impact Management", ImpactAlpha, 12 April 2019
  7. ^ Garcia, Luis (2018-11-13). "Actis Seeks to Widen Private Equity's Impact-Investing Ambitions". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  8. ^ "LeapFrog founder makes fresh push into impact market". Financial Times. 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  9. ^ David Bank https://impactalpha.com/the-500-million-blue-haven-initiative-unplugged-podcast-4e0808d43eca/ "The $500 million Blue Haven Initiative", ImpactAlpha, 9 August 2017
  10. ^ "FPC Profile". Future Planet Capital. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Marisa Drew Details Credit Suisse Impact Goals". finews.com. 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  12. ^ "Acumen Profile". ImpactAssets. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Meridiam Named Fund Manager for International Municipal Investment Fund (IMIF)". UNCDF. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Synthesis Capital Launches World's Largest Dedicated Food Technology Venture Capital Fund". www.businesswire.com. 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  15. ^ Peter Smith "Schroders buys majority stake in BlueOrchard". Financial Times. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  16. ^ Saxena, Ridhima (28 April 2022). "Quadria Eyes $1 Billion for Fund III". AVCJ. p. 2. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
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