Next Billion Capital Partners

Honored to have SDG Impact Finance Initiative partner with us on our journey to invest in impact and innovation in the Global South! Eduard Melli Ruzgar Barisik Ken Toyoda Falgu Shah Volodymyr Tsapko Tadei Ugryn

"With the Next Billion Digital Growth Fund, our commitment to driving positive social change is at the heart of our investment philosophy. Our Gender Impact Strategy is a cornerstone of this mission, aimed at empowering women in emerging markets by fostering inclusive and equitable growth through our portfolio, both at the company and beneficiary level." Ruzgar Barisik Ken Toyoda Falgu Shah Christopher M. Schroeder Volodymyr Tsapko Eduard Melli Tadei Ugryn

"We believe that technology is uniquely capable of enabling digital & financial inclusion and that digital economy companies deliver impact at scale by providing affordable access to essential goods & services for the next billion households, women, and MSMEs in emerging markets." Our proprietary Technology for Inclusion Framework helps us put this core belief into action as we invest in transformative companies in emerging markets. Have a quick read!

If banking and credit are the essential financial services that unlock growth, insurance provides the stability and resilience to keep improving livelihoods.  With insurance penetration in emerging markets 3.3x lower than in developed markets, technology is making insurance accessible, affordable, and transparent for the traditionally underserved. Starting with Qoala, we see tremendous opportunities to scale the next wave of insurtech companies of all different flavors across emerging markets. Click the link to read on! Eduard Melli Ruzgar Barisik Volodymyr Tsapko Falgu Shah

"As we’ve canvassed the investment universe for growth equity managers with the right experience and strategy for emerging markets, we noticed the lack of options for impact investors.  Investing in Next Billion fulfills our mission to help build the impact investing ecosystem, and we look forward to partnering with Next Billion to establish a category defining franchise." We are extremely fortunate to have investors who don't just stop at investing in our fund - they continually support our mission and vision. Thank you to Priya, Ander, and the entire Impact Engine team for your trust in us and for sharing some of the reasons behind your investment.

A happy occasion to announce our participation in Qoala's recent $47M Series C round, led by PayPal Ventures and MassMutual! Click the link to see why we led the Series B+ last year and continue to be so bullish about supporting Harshet and Tommy's mission to make insurance affordable and accessible to anyone in Southeast Asia. Eduard Melli Ruzgar Barisik Ken Toyoda Tiang Lim Foo

Never too late to (re)share great news! Having led the Series B+ last year, we continue to back Harshet Lunani, Tommy Martin, and their team at Qoala as they build the leading insurtech platform for Southeast Asia. Welcome to the team, PayPal Ventures! Look out for more on why we made Qoala the first investment out of our Digital Growth Fund. Eduard Melli Ruzgar Barisik Ken Toyoda Tiang Lim Foo

Thank you, Danielle Rossingh and Impact-Investor.com, for the insightful article on our new Digital Growth Fund! The current market conditions represent a generational opportunity to drive financial returns and positive societal impact, and for our investors, we aim to be single-manager access to this opportunity in emerging markets.

Thank you Aastha Saboo (Maheshwari) for the great coverage on our Digital Growth Fund in DealStreetAsia! Key takeaways: - Technology is the best way to impact the lives of the next billion women, households and businesses at scale in emerging markets. - Our first investment from the fund, Qoala, perfectly embodies the previous point, given its already massive reach in Southeast Asia. - We have a very positive view on Southeast Asia, given the combination of strong macro environment and incredible talent in the region.   - Our first close investors, such as Impact Engine, backed the Digital Growth fund to gain access via a single manager to the technology impact growth equity space across several emerging economies.

We are proud to share that we've held a first closing of Digital Growth I, a $250M impact growth equity fund that will invest in companies driving financial and digital inclusion across global emerging markets. https://lnkd.in/gMM8npkT https://lnkd.in/gza7qgs5 Ruzgar Barisik Ken Toyoda Falgu Shah Christopher M. Schroeder Volodymyr Tsapko Eduard Melli Tiang Lim Foo Stevon D. Darling Luiz Eduardo Mazetto Cikü Mugambi Khaled Talhouni