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🔔 Introducing The Roundtable and Networking Partner for Prabhav 2024 - Avaana Capital | 12th & 13th September, 2024 | The Grand, New Delhi Avaana Capital manages the Avaana Climate and Sustainability Fund, India’s first and largest early-stage climate-tech venture capital fund. This fund focuses on investing in emerging market leaders who utilize technology-driven innovation to create and scale solutions addressing climate change and sustainability challenges, while also delivering exponential returns. Avaana Capital's investment strategy spans across key thematic areas, including energy transition and resource management, mobility and supply chains, and climate-resilient food systems, targeting both climate mitigation and adaptation, as well as resilience-building initiatives. Avaana Capital is supporting Prabhav 2024 as the Roundtable and Networking Partner. Register today at https://prabhav2024.in/ to be a part of India's Largest Impact Investing Summit. -- About Prabhav: Prabhav, India's premier biennial impact investing conference, serves as a pivotal platform for Impact LPs, Asset Managers, Government Officials, and ecosystem stakeholders to convene, deliberate, and advance the India impact sector. Prabhav 2024 is set to ignite the intersection of impact investing and sustainable development under the compelling theme 'Impact Beyond Returns: The India Story.' Dive into six dynamic themes: Equity Impact Investing, Blended Finance, Financial Inclusion, Debt Impact Investing, Climate Finance, and Niche Areas. Join a diverse and influential group of attendees including Asset Owners, Asset Managers, Social Enterprises, Philanthropies, CSR leaders, Academics, and many others who are driving the future of impact investing in India. #Impactinvesting #Prabhav2024

🔔 Introducing The Network Partner for Prabhav 2024 - Arthan | 12th & 13th September, 2024 | The Grand, New Delhi Arthan is a social enterprise committed to strengthening the social impact sector ecosystem by helping organizations find the best talent. Their work is particularly focused on critical areas such as gender, climate, water, human capital, and evaluations. Arthan is supporting Prabhav 2024 as the Network Partner. Register today at https://prabhav2024.in/ to be a part of India's Largest Impact Investing Summit. -- About Prabhav: Prabhav, India's premier biennial impact investing conference, serves as a pivotal platform for Impact LPs, Asset Managers, Government Officials, and ecosystem stakeholders to convene, deliberate, and advance the India impact sector. Prabhav 2024 is set to ignite the intersection of impact investing and sustainable development under the compelling theme 'Impact Beyond Returns: The India Story.' Dive into six dynamic themes: Equity Impact Investing, Blended Finance, Financial Inclusion, Debt Impact Investing, Climate Finance, and Niche Areas. Join a diverse and influential group of attendees including Asset Owners, Asset Managers, Social Enterprises, Philanthropies, CSR leaders, Academics, and many others who are driving the future of impact investing in India. #Impactinvesting #Prabhav2024

LIVE: Plenary 1 - Risk, Return, and Impact: The Tripod of Impact Investing | Prabhav 2024 | Day 1 The inaugural plenary of Prabhav 2024, supported by Omidyar Network India, is focused on understanding how impact investing strategies can help shape the future of a post-pandemic India. Investors and thought leaders are discussing key insights from their investment journeys, shedding light on how to effectively balance risk, return, and impact while driving capital into sectors that create positive social and environmental outcomes. Panelists: - Geeta Goel, Managing Director, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, India - Royston Braganza, CEO, Grameen Impact Investments India & Co-Chair, Impact Investors Council (IIC) - Sandeep Farias, Founder & Managing Partner, Elevar Equity & Co-founder, Enmasse World - Sugandhi Matta, Chief Impact Officer, abcIMPACT - Shilpa Kumar, Partner, Omidyar Network India & Executive Council Member, Impact Investors Council (IIC) The panelists are providing valuable perspectives on navigating challenges, creating impact-driven strategies, and leveraging capital to build sustainable business models across sectors. The discussion is offering a deep dive into the evolving landscape of impact investing, equipping the audience with practical approaches to align financial returns with measurable social impact. Stay tuned for more insights and thought-provoking conversations as Prabhav 2024 continues!

Insightful interview piece by Ring Capital with Elodie Donjon from European Investment Fund (EIF) offering a glimpse into the evolution and trajectory of the European impact investing ecosystem. The landscape of impact investing has undergone significant evolution globally over the past decade. While it's encouraging to witness the increasing momentum and investor interests in sustainable finance, it's imperative to emphasize the distinctive elements of impact additionality and intentionality that set impact investing apart from the broader sustainable investing. Amidst the buzz, it is crucial to ensure that the enthusiasm for climate investments doesn't overshadow investments in technology and innovation driving social impact. #Impact #ImpactInvesting #ImpactEcosystem

Impact Ecosystem Newsletters - #2 Impact Funds Some Impact Funds do amazing work sharing insights into their investment niches or the entire ecosystem, helping the whole ecosystem grow 🌱 These are some of my favourite newsletters by Impact Funds: Masawa invests in European startups catalysing #mentalhealth and wellness. The bi-weekly Masawa Minute newsletter explores the intersection between mental wellness and investing. maze impact is an impact investment firm that offers financial and non-financial tools to everyone committed to delivering positive social and environmental outcomes. They share impactful updates from their portfolio and the broader ecosystem in their newsletter. Carbon Equity is the world’s first impact investing platform that gives investors small-ticket access to leading climate private equity funds. Their monthly newsletter will get you up to speed on all things #climatetech investing. Harlem Capital is an early-stage VC firm on a mission to change the face of entrepreneurship by investing in 1,000 diverse founders over the next 20 years. 'The Road to 1,000' is their monthly recap of updates on portfolio companies, industry news, content and events. #impactinvesting #newsletters

☀️ day in Luxembourg at Impact Europe co-hosted with ImpactVC Insightful and heated discussions around the evolving sophistication in the Impact investing market Key take-aways included: ⚖️ Impact measurement: An accelerating trend towards proving out 'shared value' - how being impact focused is improving company performance and resilience Thoughtful articulation from Marie Ekeland on why impact investing provides strong risk-weighted returns when set against a backdrop of industries and companies needing to decarbonise over the next 20 years 💰 Impact linked carry: European Investment Fund (EIF) require it for managers who raise from them. Healthy discussion on the pro's and con's alongside a recognition that pragmatism is needed and impact needs to incorporate qualitative and quantitive factors Good to hear from Florian Erber on his experience implementing this in particular that deal leads have accountability for setting and working with portfolio companies on their impact metrics 3. Raising an impact fund: It's tough - even more so if you experiment with structure with many institutional funds, in particular development banks, having restrictions around their ability to invest in evergreen structures. It is great to see funds like AENU and 2050 look to educate the market around the benefits of evergreen structures and lay the foundations for this approach to become more mainstream 4. Impact exits: Impact first companies have a wider range of options for exit Lara Viada shared her experience of exiting a business to the Reposol foundation and their ability to super scale the impact post exit Thank you Ellie Broad Douglas Sloan Gianluca Gaggiotti Ines Mertens de Wilmars for inviting Eka Ventures

🔔 Introducing The Network Partner for Prabhav 2024 - GSG Impact | 12th & 13th September, 2024 | The Grand, New Delhi The GSG Impact Partnership is a global network of National Partners representing their country’s impact ecosystem. These partners unite leaders across sectors to develop national strategies and implement policy and financial solutions. GSG Impact supports their efforts through global advocacy, innovation, and collaboration, ensuring National Partners are at the heart of the movement. GSG Impact is supporting Prabhav 2024 as the Network Partner. Register today at https://prabhav2024.in/ to be a part of India's Largest Impact Investing Summit. -- About Prabhav: Prabhav, India's premier biennial impact investing conference, serves as a pivotal platform for Impact LPs, Asset Managers, Government Officials, and ecosystem stakeholders to convene, deliberate, and advance the India impact sector. Prabhav 2024 is set to ignite the intersection of impact investing and sustainable development under the compelling theme 'Impact Beyond Returns: The India Story.' Dive into six dynamic themes: Equity Impact Investing, Blended Finance, Financial Inclusion, Debt Impact Investing, Climate Finance, and Niche Areas. Join a diverse and influential group of attendees including Asset Owners, Asset Managers, Social Enterprises, Philanthropies, CSR leaders, Academics, and many others who are driving the future of impact investing in India. #Impactinvesting #Prabhav2024

Impact investors are a driving force behind innovation that matters. To meet Von der Leyen's & Draghi's ambitions for the EU's economy, we need to channel more capital into impactful startups and SMEs — and that means creating supportive policy frameworks. Read our new SFDR Position Paper, backed by FAIR - Label Finansol, Impact Finance Belgium, Netherlands Advisory Board on Impact Investing, SpainNAB, Impact Investing Institute & #UnitedforImpact by Ring Capital: https://lnkd.in/euBpY4AV Jana Bour Stéphanie Brenda Smialowski Fundación BBK | Obra Social ILB Nutrition

Is the impact investing industry doing enough to build a broader and more inclusive sector? What are some of the ways in which women and those from underrepresented groups can navigate their futures and their careers? These are just some of the questions we posed to leading female voices from across the impact investing sector, in celebration of #internationalwomensday2024. Thank you to all the women who shared their insight and expertise, talking to Impact-Investor.com about developing a more inclusive society, and the lessons learnt as they built their careers: Roberta Bosurgi, CEO at Impact Europe, Michele Giddens, co-founder and co-CEO at Bridges Fund Management Ltd., Dimple Sahni, managing director, impact portfolios at Anthos Fund & Asset Management, Willemijn Verloop, founding partner, Rubio Impact Ventures, Audrey Obara, senior investment manager and head of regional office, Swedfund International in Nairobi, Laure Wessemius-Chibrac, managing director, Netherlands Advisory Board on Impact Investing, Christin ter Braak-Forstinger, Dr., LL.M., founder and CEO, Chi Impact Capital, Sapna Shah, president of The Global Impact Investing Network, Lisa Hehenberger, director, the Esade Center for Social Impact, Nora Bavey, general partner and co-founder, Unconventional Ventures, and Dimple Patel, CEO of NatureMetrics. #internationalwomensday2024 #genderequity #impactinvesting https://lnkd.in/egrAAPn7

Looking for insights into the latest trends, opportunities, and developments shaping impact investing? Dive into our November 2024 edition of What's on Goodwell's Radar! 🔎 This month, we explore: ✅ How Moniepoint Group becomes Africa's newest unicorn ✅ That the African Development Bank Group has allocated $100 million to support youth- and women-led small and medium enterprises ✅ How the investment industry is currently dealing with an “exit overhang" 👉 Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/ePvx9Cct 💬 We'd love to hear your thoughts—share your takeaways in the comments below or drop a link to recent investment news or commentary that's shaping your views of the impact investing space. #ImpactInvesting #SustainableDevelopment #GoodwellRadar #PositiveChange