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Report: Social/Impact Venture Firms Invested $95 Million in India in 2015
Social/ Impact Venture Firms invested about US$95mn over 53 deals in India during the twelve months ended December 2015, according to data from Venture Intelligence, India’s longest serving research service focused on private company financials, transactions and valuations.. Deal activity increased 8.2% compared to 2014 (which had witnessed 49 such investments valued at US$106mn).
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- South Asia
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OPIC Enters Into $250 Million Partnership with Bayport to Advance Financial Inclusion
Bayport Management Ltd, a leading emerging market financial services group, today announced the closing of a $250 million senior debt facility with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation which will support the group’s financial inclusion and growth agenda across its operations.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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From fad to fixture: how investors are waking up to climate risk
Investors are beginning to accept that their stock picks can be environmentally and financially successful.
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- Environment, Investing
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The Hybrid Investor
For once, Head Office starts with a wager with myself. I’m on my way to meet Roopa Kudva, managing director of Omidyar Network India Advisors, the Indian arm of the Silicon Valley-headquartered impact investors.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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- impact investing
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Prudential Financial and LeapFrog Investments Launch a Partnership in Africa
Prudential Financial and LeapFrog Investments announced the launch of a $350 million investment partnership to access high-growth markets in Africa. Managed by LeapFrog, the new investment vehicle will target investments in life insurance companies in leading economies on the continent, including Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria, to be made over a three- to five-year period.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Novo Aims to Be Ahead of Pharma Pack With Iran Investment
Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, the world's top insulin supplier, expects to be ahead of the pack now nuclear sanctions are lifted in Iran, thanks to a continuous presence and a pre-emptive investment plan.
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- Health Care, Investing
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‘Sustainable Investing’ Goes Mainstream
The year 2015 might well have been when sustainable investing became sustainable.
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- Environment, Investing
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- impact investing
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IFMR Investment Launches $38 Million Debt Fund in India
IFMR Investment Managers Pvt Ltd, a Chennai-based asset management company, is raising a Rs.250 crore (about $38 million) debt fund to invest in businesses that target consumers at the bottom half of the pyramid, such as firms that finance affordable housing or agri-business.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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