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Overview
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Growing Impact: New Insights into the Practice of Impact Investing 2020 – Chapter 1, pp. 1-13
International Finance Corporation
Reading time: 45 minutes
Provides an overview of the impact investment market by identifying segments of the market that have the potential to fulfil 3 key attributes associated with impact investment: intent, contribution and measurement. Provides insights on the size of the market with specific analysis exploring the market size in private markets and public markets
What the reviewer found helpful:“Examining the size of the impact investment market from a private market and public market perspective.”
Kate Munuka
Introductory
Debt, equity and hybrid models
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Impact Investment in Private Equity and Venture Capital
British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
Reading time: 3 minutes
This page highlights the role of private equity and venture capital managers in driving change through their work. It considers key incentives for managers to get more actively involved in the field of impact investing and describes the adoption curve of managing for impact, illustrating the trend whereby impact investing is becoming increasingly mainstream.
What the reviewer found helpful:“A short but effective pitch to managers who are just beginning to think about incorporating impact into their investment decisions”
Yinni Hu
Introductory
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Venture Capital and Impact Investing: Changing the World One Idea at a Time
Impact Investing Institute
Reading time: 1 hour (Webinar)
This webinar addresses questions Venture capital and impact investing intersect in their objective to bring new capital to enterprises looking to solve meaningful problems. Why does it seem so difficult to get capital to startup enterprises, especially when the founders are women, black, Asian or minority ethnic? And why do the larger pools of capital, especially institutional investors, find it hard to focus on some of the most exciting, potentially world-changing enterprises out there? Our Lead Expert Jamie Broderick discussed these questions and many more with our panellists Gary Stewart, CEO and Co-founder at The Nest, Chris Wiles, Senior Investment Manager at Foresight Group and Jean de Fougerolles, Managing Partner at Ascension Ventures.
Introductory
Blended finance
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Blended Finance: A Brief Introduction
Investing for Good
Reading time: 30-45 minutes
Explains what Blended Finance entails, how transactions are structured and the types of investors who tend to participate in blended finance structures. Provides examples of blended finance transactions
What the reviewer found helpful:“Outline of the key elements in a blended finance structure”
Kate Munuka
Introductory
Investing in public and private markets in terms of risk and impact intensity
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