Capria takes an innovative approach to adding value to the impact investing ecosystem. One way Capria does this is through The Capria Network, a deep trust and high collaboration peer network of emerging market fund managers committed to delivering superior results. This is the third of a three-part series exploring a few of the ways that […]
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Capria Network stories II: Making better investment decisions through Capria’s network effect
Capria takes an innovative approach to adding value to the impact investing ecosystem. One way Capria does this is through Capria Network, a deep trust and high collaboration peer network of emerging market fund managers committed to delivering superior results. This is the second of a three-part series exploring a few of the ways that […]
Capria Network Stories I: How to overcome fundraising challenges, the network effect no-one thought of?
Capria takes an innovative approach to adding value to the impact investing ecosystem. One way Capria does this is through the Capria Network, a deep trust and high collaboration peer network of emerging market fund managers committed to delivering superior results. This is the first of a three-part series exploring a few of the ways that […]
Capria’s learning from 3 years of investing in African fund managers
Marking the 3rd anniversary since Capria’s inauguration at SOCAP 2015, I wanted to comment on a few of our learnings about investing in and with fund managers in Africa. I’d also like to encourage both new and established managers to consider joining Capria’s growing global network, as our 7th investment cycle has just opened. As you can see […]
Unitus Ventures (formerly Unitus Seed Fund) eyes first close of $46m second fund in few weeks (DealStreetAsia)
Unitus invested in 23 companies from its first fund, and has already committed to six more startups from its second fund taking the warehousing route. Seattle and Bengaluru-based early-stage investor Unitus Ventures (formerly Unitus Seed Fund) is set to make the first close of its second fund at Rs 100 crore ($15.4 million) in the next few weeks. “Our first fund of Rs 150 […]
More Capital Flows in Africa and Latin America as Two New Impact Fund Managers Join the Capria Network
Managers to be headquartered in Kenya and Chile to benefit from investment, advisory services, and access to Capria’s growing global network. News Summary: Two fund managers investing in Africa and Latin America have partnered with Capria and recently joined the Capria Network The Capria Network now consists of 11 fund managers and is […]
The Rise of Return-First Impact Funds (Africa Global Funds)
Walk into any conference involving emerging or frontier markets, and the subject of impact is on everyone’s mind. While some organizations have engaged in this type investing for decades, impact investing as a formal discipline developed only over the past 10-15 years. The concept itself is simple: investing in companies, organizations, and funds […]
Fund Manager Spotlight: Odiseo to Invest in nearly 25 Colombian Impact Startups and Generate Over 4,000 Jobs
Odiseo is an early-stage, Colombia-based impact fund targeting high-growth and committed entrepreneurs leading scalable, innovative and impactful businesses. Odiseo provides acceleration, co-investment opportunities and a formal scale up process, supporting companies in their expansion strategies. In an interview below with Harold Calderon Meza, […]
Key Characteristics of Top Fund Managers in Developing Markets
Insights from Capria’s research of 85 principals and partners. Since launching in late 2015, Capria has received applications from nearly 300 experienced and aspiring local impact fund managers around the globe. To better understand the fundamental components of the best impact fund managers in the world, we performed a deep analysis of 85 […]
Capria VC to launch up to 7 funds targeting SE Asia over next five years (Featured in DealStreetAsia)
Venture capital firm Capria aims to establish five to seven impact investment funds in Southeast Asia by 2021. Capria, which will partner local fund managers, envisages separate investment strategy and sectoral focus for these impact vehicles. The firm currently works with nine fund managers and the Capria Fund, a $100 million, a multi-manager […]
Fund Manager Spotlight: Brazil’s Performa Investimentos to invest in 10-12 impact businesses by 2027
Founded in 2005, Performa Investimentos is a Brazilian private equity and venture capital fund. It has deployed two funds of cumulative R $202 million (~USD $75 million) in sectors such as biotechnology, information technology, cleantech, and agritech. In 2016, the company decided to create fund III - a USD $80 million multi-sector fund […]
Capria Advances and Invests in Data-Driven, Bold Impact Fund Managers in Emerging Markets
At Capria, we advance and invest in experienced, data-driven, bold fund managers that invest in profitable, sustainable businesses, generating superior financial returns and scalable impact. The Ultimate Goal: Last Sunday, I played a football (soccer for our American friends) game with several neighbors from Mercer Island, WA. Despite the […]
