I first traveled to Chile in 2005 on Microsoft business and then again in 2011 for a family holiday. In my work for Capria, I’ve been to Santiago at least five times over the past three years, focused on fundraising for our global efforts and on selecting and supporting a great local fund manager to be a part of the Capria Network (we found one - […]
Tag: impact investing
The “Advancer” takes impact to the next level
Uma Sekar, Director, Impact & ESG, Capria has some lessons for other players in the impact investing space. Uma leads the impact investment strategy implementation and framework development at Capria and Unitus Ventures. She believes aligning a CEO’s long-term vision to impact through integration as a part of their business strategy, is […]
Capria is Among First Adopters of IFC’s New Impact Principles
Capria and 59 other investors commit to managing USD $350B assets in line with the recently launched Operating Principles for Impact Management 12th April 2019, Seattle, WA: Capria, a global investment firm leading the largest network of fund managers collaborating to deliver superior returns in emerging and frontier markets, announced that it […]
Scaling Impact while enhancing financial returns via Impact Management – Part I
Impact investing has solidified itself into a global industry of exponential growth since the concept emerged in 2007. According to GIIN's recent "Sizing the Impact Investment Market" report, which collected data from over 1,340 impact investors, the market is now just over half a trillion dollars US worldwide. Impact continues to build an […]
Overheard at the Latin American Impact Investing Forum
The ninth Foro Latinoamericano de Inversión de Impacto (the Latin American Impact Investing Forum, or simply “the FLII”), had quite a few interesting insights related to the Latin American markets. Their highlights include focus on growth in entrepreneurship, learning and experiences and resilient investments, a concept explained extremely well […]
Gender-Smart Impact Investing in Emerging Markets
Capria is advancing the next generation of local fund managers that invest in hundreds of small and growing businesses (“SGBs”) in emerging and frontier markets in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. We provide these capable, highly-vetted, local fund managers with a unique platform for success, including senior-level partnering and capacity building, […]
Saved by a ‘SAFE’: Three Lessons from a Broken Impact Investing Deal
We don’t like SAFEs, but this one saved us. Many in the tech investment sector are familiar with the acronym SAFE. It refers to the “Simple Agreement for Future Equity,” and was first coined by the seed-stage accelerator, YCombinator (YC). SAFE instruments have become popular with early-stage founders in Silicon Valley, and for good reason. They […]
Policies to Promote Impact Investing in Chile
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with President Sebastián Piñera of Chile who was interested in hearing a global perspective on impact investing and discussing ideas that Chile could consider to promote both foreign and domestic impact investing. President Piñera was recently elected to his second term, so he is no stranger to the […]
Unitus Ventures (formerly Unitus Seed Fund) eyes first close of $46m second fund in few weeks
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
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, […]
