Investors’ Circle is the oldest, largest and most successful early-stage impact investing network. Together with hundreds of angels, venture capitalists, foundations and family offices, we have propelled $172 million plus $4 billion in follow on investment into 271 enterprises dedicated to improving the environment, education, health and community. IC’s mission is to promote the transition to a sustainable economy by increasing the flow of capital to enterprises that are addressing social and environmental challenges.
CapNexus –
An online database that matches money and partners to community development finance opportunities.
asiaIIX –
Impact Investment Exchange (Asia) (IIX) is the home of Asia’s first private and public platforms for Social Enterprises (SEs) to raise capital efficiently. To provide Social Enterprises in Asia with greater access to capital, allowing them to more rapidly expand the impact of their activities.
AboutMicrofinance –
AboutMicrofinance is an aggregator and disseminator of current and authoritative information and resources on all aspects of the microfinance industry.
Intellecap Impact Investing Network, I3N
The Intellecap Impact Investment Network (I3N or I-cube-N) is India’s first angel investment network focused on funding early stage impact enterprises. I3N is promoted by Intellecap. We are a unique platform for investors who are willing to support daring young entrepreneurs with cutting-edge solutions to solve problems at the bottom of our social pyramid.
Social Finance US
Founded in January 2011, Social Finance US is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is dedicated to mobilizing investment capital to drive social progress. We believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive, and that social impact financing can play a catalytic role in creating these opportunities.
MicroRate
MicroRate was the first microfinance rating agency dedicated to evaluating performance and risk in microfinance institutions (MFIs), as well as evaluating microfinance funds, also known as microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs). As the oldest and most well-respected organization of its kind, MicroRate’s primary goal is to promote growth in the microfinance industry by facilitating the efficient flow of money from capital markets to MFIs through independent evaluation and increased transparency.
Five Fund Forum
Five Fund Forum – A showcase of five investment funds across the spectrum of sustainability including clean energy, microfinance, energy efficiency, sustainable agriculture, impact, green consumer products and others. The event is invitation-only. Presented by Watershed Capital
Social Finance UK
Social Finance is a not for profit organisation that partners with the government, the social sector and the financial community to find better ways of tackling social problems in the UK and beyond.
MicroFinance Gateway
Since 2000, CGAP’s Microfinance Gateway has been a valuable resource for individuals and organizations working to advance financial inclusion for the world’s poor. The Gateway welcomes more than 1 million annual visitors from over 200 countries, who recognize the Gateway as the web’s leading resource for knowledge and career development opportunities in microfinance and financial inclusion.
GIIN
The Global Impact Investing Network is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing. The GIIN addresses systemic barriers to effective impact investing by building critical infrastructure and developing activities, education, and research that attract more investment capital to poverty alleviation and environmental solutions.
Case Foundation
Case Foundation’s working version of A Short Guide to Impact Investing — a basic primer to help individuals better understand how business can drive social change and create social impact. We’ve talked with hundreds from the impact investing community to create this document and now we want to hear from you.
MicroCapital
MicroCapital publishes information on microfinance, SME investing and other forms of impact investing monthly in the MicroCapital Monitor and daily at MicroCapital.org. Since 2005, we have been covering news, events, research summaries and a range of special features on the sector. As impact investing is an emerging industry with a legacy of charity, objective news with a business orientation is scarce. MicroCapital seeks to counter this scarcity by providing candid information with the goal of encouraging rational growth of the industry.
Enable Impact
To provide a platform where social entrepreneurs, impact investors, and impact programs focused on solving challenging social, ecological, and humanitarian issues can connect and thrive.
Liquidnet’s 2012 “Markets for Good” Challenge
Clearly Social Angels –
Clearly Social Angels (CSA) is the UK’s first angel network dedicated to businesses that create positive social change.
Prezi: Spectrum of Markets
Spectrum of Markets
Impact Investor
Impact Investor was developed by the Social Stock Exchange as the first truly comprehensive resource to meet the needs of those people who wish to explore investing in businesses that deliver an impact _ be that social, environmental or ethical _ alongside a financial return. Our website provides a content rich portal where engaged users are able to learn about the significance and scale of the global impact investing market, whilst exploring the growing swathe of opportunities available to those investors who wish to put their money to work for more than just financial gains.
Social Finance Israel
Social Finance Israel (SFI) is a financial intermediary that aims to provide both social and financial returns to investors. SFI will issue social-financial products, such as Social Impact Bonds, in order to raise new capital for the most effective not-for-profit organizations in Israel, tackling the country’s most pressing social and economic issues, while delivering monetary returns to investors.
Impact Investing 101
Impact Investing graphic. There is a spectrum of investors, capital and enterprises.
Toniic
Toniic is a global network of action-oriented impact investors, both individuals and institutions. We increase the velocity of money and services into impact investing to address global challenges. Our members commit to discover, evaluate, nurture and invest in entrepreneurs, enterprises and funds that promote a just and sustainable economy. Toniic has members in over 20 countries and its members have invested in over 15 countries.
Social Funds
Social Funds – List of CDVC funds
MaxImpact –
Maximpact impact investing network is an web-based metaportal designed to increase the depth and effectiveness of impact investment across the globe. It operates as a secure listing service that allows entrepreneurs, intermediaries and funders to share information about impact investment deals online.
ImpactSpace
ImpactSpace is the open data and resources platform powering the global impact market. We are making this information available to everyone and maintainable by anyone.
Community Development Venture Capital Alliance (CDVCA)
Community Development Venture Capital Alliance (CDVCA) The network for the field of community development venture capital (CDVC) investing. CDVC funds provide equity capital to businesses in underinvested markets, seeking market-rate financial returns, as well as the creation of good jobs, wealth, and entrepreneurial capacity. CDVCA promotes the field by combining advocacy, education, communications, and best-practice dissemination through conferences and workshops. CDVCA makes its expertise available to CDVC funds by providing consulting services and technical assistance.
Investor
Investors’ Circle is the oldest, largest and most successful early-stage impact investing network. Together with hundreds of angels, venture capitalists, foundations and family offices, we have propelled $172 million plus $4 billion in follow on investment into 271 enterprises dedicated to improving the environment, education, health and community. IC’s mission is to promote the transition to a sustainable economy by increasing the flow of capital to enterprises that are addressing social and environmental challenges
Slow Money
Slow Money is bringing people together around a shared vision about what it means to be an investor in the 21st Century: Money can erode. Or money can nurture. Millions of us, slowing just a little of our money down, can begin to create the nurture capital industry—as important to the next generation as venture capital has been to this generation. Looking at philanthropy and investment through the lens of food, soil and place, we will find new ways to rebuild trust and to support millions of small acts of entrepreneurial care.
Definition from GIIRS
ImpactBase
ImpactBase is the searchable, online database of impact investment funds and products designed for accredited investors and investment managers.
Definition from GIIN
Boundless Impact –
Boundless Impact is a learning community helping investors maximize the impact of their capital.
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Community (PYMWYMIC)
Pymwymic is Europe’s most active and longest-standing community of impact investors. Created originally in 1994 by Europe’s (then) ‘next-gen’ influencers, Pymwymic has for 20 years, advocated, catalyzed and invested into impact enterprise. Over years we’ve together invested many millions, helped 45+ companies with significant seed or growth funding, and supported and connection.
ImpactAssets 50: A Global Landscape of Impact Investment Fund Managers
The ImpactAssets 50 (IA 50) is the first publicly available database of experienced private debt and equity impact investment fund managers.
Social Stock Exchange
The Social Stock Exchange launched as an information platform for investors seeking to access impact opportunities on the public markets. Through its platform, member companies have the opportunity to articulate and evidence their social and environmental credentials through the production of an independently assessed Impact Report. The Social Stock Exchange was set up to help unlock capital at scale, via a growing community of global impact investors, for all organisations and businesses that create an evidenced social or environmental impact through their core activities.
SVX
An impact first platform connecting social ventures, impact funds, and impact investors.
Pipeline Fellowship
The Pipeline Fellowship, an angel investing bootcamp for women, works to increase diversity in the U.S. angel investing community and creates capital for women social entrepreneurs.
Global Impact Investment Map – GIIMAP
Focused on Mexico and Latin America, GIIMAP is the first collaborative platform for mapping organizations and individuals working across the global in the impact investing space. These actors include funders, investors, technical support organizations, business development service providers, consultants, researchers, small and growing businesses (SGBs) and social entrepreneurs.
Mission Markets –
An independent capital marketplace and community network for the impact and impact-related investing markets. They make it easier to source, research and move capital into investments that have a positive social & environmental impact.
Fundpeak
Impact Database is a platform which allows impact investors to search and analyze impact investing funds and products. It also helps with ongoing performance monitoring.
GATE impact –
GATE Impact fulfills the increasing global demand for market infrastructure enabling capital to identify & transact investments that provide sustainable social and environmental benefits in addition to financial returns.