Insights
Inc.: How to Get People (Literally) Invested In Your Social Mission: 5 Steps
The opportunity to get funded by impact investors has never been better. Here is some advice for tapping the growing pool of investors like us who consider impact in our venture portfolio.
Forbes: Investing For Impact: Recasting A Traditional Portfolio For Purpose & Profit
The prospect is as exhilarating as it is daunting: As much as $30 trillion is expected to pass from baby boomers to their heirs in North America over the next three or four decades, according to a report from Accenture.
Washington Monthly: Building Affordable Housing
Builders of Hope is a unique social venture which rehabs and relocates distressed properties to create affordable, environmentally friendly housing.
Disrupt Africa: Why African Solar Is a Hotbed for Investment
African solar startups are solving a serious problem, namely the continent’s major lack of power. Combine this with the evolution of innovative business models, and you have a sector that is proving seriously popular with investors.
The Guardian: The Africans Buying Sunshine with Their Phones
Solar-powered electricity units are removing the need for dangerous kerosene lamps and allowing Africans to stay connected.
GOGLA: Investor Q & A with Lauren Cochran, Blue Haven Initiative
Ahead of Unlocking Solar Capital Africa this November 1-2, GOGLA talks to Lauren about Blue Haven Initiative’s involvement in the off-grid space.
Bloomberg Brief: Special Report: Family Office
Lauren Cochran scouts for deals in Africa as director of private investments for Blue Haven Initiative. Cochran spoke to Margaret Collins of Bloomberg Briefs about how she finds emerging companies on the world’s second-biggest continent.
Newsweek: Solar Power Brightens Residents' Prospects in East Africa
Every day, she lines up a solar panel outside her home, where it soaks up sunlight. The energy the panel gathers charges the batteries that power all her electrical devices.
Venture Capital for Africa: Ground Game: Smart Investing In Africa
In April I was sitting at Pete’s, the outdoor café in Nairobi’s iHub, lunching with a Nairobi-based entrepreneur. Pete’s and the iHub can make a visitor feel like he or she is actually in Palo Alto.
NextBillion: PEG Completes $7.5 Million Round to Expand Activities in West Africa
Accra, Ghana – PEG, the leading off-grid solar company in Ghana, announced today that it has closed a $7.5 million Series A round. The funding will be used to expand operations in Ghana, build out the management team, and to enter Ivory Coast.
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