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We are a leading ecosystem builder that is increasing the flow of financial, human, and intellectual capital from Asia and around the world into the social sector in Asia. We provide a network of peers, rigorous learning programmes, and innovative capital mobilization opportunities that make sure resources are more effectively deployed.
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Highlights of the week
Accelerating Impact: Catalytic Capital in Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Africa and Europe
There is a persistent financing gap estimated at USD 4.2 trillion that needs to be filled for the world to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2030.
APAC Sustainability Seed Fund 2.0
By leveraging the success of the first round of the APAC Sustainability Seed Fund, AVPN continues to mobilise continuum of capital into supporting climate solutions in the region.
Trust-Based Philanthropy
In the face of increasingly complex and, sometimes rapidly, changing needs on the ground, it is crucial to take a step back and reconsider the status quo.
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We are a leading ecosystem builder that is increasing the flow of financial, human, and intellectual capital from Asia and around the world into the social sector in Asia. We provide a network of peers, rigorous learning programmes, and innovative capital mobilization opportunities that make sure resources are more effectively deployed.
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Solve Education: Education through Innovative Learning Platform
Education, Employability, Livelihood and Poverty Alleviation
Lotus Petal Sr. Sec School, Gurugram
Education, Employability, Health
IT Training Against Poverty in Cebu
Education, Employability, Livelihood and Poverty Alleviation
IT Vocational Training Against Poverty
Education, Employability, Livelihood and Poverty Alleviation
Gigatonne: Addressing Problems within the Carbon Credits Market
Climate Action and Environment, Financial Inclusion, Gender, Livelihood and Poverty Alleviation
Comprehensive Disability Inclusion Programme
Education, Employability, Livelihood and Poverty Alleviation
Events
AVPN Global Conference 2024
23 April 2024
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25 April 2024
Signature Event
Upcoming Events
Forward Faster Forum: Turning Pledges Into Action
04 April 2024
MedTech Actuator Accelerator 2024
29 March 2024
Margot joined Capital 4 Development Partners in the fall of 2018. She manages C4D's Portfolio Support Program, a facility that provides Business Development Support to C4D's pipeline and portfolio companies. In addition, she supports the development of the Indonesian investment portfolio of the C4D Asia Fund. Prior to joining C4D, Margot had been representing asset owners/HNWIs in impact investing for 8 years. Her most recent role was as Investment Manager at Wire Group, a Dutch advisory firm focused on guiding investors on their impact investing journey and linking them to impact investing opportunities in the market. Before joining Wire Group in early 2017, Margot was impact investing manager at Anthos Fund and Asset Management, where she launched the impact investing activities of the Brenninkmeijer family and was part of a small impact investing team since 2010. Margot started her career with Unilever in Utrecht and Rotterdam. After three years, she joined AT Kearney in Amsterdam to become a strategic management consultant. She left AT Kearney when she moved to New York in 2003 where she decided to switch to a career in international development. To solidify this switch, she gained a Master of International Affairs (MIA) from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in New York, with a specialization in development finance. During her six year stay in New York, Margot was involved in consulting projects with the World Bank in Benin, UN/Earth Institute Millennium Villages Project in Kenya, ICICI Bank and SKS Microfinance in India, and with a remittances project of HSBC Bank USA. Prior to moving back to The Netherlands, Margot was part of the Latin America project finance team at Nord/LB in New York. Besides a MIA, Margot holds a Master of Law degree from the University of Utrecht and a Bachelor's degree in Public Administration from Erasmus University Rotterdam. From 2012 to 2017, Margot was an active board member of Max Foundation, a Dutch organization focusing on healthy lives for children in Bangladesh, Nepal and Ethiopia by applying integrated health and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions. She has also been on the board of the Social Performance Task Force, an active network for professionals in inclusive finance. Lastly, Margot is one of the mentors of Rockstart Impact?s /Enterprise accelerator program in Nepal and Myanmar.