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July 10, 2019
Can venture philanthropy turn on Southeast Asia to clean energy?
Venture philanthropy is relatively rare in Asia, where charitable donations are the norm for tackling social and environmental problems. But more strategic funding can help Southeast Asia rapidly transition to clean energy, says one of the world’s most powerful venture philanthropists, Eileen Rockefeller Growald. Windmills for renewable energy production in Mekong Delta, south of Vietnam. Image: Vision […]
Eco-Business
July 9, 2019
AVPN announces 3 new launches in partnership with Credit Suisse, Village Capital, USAID and a HK-based family office to accelerate social investing in Asia
AVPN, a Singapore-based funders’ network committed to building a high-impact social investment community across Asia Pacific, unveiled three brand new initiatives during its 2019 Breaking Boundaries Conference, hosted at the Suntec City Convention Center this June 25-28. The Social Enterprise Development Toolkit, AVPN Climate Action Platform, and AVPN Health Platform. These initiatives have been developed in partnership with organisations like Credit […]
Asia One
July 9, 2019
AVPN Announces Three New Launches In Partnership With Credit Suisse, Village Capital, USAID And A HK-Based Family Office To Accelerate Social Investing In Asia
AVPN, a Singapore-based funders’ network committed to building a high-impact social investment community across Asia Pacific, unveiled three brand new initiatives during its 2019 Breaking Boundaries Conference, hosted at the Suntec City Convention Center this June 25-28. The Social Enterprise Development Toolkit, AVPN Climate Action Platform, and AVPN Health Platform. These initiatives have been developed in partnership with organisations like Credit […]
Markets Insider
July 9, 2019
Breaking boundaries: coverage from the 2019 AVPN annual conference
Alliance magazine is proud to have been a media partner at this year’s AVPN Annual Conference in Singapore. Now in its seventh year, the AVPN Conference brought together a diverse group of funders and resource providers from around the globe to take part in the largest gathering of social investors in Asia.
Alliance Magazine
July 9, 2019
Conference corner: Kevin Teo, AVPN
At the 2019 AVPN Annual Conference, we spoke to Kevin TEO Chief Operating Officer AVPN, to capture his reflections. Now in its seventh year, the AVPN Conference brought together a diverse group of funders and resource providers from around the globe to take part in the largest gathering of social investors in Asia. There is a big […]
Alliance Magazine
July 9, 2019
AVPN Announces Three New Launches In Partnership With Credit Suisse, Village Capital, USAID And A HK-Based Family Office To Accelerate Social Investing In Asia
AVPN, a Singapore-based funders’ network committed to building a high-impact social investment community across Asia Pacific, unveiled three brand new initiatives during its 2019 Breaking Boundaries Conference, hosted at the Suntec City Convention Center this June 25-28. The Social Enterprise Development Toolkit, AVPN Climate Action Platform, and AVPN Health Platform. These initiatives have been developed in partnership with organisations like Credit […]
The Wellness Insider
July 9, 2019
Energy, curiosity and urgent questions on the AVPN agenda
The 2019 AVPN conference in Singapore put its cards firmly on the table from the start. The focus would be on big themes: education, gender equality, hunger and malnutrition, and climate change – most of all on climate change. From the first session, speaker after speaker reminded us that we only have 15 years in which to […]
Alliance Magazine
July 7, 2019
[RECAP] AVPN Conference 2019
As one of the early members, ANGIN attended AVPN Conference 2019 in Singapore to continue to learn and network with key executives in social investment landscape, e.g. development agencies, social entrepreneurs, impact investors, and government agencies from around the globe. The goal of the AVPN Conference 2019 is to ensure social investors are better equipped […]
ANGIN
July 5, 2019
FieldSight bags first prize in disaster tech innovation competition
A humanitarian digital platform called FieldSight, developed and piloted in Nepal by the United Nations Office for Project Support (UNOPS) has won the first prize of $100,000 in the Disaster Tech Innovation Competition organized by Prudence Foundation and AVPN in Singapore on June 27. A digital platform developed by Nepali youth won the competition beating 60 […]
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