Accion Venture Labs: Inside the ‘Capital Plus’ model of impact investing with Nancy Widjaja
Accion Venture Labs: Inside the ‘Capital Plus’ model of impact investing by Nicholas Walton.
AVPN & Nishith Desai event: Dialogue with Prof Yunus and Paul Carttar
AVPN India and leading law firm Nishith Desai Associates held an event on 14th March in Mumbai with Nobel Prize winner Prof. Yunus. Prof Yunus shared his experience of creating a vibrant social business in the form of Grameen Bank which has led to the formation of the microfinance industry. Paul Carttar, founding president of […]
AVPN Develops the Vp Market in Taiwan
In early September, AVPN was in Taipei to further understand the social enterprise sector and the philanthropy landscape in Taiwan. AVPN met with various government agencies promoting the social enterprise space including the workforce development agency and the ministry of economic affairs. We also conducted a series of workshops on venture philanthropy. We held a […]
AVPN January 2014 Webinar: Myanmar in Context: Internal Dynamics and the Contest for the Nation
How can we get involved in Myanmar? Whether you are from a foundation, impact investor or social enterprise, we tried to cover the different angles for participation in this country that is slowly opening its doors to the outside world. The speakers for the previous 2 webinars include Nicholas Lazos from Insitor Management, Allison Morris […]
AVPN June 2015 Webinar Recording: China’s Social Enterprise Sector and Impact investing landscape
China’s social entrepreneurship sector is still in its early stages but its growth expectations for the next few years is exponential given the size of the economy and the social needs. In addition to the regular challenges faced by social entrepreneurs, Chinese Social enterprises face unique challenges due to the influential role played by the […]
AVPN March Activities in China: Launch of Chinese Publication on VP in Asia!
In the month of March AVPN conducted two presentations in Beijing on the subject of how to set up a Venture Philanthropy Fund as well as a deep dive into the Inspiring Scotland model. On March 6th, Andrew spoke at the CFPA Microfinance Salon, a series of get together seminar/lectures organized by CFPA […]
AVPN Promotes Venture Philanthropy in China
AVPN’s executive vice-chairman, Andrew Muirhead, gave a presentation to the SVP China group recently on a trip to Beijing. The gathering included members of SVP Beijing, representatives from the private equity and private banking sector and local foundations, all who were very excited to learn more about venture philanthropy. There was a great buzz to […]
AVPN’s Webinars on Gender Lens Investment, Impact Investing Benchmark and Innovative Designing for Social Good Rounds up 2015
AVPN’s webinars on Gender Lens investment, Impact Investing benchmark and innovative designing for social good.
Bridges Ventures: Impact as an investment lens
Highlights on how Bridges Ventures sets the strategy for its portfolio and how it manages impact.
Catalysing Venture Philanthropy Funds in Asia
As venture philanthropy finds its feet in Asia, AVPN continues to play an instrumental role as a catalyst for the setting up of venture philanthropy funds in the region. While philanthropy by itself is not a recent phenomenon in Asia, AVPN is helping crystallise the concepts of venture philanthropy and social investment in an attempt […]
Europe Learns About Asian VP Scene at the 2015 EVPA Conference
Europe learns about Asian VP scene at the 2015 EVPA conference for further collaboration to provide globally relevant insights on venture philanthropy.
How Can Corporates Create Social Impact? Cases from Asia and Beyond
By Mila Devenport AVPN organized a series of workshops early this September on Corporate Social Impact Strategies (CSIS) led by Steven Serneels (Co-researcher, EVPA Corporate Social Impact Strategies; Impact Investor, SI2 Fund). We travelled to Taipei, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore and invited local speakers to join in the conversation. In Taipei, we spoke at the […]
Impact Investing Forum in Hong Kong Launches New Funds
AVPN members on the panel on “Growing the Demand Side”: Abbie Jung of Synergy Social Ventures, Nick Lazos of Insitor Fund, Francis Ngai of SVHK, Joan Yao of LGT Venture Philanthropy, and Sunit Shrestha of Changefusion. AVPN attended the Impact Investing Forum organised by Asia Community Ventures, in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation, in Hong […]
Impact Investing in Conservation in Asia
20 AVPN members and friends joined May’s Friday lunch meetup to know more about a new fund – The Conservation Enterprise Development Fund, initiated by AVPN member, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Impact investing has become a growing asset class that has the potential to change both the way companies do business and the way financial […]
Insights into Funding for Impact – Systemic Transformation in Education
At the AVPN India Summit 2017, “Investing for Impact in Education”, AVPN – in collaboration with Sattva – has curated a series of powerful conversations and narratives around social investment for education.
Hear from Education Secretary of India, Shri Anil Swarup, and social impact thought leaders like Aditya Natraj of Kaivalya Education Foundation and Prachi Windlass of MSDF.
Moving from traditional philanthropy to strategic social investment
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Co-founder & CEO of Unitus Capital explains how India is moving from traditional giving to strategic social investing, why it is picking up, and what are the challenges for philanthropic organizations to move from grant making to impact investing.
Moving Towards Pay For Success (PFS) in Asia
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With an established presence in UK, US and Australia, Third Sector seeks to bring Pay For Success (PFS) projects to Asia to troubleshoot issues of ageing population, healthcare and more.
New EVPA EU Index Card: Public Procurement Reform
Adopted by the European Commission in October 2011, the Social Business Initiative (SBI) aims to improve the situation on the ground for social enterprises, by facilitating their access to finance, making them more visible and optimising their legal environment. EVPA has selected 4 of the SBI Key Actions as being particularly relevant for VP/SI practitioners. Should […]
Problems faced by Asian fund managers that no one talks about
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While fund management is a tough business in all emerging markets, Asian managers face an extra share of difficult challenges which include building strong deal pipelines, operating efficiently across countries, and finding sizeable sources of fundraising. How can these be tackled?
Social Investing India: From Philanthropy to CSR to Impact Investing
AVPN India and leading law firm Nishith Desai Associates are hosting a dialogue between leading industrialists from India and global experts and philanthropists to discuss their own journeys in philanthropy. Asia has a huge opportunity to change the world through social investment and venture philanthropy. India with its numerous social challenges and growing wealth needs […]
Spotlight on EVPA member – Opes Impact Fund
1. Please tell us about your organization and your involvement in venture philanthropy? Opes Impact Fund is a recently established Italian impact investing initiative. Opes has been founded by five actors with a strong social background: ACRA CCS, an NGO with 45 years of experience; Ctm Altromercato, the largest fair-trade organization in Italy; FEM, an […]
The 4 Unique Drivers Leading China’s Philanthropy Ecosystem
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China’s philanthropy ecosystem has been expanding rapidly over the last decade marked by the astounding growth in the amount of giving. Several groups of players emerged as unique drivers for the development.
The Rise of Social Tech: The Israeli Perspective and Singapore Experience
Tech For Good, an organization that empowers and invests in entrepreneurs in technology to solve social issues and its latest venture in Singapore.
