AVPN Closes 2013 with 141 Members – Welcome New Members!
AVPN has just passed its second year and our membership growth has been phenomenal with over 140 members presently. We would like to build on this success to deepen our penetration in each of the target markets and we need your help in identifying key prospects. We welcome members and friends to make referrals to […]
AVPN Thus Far: 222 Members, Expanding Across Asia, Growing the Social Investing Eco-System
AVPN has been fast expanding our portfolio of resources and services to serve our members and the social investing community in Asia in the past 3 years since our inception and we are happy to announce some of our achievements over the past year and others that you can look forward to in the coming […]
Endeavor Catalyst looks to increase Asian investments
Endeavor Catalyst, an innovative funding programme initiated by the international nonprofit organisation Endeavor Global, is looking to increase its focus on Asia with the launch of its Malaysia office next month. The firm has had an office in Indonesia for the last two years. Cindy Ko, Vice President of international expansion at Endeavor, says Endeavor […]
How Doing Good Is Good For Business
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How do intermediaries in Vietnam build the ecosystem for social impact? Member LIN Center for Community Development builds resilient cross-sector partnerships for scalable and sustainable business development.
January 2016 Edition
Dear friends! AVPN celebrated its 4th anniversary in 2015 and below are some of the highlights that we would like to share with you. In 2015 AVPN’s membership grew from 172 to 247, continuing our very strong rate of growth We held our third annual conference in Singapore in April 2015, which attracted 475 delegates […]
LGT Venture Philanthropy Expands Asia Focus
Impact investor LGT Venture Philanthropy (LGT VP) has strengthened its Asian presence as part of its increasing commitment to the region. The firm hired En Lee and Raya Papp in August as Co-Heads for the Asia Pacific region. Its new leadership team is based in Singapore and “will be focused on educating families, philanthropists and […]
Member Feature: LGT Venture Philanthropy
Starting from this issue, AVPN will feature not only one of our accomplished members in detail, but also highlight and welcome our new members! For 2013, we are happy to have joined us: (click on the organization name to visit their member profile on avpn website) Beijing United Charity Foundation Citi Venture Capital International Coutts […]
New Member Feature: Said Business School, University of Oxford
New Member Feature: Said Business School, University of Oxford; an interview with with Bradford Peaston, Business Development Manager.
New Member Highlight – ToolBox India!
Since our conference in April, AVPN has gained 13 new members and we would like to highlight some of them to you. Please welcome them into the AVPN community! In this issue, we will be introducing Toolbox India Foundation. ToolBox India Foundation (“Toolbox”) is a nonprofit organisation whose mission is to help socially relevant non-profits […]
New strategic partnership with the China Social Enterprise and Social Investment Forum
AVPN is proud to announce its new strategic partnership with the China Social Enterprise and Social Investment Forum (CSESIF). This partnership will help to augment the resources and activities to support and develop the social investment space in China. CSESIF was jointly initiated in 2014 by Mr. Xu Yongguang, President of Narada Foundation and Mr. […]
NVPC Revamps Funders Roundtable to Engage All Levels of Donors
The National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) has redesigned its Funders Roundtable (FRT), its platform for donor engagement, to address the diverging needs of the community. The new FRT will include four programmes, according to Christen Chen, Assistant Director of Philanthropy at NVPC, each of which will cater to targeted groups of grant-makers. The changes in format […]
Spotlight on an EVPA member
EVPA Member: Incluvest BV 1. Please tell us about your organization and your involvement in venture philanthropy? Set up in 2012, Incluvest BV is a company focusing on inclusive impact investment in the agricultural sector in developing countries where poverty dominates people. It derived from an initiative from Woord en Daad, a development aid organisation […]
