Notable Firms Below is a list of notable impact investing organizations.
Name Location Year established Partners or CEO Industries and Investment Type Assets under management Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Strategic Investment Fund Seattle, Washington 2009 Andrew Farnum Private Equity: health, development and education $2,000M Catherine Cheney [https://www.devex.com/news/q-a-how-gates-strategic-investment-fund-gets-companies-to-take-on-global-health-93265 "How Gates' Strategic Investment Fund gets companies to take on global health", Devex, 16 August 2018 Boston Common Asset Management Bolton, Massachusetts 2003 Allyson McDonald Private Equity: climate, sustainability, social $5,000M Bridges Fund Management London, United Kingdom 2002 Michele Giddens, Ronald Mourad Cohen and Philip Newborough Private Equity: health, skills, sustainability, social $800M Adva Saldinger [https://www.devex.com/news/a-deepening-relationship-between-impact-investing-and-the-sdgs-96075 "A deepening relationship between impact investing and the SDGs", Devex, 21 November 2019 Omidyar Network California 2004 Pierre Omidyar, Pam Omidyar and Mike Kubzansky Private Equity: social, technology, and human capital $735M Open Society Foundations’s Soros Economic Development Fund New York, United States 1997 George Soros and Sean Hinton Private Equity: development $19000M David Bank [https://impactalpha.com/lgt-acquires-aspada-from-soros-to-expand-lightstone-impact-investing-platform/ "LGT acquires Aspada from Soros to expand Lightstone impact investing platform", ImpactAlpha, 27 August 2019 International Finance Corporation’s Investments New York, United States 1956 Philippe Le Houérou Private Equity: development, health and tech $68000M Bhakti Mirchandani [forbes.com/sites/bhaktimirchandani/2019/04/12/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-ifcs-operating-principles-for-impact-management/#1400b21526b7 "What You Need To Know About The IFC's Operating Principles For Impact Management", ImpactAlpha, 12 April 2019 Actis Capital London, United Kingdom 2004 Torbjorn Caesar Private Equity: energy, infrastructure, and real estate $9200M LeapFrog Investments South Africa 2007 Jim Roth and Andrew Kuper Private Equity: financial services and health $1600M Blue Haven Initiative Cambridge, Massachusetts 2012 Liesel Matthews and Ian Simmons Private Equity: social and environment $500M David Bank https://impactalpha.com/the-500-million-blue-haven-initiative-unplugged-podcast-4e0808d43eca/ "The $500 million Blue Haven Initiative", ImpactAlpha, 9 August 2017 Future Planet Capital London, United Kingdom 2015 Douglas Hansen-Luke Private Equity: Climate, Health, Education, Sustainable Growth and Security $400M Credit Suisse Switzerland 1856 Marisa Drew Private Equity $1000M Acumen New York 2001 Jacqueline Novogratz Private Equity: health, energy, financial inclusion, education, agriculture and real estate $99M United Nations Capital Development Fund New York 1996 Judith Karl Private Equity: development and financial inclusion $7000M Synthesis CapitalLondon, United Kingdom2020Costa Yiannoulis and Rosie Wardle Private Equity: food technology and sustainability $300M BlueOrchard Finance Ltd Zürich, Switzerland 2001 Philipp Müller Private Debt, Listed Debt, Private Equity: development and financial inclusion, climate, education, women's empowerment, health, agriculture and sustainable infrastructure $4500M Peter Smith Yunus Social BusinessBerlin, Germany2011Muhammad Yunus and Saskia BruystenPrivate Debt, Venture Philanthropy, Corporate Social Innovation$20MQuadria CapitalSingapore2012Abrar Mir and Dr. Amit VarmaPrivate Equity: Leading investor in Asian Healthcare$2,900MQuona CapitalWashington, DC2015Monica Brand Engel, Jonathan Whittle, Ganesh RengaswamyPrivate Equity: financial inclusion, fintech, embedded finance, cross-border payments, e-commerce, proptech, health – with focus on emerging markets: India and Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.$750M
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