Claudia Cahalane

4 days ago | alliancemagazine.org | Claudia Cahalane

Last month, the Africa Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA) hosted a landmark conversation on gender-smart investing, one that went beyond the usual talking points. Rather than rehashing the business case for investing in women, the webinar surfaced fresh, and even uncomfortable truths about what it takes to drive gender equity in Africa’s diverse investment landscape. Gender-smart investing, or gender lens investing, has become an increasingly familiar term in global development circles.

2 weeks ago | alliancemagazine.org | Claudia Cahalane

Sweden’s first social welfare impact fund, Utfallsfonden, has closed at SEK 400 million (USD $40 million), following two final investments by a Norwegian social enterprise fund and the European Investment Fund. The ten year fund, launched in 2023, invests in organisations supporting health and welfare across Sweden.

3 weeks ago | alliancemagazine.org | Claudia Cahalane

Support for civil society and strengthening gender and racial equity will be top of the agenda at a major Latin American private social investment and philanthropy event next month. The future of Latin American philanthropy in light of international changeswill also be one of the key discussions at the  three-day convention in Ceara, Brazil from 7 – 9 May.

3 weeks ago | alliancemagazine.org | Claudia Cahalane

Japan’s assets in impact investment reached JPY 17.3T (USD $121b) last year, up 150 percent from the previous year, according to a survey released by GSG Impact Japan at the end of March. The assets grew by 5,760.2 trillion yen, from the 11,541.4 trillion yen ascertained by the FY2023 survey. The figure represents assets held by Japanese companies used in Japan, as well as overseas.

1 month ago | alliancemagazine.org | Claudia Cahalane

USD $600 million has been raised by Asia-focused impact investment company ABC Impact in its second fund. The capital will be invested in four priority sectors: clean energy and climate resilience, inclusive finance and digital access, healthcare and education, and sustainable food systems. The second fund will build on the momentum of Fund I, which ran from 2019 – 2024.