Back to the Frontier: Investing that Puts Impact First

by Miriam Rose | Apr 2, 2021 | Impact Investing, Publications

Executive Summary Impact investing has evolved from frontier to mainstream over the past decade as investors validated the prospect of achieving market-rate returns alongside social or environmental good. Few paid attention to a companion approach that put impact...

Giving Credit Where Due: A Case for Debt Financing in Indian Impact Enterprises

by Miriam Rose | Oct 7, 2020 | Financial Sustainability, Impact Investing, Publications

Executive Summary India’s impact enterprises, a growing number of companies striving for social benefit and profit, have a debt  problem: Not too much, but too little. They need borrowed money to fuel the growth that will advance their social or environmental goals....

Beyond the Grant: Foundations as Impact Investors

by Miriam Rose | Sep 23, 2020 | Impact Investing, Publications

Executive Summary The rapid growth of impact investing has brought new energy to the conversation about harnessing capital for social uplift. Impact investment has grown from a niche asset class to $715 billion of investments that seek both social impact and financial...

The Role of Evidence in Impact Investing

by Miriam Rose | Apr 9, 2020 | Impact Investing, Publications

EverFi, a decade-old social enterprise providing online education and training, experienced the rigors of evidence-based impact investing firsthand when it received an equity investment from The Rise Fund. A $2-billion impact fund created by private equity firm TPG,...

Three Ways for Impact Investors to Respond to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

by Miriam Rose | Mar 27, 2020 | Impact Investing, Publications

The unfolding human and economic toll from COVID-19 poses an enormous challenge to all businesses, large and small. A recent Dun & Bradstreet report found 94 percent of Fortune 1,000 companies are experiencing supply chain delays. Around the world, small...