by Bridgespan Social Impact | Nov 23, 2021 | Featured, Impact Investing
Michael Etzel, Greg Nantz, Emma Garcia-Canga, and Mike Belinsky Private credit has generated some of the earliest innovations in impact investing – such as microfinance, which helped extend credit to previously unbanked individuals and served nearly 140 million...
by Bridgespan Social Impact | Nov 12, 2021 | Featured, Impact Investing
Take it with you! Download this article as a PDF. Impact investing has grown rapidly in the past few years— jumping from $502 billion in assets under management in 2019 to $715 billion in 2020. This reflects the rising desire among investors to direct more capital to...
by Bridgespan Social Impact | Nov 8, 2021 | Featured, Impact Investing
This work is a joint project of Bridgespan Social Impact, the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), PolicyLink, and CapEQ. Take it with you. Download a PDF of this article with the list of racial equity funds » Since the social unrest over racial injustice in the...
by Bridgespan Social Impact | Apr 21, 2021 | Featured, Impact Investing, Private Equity
Over the past five years, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors have rapidly become “table stakes“ for private equity firms. Limited partners now effectively require their general partners to consider these factors, either to help manage risks or to...
by Bridgespan Social Impact | Mar 30, 2021 | Featured, Impact Investing
Mainstream venture capital (VC) funds are beginning to look for a new kind of unicorn—companies that will not only provide huge financial returns, but also create huge social impact. Investors are directing increasing amounts of capital to these funds. TechCrunch...
