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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[1]
Boston Common Asset Management Bolton, Massachusetts 2003 Allyson McDonald Private Equity: climate, sustainability, social $5,000M[2]
Bridges Fund Management London, United Kingdom 2002 Michele Giddens, Ronald Mourad Cohen and Philip Newborough Private Equity: health, skills, sustainability, social $800M[3]
Omidyar Network California 2004 Pierre Omidyar, Pam Omidyar and Mike Kubzansky Private Equity: social, technology, and human capital $735M[4]
Open Society Foundations’s Soros Economic Development Fund New York City 1997 George Soros and Sean Hinton Private Equity: development $19000M[5]
International Finance Corporation’s Investments New York City 1956 Philippe Le Houérou Private Equity: development, health and tech $68000M[6]
Actis Capital London, United Kingdom 2004 Torbjorn Caesar Private Equity: energy, infrastructure, and real estate $9200M[7]
LeapFrog Investments South Africa 2007 Jim Roth and Andrew Kuper Private Equity: financial services and health $1600M[8]
Blue Haven Initiative Cambridge, Massachusetts 2012 Liesel Matthews and Ian Simmons Private Equity: social and environment $500M[9]
Future Planet Capital London, United Kingdom 2015 Douglas Hansen-Luke Private Equity: Climate, Health, Education, Sustainable Growth and Security $400M[10]
Credit Suisse Switzerland 1856 Marisa Drew Private Equity $1000M[11]
Acumen New York City 2001 Jacqueline Novogratz Private Equity: health, energy, financial inclusion, education, agriculture and real estate $99M[12]
United Nations Capital Development Fund New York City 1996 Judith Karl Private Equity: development and financial inclusion $7000M[13]
Synthesis Capital London, United Kingdom 2020 Costa Yiannoulis and Rosie Wardle Private Equity: food technology and sustainability $300M[14]
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[15]
Yunus Social Business Berlin, Germany 2011 Muhammad Yunus and Saskia Bruysten Private Debt, Venture Philanthropy, Corporate Social Innovation $20M
Quadria Capital Singapore 2012 Abrar Mir and Dr. Amit Varma Private Equity: Leading investor in Asian Healthcare $2,900M[16]

References

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  2. "Geeta Aiyer: President and founder, Boston Common Asset Management". Time (magazine). 16 November 2023. https://time.com/collection/time100-climate/6332931/geeta-aiyer/. 
  3. 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
  4. Eldon, Eric (2019-10-28). "Omidyar Network CEO opens up about VC-influenced philanthropy" (in en-US). https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/28/omidyar-network-ceo-opens-up-about-vc-influenced-philanthropy/. 
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. Garcia, Luis (2018-11-13). "Actis Seeks to Widen Private Equity's Impact-Investing Ambitions" (in en-US). Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. https://www.wsj.com/articles/actis-seeks-to-widen-private-equitys-impact-investing-ambitions-1542127348. 
  8. "LeapFrog founder makes fresh push into impact market". Financial Times. 2019-11-04. https://www.ft.com/content/f8216e02-7929-462c-8e25-29fe3eddebb2. 
  9. David Bank https://impactalpha.com/the-500-million-blue-haven-initiative-unplugged-podcast-4e0808d43eca/ "The $500 million Blue Haven Initiative", ImpactAlpha, 9 August 2017
  10. "FPC Profile". https://futureplanetcapital.com/. Retrieved 30 June 2022. 
  11. "Marisa Drew Details Credit Suisse Impact Goals" (in en-gb). 2019-09-27. https://www.finews.com/news/english-news/38183-marisa-drew-credit-suisse-impact-investing-sustainable-investing-esg-target. 
  12. "Acumen Profile". http://impactassets.org/ia50_new/fund.php?id=a01E000000T2Dq8IAF. Retrieved 10 January 2020. 
  13. "Meridiam Named Fund Manager for International Municipal Investment Fund (IMIF)". https://www.uncdf.org/article/5177/meridiam-fund-manager-for-imif. Retrieved 10 January 2020. 
  14. "Synthesis Capital Launches World's Largest Dedicated Food Technology Venture Capital Fund" (in en). 2022-05-25. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220524005127/en/Synthesis-Capital-Launches-World%E2%80%99s-Largest-Dedicated-Food-Technology-Venture-Capital-Fund. 
  15. Peter Smith "Schroders buys majority stake in BlueOrchard". 26 July 2019. https://www.ft.com/content/3e8dc2dc-074a-317d-ae02-1b47caef1ab6. Retrieved 15 September 2020. 
  16. Saxena, Ridhima (28 April 2022). "Quadria Eyes $1 Billion for Fund III". AVCJ: pp. 2. https://www.avcj.com/avcj/news/3026751/quadria-eyes-usd1b-for-fund-iii-emphasizes-health-tech.