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Dealflow | October 16, 2017
Kois Invest to move ahead with livelihood bond for Syrian refugees
The Brussels impact-investing firm aims to raise up to $30 million for employment assistance and entrepreneurship support to Syrian refugees in Jordan, Turkey, …
Dealflow | September 27, 2017
Ride-sharing comes to refugee camps
This year’s $1 million Hult Prize went to Roshini Rides, a network of rickshaw shuttles for refugee camps. The idea, developed by a team …
Asia | September 23, 2017
Impact Indonesia, CARE’s women’s fund, ride-sharing for refugees, UN’s Guterres takes aim at…
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: ImpactAlpha Original How tech-driven startups are driving social impact in Indonesia. Indonesia has all the elements of an impact …
Good Business | July 22, 2017
Innovate for refugees
Portable economic identities. A global telemedicine platform. A refugee-managed recycling center. Innovate For Refugees, a competition hosted by Beirut-based MIT Enterprise Forum Pan …
Dealflow | July 21, 2017
Kiva fund will give refugees access to loans
The micro-lending platform’s latest fund is making more than $9 million available for borrowing by refugees and host countries like Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey. …
2030 Finance | July 20, 2017
2030 deadline, Kiva’s refugee fund, scaling up smallholder finance, progress is possible
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Only 4,913 days to go until Dec. 31, 2030. The clock is ticking toward the deadline for …
Asia | July 19, 2017
$390 million for Bain’s Double Impact, Singapore “deep tech” seed fund, refugee solutions
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Deval Patrick is ready to roll with the $390 million Bain Capital Double Impact Fund. Deval Patrick …
Education Tech | June 27, 2017
Investing in the future of refugees who aren’t going home anytime soon
Nearly 66 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes. About two-thirds of these are internally displaced, but 22.5 million people are …
Entrepreneurship | June 24, 2017
LeapFrog’s $180M bet, small business finance gap, investing in refugee futures, the Brief Quiz
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: The Brief Quiz №20 Stumbling, dodging and…troubling? The U.S. stumbled on inclusion, according to this year’s Social Progress Index. Which …
Dealflow | June 22, 2017
OpenInvest points its robo-advisors toward refugee inclusion
OpenInvest has added a #WithRefugees investment screen to its impact investing platform. OpenInvest allows investors to back publicly-listed companies that have forward-thinking policies …
Agrifood Tech | June 21, 2017
Robo-investing in refugees, climate-resilient housing finance, alternative capital in Africa…
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! #Dealflow: Follow the Money On World Refugee Day, OpenInvest points its robo-advisors toward refugee inclusion. OpenInvest allows investors to back publicly-listed …
Good Jobs | April 25, 2017
IKEA creates a pathway for refugees to join its supply chain
Swedish furniture giant IKEA seems to take the global refugee crisis personally. In 2015, the company partnered with United Nations High Commissioner for …
Good Jobs | March 20, 2017
Airbnb attracts new hosts eager to house refugees
A year and half ago, Airbnb enlisted refugee housing guru Cameron Sinclair to help the company connect some of the world’s 65 million …
Dealflow | February 2, 2017
STUDY: A million refugees in Germany haven’t displaced German workers
The first study of the impact of over one million refugees who arrived in Germany between 2014 and 2015 found “overall unemployment has …
Dealflow | January 26, 2017
Soros stakes up to $50 million on Humanity Ventures
The hedge fund billionaire is seeking to galvanize private sector finance and innovation as an alternative to humanitarian aid for vulnerable, transient populations. …