Proximity Finance raises $10 million in debt to expand farmer lending in Myanmar

Catalytic to the deal was Skoll Foundation’s $2 million in subordinated debt, which helped de-risked an $8 million loan for OPIC and lowered the overall cost of the $10 million loan to Proximity.

A snapshot of equitable education technology in four markets

Equitable uses of education technology at scale requires scaling not just products and services but their impact, says authors of a new equitable edtech report from Omidyar Network.

Japan’s Dai-ichi Life makes $9 million clean tech fund commitment

The Japanese life insurance company is backing clean tech investor Energy & Environment Investment (EEI)

Singapore’s CXA Group secures $25 million to make health benefits affordable

Singapore-based CXA Group is tackling chronic diseases by trying to improve individuals’ health and wellness and lower healthcare costs

U.S.-China Green Fund kicks off next stage of investments in China’s low-carbon transformation

With a half-billion dollar fund and more than a dozen investments, the U.S.-China Green Fund has quietly executed the first stage in its strategy for accelerating China’s transition to a low-carbon economy.

Water infrastructure enterprise in rural Cambodia gets loan from Nexus for Development

The Singapore-based financier has loaned social enterprise Khmer Water Supply Holding $500,000 to expand small-scale water infrastructure in rural Cambodia.

C4D Partners raises $30 million to invest in small businesses in Asia

The capital raised from the C4D Asia Fund's first close will back 50 small businesses in India, Indonesia and the Philippines, at least 30% of which will be women-owned and run.