Social enterprises

October 12, 2021

How to Solve Clean Cooking for 4 Billion People: The Disruptive Potential of the ‘Impact Flywheel’

[Originally published on Next Billion] This valuable Whitepaper by Ben Jeffreys, CEO of ATEC* International, summarises their thinking on a scalable business model for solving clean cooking this decade. [...]
August 31, 2021

Turning climate action into revenues

Discover what it takes for a social enterprise to leverage the carbon market and generate extra revenue from their environmental and social impact [...]
February 4, 2020

EmPower: Women for Climate Resilient Societies Project

Consultation Workshop on Results Finding of Scoping Study and Pre-feasibility study [...]
September 26, 2019

RISE provides TA facility for high impact enterprises within the ASEAN region

The Regional Investment Support for Entrepreneurs (RISE) is a USAID funded pilot project implemented by Swisscontact in six ASEAN countries. Currently RISE provides pre- and post-investment business […]
June 13, 2019

C4D Asia Fund invests in SMEs in India, Indonesia and the Philippines

C4D Partners is a Netherlands-based impact investment fund manager with experienced local teams. The team launched the C4D Asia Fund in December 2018 with USD30M out […]
June 5, 2019

Off Grid Bazaar (OGB) boosts access to solar agro-processing equipment in rural Nepal

Gham Power created an innovative online project development platform – Offgridbazaar.com – to offer agro-processing equipment (AP) to rural smallholder farmers through PayGo financing. Gham Power […]
May 2, 2019

Aligning on Impact

As financiers continue to look beyond financial returns towards driving meaningful social and environmental outcomes, how are entrepreneurs monitoring, quantifying and communicating their impact? What are […]
April 25, 2019

Demystifying Financier’s Approaches to Risk

From 2007-2017, Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) and Private Impact Investors (PIIs) such as family offices, corporations, foundations, and development banks have deployed more than USD12 million […]
April 11, 2019

Pros and Cons of different financial types, tools and products

At what growth stage should an enterprise utilize debt vs equity financing? What are the benefits and disadvantages of accepting first-loss capital, project or results-based financing? […]
April 4, 2019

4 steps to help you manage your cash flow

How much money is flowing in and out of businesses, money trends and how to prepare for an enterprise’s financial stability. While going through the process [...]
March 29, 2019

Pitch with the end in mind!

Adjusting your pitch and financials to meet investor criteria is essential to get your message through. Investors will appreciate seeing the workflow and operational flow and what [...]
March 7, 2019

Nexus for Development, supported by WISIONS, launched the largest directory of finance solutions for clean energy, water, and sanitation enterprises in Southeast Asia.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 7, 2019 – The Finance Solutions Map is the largest directory of financial schemes available for clean energy, and water enterprises in Southeast Asia [...]