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Notable Firms

Below is a list of notable impact investing organizations.

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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
Boston Common Asset Management Bolton, Massachusetts 2003 Allyson McDonald Private Equity: climate, sustainability, social $5,000M
Bridges Fund Management London, United Kingdom 2002 Michele Giddens, Ronald Mourad Cohen and Philip Newborough Private Equity: health, skills, sustainability, social $800M
Omidyar Network California 2004 Pierre Omidyar, Pam Omidyar and Mike Kubzansky Private Equity: social, technology, and human capital $735M
Open Society Foundations’s Soros Economic Development Fund New York, United States 1997 George Soros and Sean Hinton Private Equity: development $19000M
International Finance Corporation’s Investments New York, United States 1956 Philippe Le Houérou Private Equity: development, health and tech $68000M
Actis Capital London, United Kingdom 2004 Torbjorn Caesar Private Equity: energy, infrastructure, and real estate $9200M
LeapFrog Investments South Africa 2007 Jim Roth and Andrew Kuper Private Equity: financial services and health $1600M
Blue Haven Initiative Cambridge, Massachusetts 2012 Liesel Matthews and Ian Simmons Private Equity: social and environment $500M
Future Planet Capital London, United Kingdom 2015 Douglas Hansen-Luke Private Equity: Climate, Health, Education, Sustainable Growth and Security $400M
Credit Suisse Switzerland 1856 Marisa Drew Private Equity $1000M
Acumen New York 2001 Jacqueline Novogratz Private Equity: health, energy, financial inclusion, education, agriculture and real estate $99M
United Nations Capital Development Fund New York 1996 Judith Karl Private Equity: development and financial inclusion $7000M
Synthesis Capital London, United Kingdom 2020 Costa Yiannoulis and Rosie Wardle Private Equity: food technology and sustainability $300M
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
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

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