Impact measurement

The global edtech market may more than double to close to $700bn by 2028.  While many platforms follow the commercial model of personalisation, aiming to keep children engaged on the screen for as long as possible, WiKIT is going a different route. The Norwegian startup is committed to tailoring content to a child’s current level and introducing new concepts.

In the second of our series of stories covering Impact Investor’s Annual Conference last week, the experts tell us what is still needed to unlock real-world impact today.

Dimple Patel, the new chief executive officer at nature intelligence tech company Nature Metrics, is facing one of her biggest challenges yet: scaling up the company to crack the fledgling $154bn market for nature-based solutions.

Goodwill Investments increases funding into insurtech firm Inclusivity Solutions. Plus: Clarity AI and Radient AI announce strategic partnership to integrate sustainability data with fund insights | ABC Fund invests in Ugandan coffee supplier JKCC

Lending by some microfinance institutions has had bad press in recent times, but the vast majority of those surveyed say the credit the sector provides, along with the associated wraparound services, are improving their lives.

Fund IV has received backing from a range of institutional investors, DFIs and philanthropies. It will invest in rapidly scaling financial services and healthcare businesses in global growth markets in Africa and Asia.

New report is intended as roadmap for foundations to improve governance of impact | Applications open for ImpactAssets 50 2024 | Treefera raises €2m in pre-seed funding round 

The Global Impact Investing Network has published a report highlighting the key trends and challenges in impact measurement and management practices. 

The collaborative grouping of standards setters and impact tool providers has published new guidance and tools designed to drive faster adoption of wide-ranging impact management.  

The ‘E’ and the ‘S’ in ESG are intrinsically linked. But how we define, deliver and measure social impact? asks Shuen Chan, head of responsible investment and sustainability at LGIM Real Assets.