Investment

Kula aims to bring the transparency of blockchain technology to traditional impact investing offering a governance-first approach to real-world assets.

The blue economy, historically one the most underfunded of all the UN SDGs, is gaining traction among investors thanks to new financing options, viable investment themes and supportive governance, Phenix Capital said.

The IB Deuda Impacto España fund has invested €11m into Fundeen, a crowdfunding platform focused on accelerating the energy transition in the country.

The toolkit aims to encourage a more standardised approach to structuring blended finance and boost investment flows to developing countries.

The loan to coffee exporter Just Know Your Coffee Cup may benefit as many as 20,000 smallholder farmers in the East-African country.

The Paris-based asset manager said funding from private and corporate investors in nature-based solutions was accelerating, as they recognised the importance of decarbonising activities beyond their own value chains.

The UK’s development finance institution, BII, has backed a fund which addresses funding gap for women-led enterprises in West Africa.

In February, PNO Media gave Achmea Investment Management a €150m mandate to invest in impact funds. Mario Hooghiemstra, investment manager ESG tells Impact Investor about the Dutch pension fund’s goals and aspirations for its impact portfolio.

The Australian forestry manager aims to develop an integrated and scaled investment allocation in the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.  

Investments in emerging market impact debt have consistently outperformed developed market debt of the same credit quality, according to the London-based emerging market assets manager.