WHAT WE DO
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How to use impact finance more effectively
We collaborate with public funders and impact investors globally to scale high-performing enterprises and innovations with strong potential for positive impact on people and the planet.
Effective Financing Solutions
We design and implement innovative financing solutions, in which public and catalytic funds optimize impact performance while enabling private investment:
- Innovative region- and/or sector-specific Impact-Linked Funds (via the IMPACT-LINKED FINANCE FUND)
- SIINC PROGRAMS (region- or sector-specific)
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Other Impact-Linked Finance programs
Access to Finance for Impact Enterprises
With our SOCIAL FINANCE ACADEMY, we help create vibrant impact ecosystems, provide critical capacity building and run programs for access to impact finance:
- Investment readiness and impact management programs in partnership with incubators and accelerators
- Impact ecosystem-building programs with partners (e.g. B-BRIDDHI in Bangladesh)
- Open and free knowledge resources for impact enterprises on investment readiness and impact measurement & management (IMM)
- Impact-Linked Finance Readiness bootcamps
Research, Education and Advice
We are deeply involved in improving the evidence base and sharing knowledge around effective impact finance:
- Research and education for effective blended & innovative finance in partnership with the INITIATIVE FOR BLENDED FINANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH
- Advice on innovative & blended finance for catalytic funders
- An OPEN PLATFORM FOR IMPACT-LINKED FINANCE with free resources and tools
