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Tag Archives: Impact investing
NESsT hosts the Social Enterprise World Forum
In a converted 1871 grain storage facility near Rio de Janeiro’s old waterfront docks, NESsT celebrated its 15 year anniversary by hosting this year’s annual Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF2012). It chose the theme Impact Investing to enhance the sector’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Impact investing, NESST, social enterprise, venture philanthropy, word forum
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MDLF helps emerging businesses in their digital transition
EVPA member the Media Development Loan Fund has just gone live with the Knowledge Bridge, a website and monthly newsletter designed to help independent news businesses in emerging markets make the digital transition.
In the spotlight this month – The First Billion
The First Billion: A Forecast for Social Investment Demand By Adrian Brown and Adam Swersky The social investment market is developing fast. There is an increasing interest from commercial and other investors as well as a growing demand for capital … Continue reading
Feature on the EU Social Business Initiative
The SBI was initiated by the European Commissioner Michel Barnier, joined by two other Commissioners: Antonio Tajani and László Andor and supported by José Manuel Durão Barroso. It aims at fostering the development of social enterprise in Europe by creating … Continue reading
VP News from Asia
The Asian Venture Philanthropy Network, EVPA’s sister organisation, has just been on the road around Asia last week, promoting venture philanthropy amongst its members. Following the successful turnout of last year’s road show, the 2012 Road Show titled “2012 Venture … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, avpn, Impact investing, mumbai, private equity foundation, social investment, venture philanthropy
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EVPA on the road
In the last month, EVPA was present at a number of events throughout Europe. Below, we give you a short overview of those. On 4 October, EVPA organised a lunch event together with the City of London Corporation for its … Continue reading
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Tagged Anadolu, City of London, Convergences 2015, denmark, Europe, foundation, Impact investing, instanbul, philanthropy, social enterprise, social investment, turkey, TUSEV, UK, venture philanthropy
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8th EVPA Annual Conference – only a few weeks away!
The countdown for Dublin has officially started –with only a few weeks to go before the beginning of the Annual Conference this is your last chance to register and be part of Europe’s leading event in the VP and social … Continue reading
New members’ Q&A corner – The Social Investment Business
As a membership organisation we value the contributions that each organisation brings to the network. Therefore we would like to highlight one of our members and the great work they do. This month we put our new full member The … Continue reading
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Tagged Impact investing, philanthropy, social business, social enterprise, social investment, venture philanthropy
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EVPA welcomes new members
We are happy to welcome three new members on board this month! Our new full members include one of UK’s largest social investors The Social Investment Business. The organisation has made over 1300 investments in civil society organisations ranging from … Continue reading
EVPA welcomes new members
EVPA is delighted to welcome its five new members. We are especially happy to have broaden also geographically with our first member from Turkey, proving the growth and development of venture philanthropy in Europe and beyond.
