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Category: Global Trends in Impact Investing

Susana Garcia-Robles joins Capria as a Venture Partner

By Capria | March 11, 2020

Susana comes with 20 years of experience investing in seed and VC funds in LAC (Latin American and Caribbean) and building entrepreneurial ecosystems working in partnership with LAC governments and the private sector. Here is her outlook on the challenges that lie ahead and her plan - What is your professional background that is relevant to […]

The “Fund Manager’s Fund” filling the missing middle has forked out a fresh USD $8Mn for funders in emerging markets

By Capria | February 25, 2020

The “Fund Manager’s Fund”, Capria, which claims to be the largest network of emerging market fund managers, has announced that it would be investing up to USD $8 Mn in specific countries in emerging markets, including African countries like Uganda, Senegal, Côte d’Ivore, Tanzania and Ethiopia. When Capria first launched in 2015, it […]

How Latin American entrepreneurs are changing the region, one business at a time

By Juan Luis Palma Dominguez | December 18, 2019

Latin America’s growing startup ecosystem stands out because of how the region is using the combination of technology and business to build a foundation for a future that is better than what countries in this region have historically seen. International VCs like Sequoia Capital, Capria Network, Naspers and Didi Chuxing are heavily investing in […]

How entrepreneurship can help Chile and LatAm – My reflections on a risky visit to Santiago during protest week five

By Will Poole | November 26, 2019

I first traveled to Chile in 2005 on Microsoft business and then again in 2011 for a family holiday. In my work for Capria, I’ve been to Santiago at least five times over the past three years, focused on fundraising for our global efforts and on selecting and supporting a great local fund manager to be a part of the Capria Network (we found one - […]

Managing mission drift and driving impact in emerging markets: a roadmap

By Uma Sekar | November 18, 2019

Impact drift challenges nearly all impact funds. When a fund stops delivering impact, or drifts from its intended impact, investors grow wary. It’s especially daunting for first-time fund managers in emerging markets where impact drift is less a matter of “if” but “when.” Fund managers with a roadmap for proactively managing evolving impact […]

The “Advancer” takes impact to the next level

By Will Poole | September 17, 2019

Uma Sekar, Director, Impact & ESG, Capria has some lessons for other players in the impact investing space. Uma leads the impact investment strategy implementation and framework development at Capria and Unitus Ventures. She believes aligning a CEO’s long-term vision to impact through integration as a part of their business strategy, is […]

Limited no more – how the ‘Abraaj Effect’ is rewriting the role of LPs and GPs against a new investment paradigm

By Dave Richards | September 16, 2019

In part 1: https://2021.capria.vc/dsa of this two-part series, we explored the changing dynamics between Limited Partners (LPs), private fund investors, and General Partners (GPs), private fund managers, in an investment fund. In part 2, we look at how a significant event has resulted into LPs driving accountability from GPs, and GPs responding […]

No longer limited – how the dynamics of LP-GP relationships are evolving amid shifting investment paradigms

By Dave Richards | September 16, 2019

For the longest time, the role of investors in a private investment fund, also known as “Limited Partners” or “LPs”, was exactly that – limited. They gave their money to professional fund managers (aka General Partners or GPs) and received quarterly reports on how their investments were doing. That is now changing. A growing number of LPs […]

Funds Accelerator from the US preparing office in Chile to lead Latin America

By Juan Luis Palma Dominguez | July 19, 2019

The firm, which is backed by Bill Gates, plans to invest in local funds and co-invest in local companies Capria invested in Fen Ventures and has an association with LarrainVial for local investors were there is Del Río family and Mustakis Foundation Almost everything is ready for Capria, the American investment funds accelerator that […]

Latin America VC latest trends

By Juan Luis Palma Dominguez | June 19, 2019

With almost 700 million population, 20 diverse countries, 15% of the land on earth, 80% of its citizens living in cities (most urbanized continent), and a total GDP reaching USD $6 trillion, it is no news that Latin America is becoming a wealthier region. Venture capital is significantly contributing to this trend by helping scale upcoming […]

Lessons in gender-smart investing from Unitus Ventures, a Capria Network member

By Capria | June 2, 2019

Research consistently proves that more diverse teams yield better results. Capria has embraced this knowledge since inception and is now increasing integration of gender smart investing principles into capacity development within the Capria Network.Further, IFC research shows there is a strong correlation between gender balanced leadership and […]

Scaling Impact while enhancing financial returns via Impact Management – Part I

By Uma Sekar | April 11, 2019

Impact investing has solidified itself into a global industry of exponential growth since the concept emerged in 2007. According to GIIN's recent "Sizing the Impact Investment Market" report, which collected data from over 1,340 impact investors, the market is now just over half a trillion dollars US worldwide. Impact continues to build an […]

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