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Adobe Capital

Mexico

Adobe Capital is an impact investment fund focused on triple bottom line businesses that drive social and environmental impact with innovative profitable and scalable models. We provide financing and strategic support for the development of success cases.With an innovative and flexible investment thesis Adobe Capital invests in Mexican companies with fewer than 50 employees with less than 5000000 USD in sales and strong growth potential. Larger companies may be analyzed in specific cases.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Mexico

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Annona Sustainable Investment Funds

Netherlands

The Annona Sustainable Investment Fund is a commercial Venture Capital fund that invests in small and medium sized enterprises (SME s) in Africa and Latin America. Profitability is a first precondition for long term sustainability but there are many other drivers. Their objective is to obtain reasonable VC returns ... within strictly defined parameters of a measurable and lasting socio economic impact.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Africa

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Anthem Asia

Myanmar

An independent investment & advisory group building sustainable businesses in Myanmar

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Myanmar

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Bangladesh Enterprise Institute

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) endorses and communicates issues of importance to the private sector and seeks to influence policy to instigate measures vital for the development of a marker-oriented economy, as well as, sustainable growth of trade, commerce and industry. To attain this goals, BEI organizes regular consultations, dialogues, seminars and workshops, conducts research and surveys, formulates policy measures and identities issues requiring policy intervention for its stakeholders. BEI also focuses on the assessment and solution for improving the investment climate of Bangladesh.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: India

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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BD Ventures Limited

Bangladesh

BD Venture Limited is a Venture Capital Company which helps entrepreneurs reach their full potential and fulfill their dreams. They provide finance to enterprises to support their growth by participating as a shareholder of the company.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Bangladesh

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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CRISL

Bangladesh

CRISL is the first ever joint venture rating agency operating in Bangladesh since 1995. It is a joint venture of Malaysia Berhad (RAM), JCR-VIS Credit Rating Company of Pakistan, few financial institutions and a host of celebrated professionals of Bangladesh. With a license from the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) under Credit Rating Companies Rules 1996, CRISL now appears as the flagship organization of Bangladesh. CRISL is a founder member of the Association of Credit Rating Agencies in Asia (ACRAA) which is sponsored by the Asian Development Bank, where CRISL has significant contribution towards the development of the profession of rating agency in the Asian region. CRISL is a public limited company dedicated for credit rating and related services and is being recognized by Bangladesh Bank as the External Credit Assessment Institution (ECAI) to offer its services to the banking community for banking client rating. CRISL provides its services with high business and ethical code as approved by the International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO), Securities and Exchange Commission of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Bank ECAI recognition Criteria.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Bangladesh

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Habib Bank

Bangladesh

Habib Bank believes in the advancement of society through the adoption of enlightened working practices, innovative new products and processes and a spirit of enterprise.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Bangladesh

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Impacto Capital

Mozambique

Impacto Capital is an investment management and advisory firm dedicated to promoting investment in businesses and projects with a greater impact on economic social and environmental development thus contributing to a more inclusive and sustainable economy.We believe in the impact investment model and for that reason we offer impact venture capital to Small and Medium Enterprises and Small Growing Businesses.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Mozambique

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Incluvest

Netherlands

Incluvest is an impact investment company that contributes to the sustainable improvement of living conditions in developing countries. Incluvest uses a combination of people and resources to invest in promising enterprises and service providers with a focus on agribusiness or a link with agricultural value chains (essential for strengthening the chain). Such investments contribute to sustainable economic development and have a positive impact on the local community and economy.The underlying concept is 'inclusive investment' all parties in the value chain should profit from and connect with mainstream business. This includes rather than excludes the small farmers who grow crops and have the potential to grow themselves! Without these farmers there is no inclusive economic development.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Uganda

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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IPDC

Bangladesh

Industrial Promotion and Development Company of Bangladesh Limited (IPDC) is the first private sector financial institution of the country established in 1981 by a distinguished group of shareholders namely International Finance Corporation (IFC), USA, German Investment and Development Company (DEG), Germany, The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), Switzerland, Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC), UK and the Government of Bangladesh. Since its inception, IPDC has played a pivotal role in reshaping the private sector industrialization of the country through innovative financial products and services. Today IPDC is a diversified financial institution with a wide range of products and services covering corporate finance and advisory services, middle market supply chain finance, retail wealth management and retail finances.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Bangladesh

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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LightCastle Partners

Bangladesh

LightCastle Partners was born when our four co-founders realized a general lack of appreciation for data-driven decision making across organizations in Bangladesh. This issue became so compelling to our founders that they stepped away from their erstwhile established positions spanning sectors in investment and corporate banking, non-profit, and technology to commit exclusively to a mission to transform business operations in Bangladesh and beyond.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: Bangladesh

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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RONOC

Ireland

Ronoc was established in 2007 as an investment and advisory services business based in Dublin Ireland. Ronoc advises and invests in a broad range of businesses including microfinance institutions retail financial services software providers for mobile devices and executive search services.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Sangam Ventures

Sangam Ventures is a new type of accelerator that provides seed capital and tailored business support to early stage energy enterprises who serve low income communities enabling them to refine their business models demonstrate viability and attract the growth capital needed to deliver large scale impact. The business is an early stage partner that will be ready to scale in 2015.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: India

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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SEAF Bangladesh Ventures

Bangladesh

SEAF BV’s portfolio consist of diverse companies and industries. With their commitment to promote entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship, they have invested in companies that have good growth prospects, whose entrepreneurs have the vision and determination to see through their businesses and generate significant development impacts. Their portfolio companies are continuously generating impacts that are positive to the environment, society and local communities. Their portfolio companies promote women entrepreneurship, women employment, greater worker safety and a greener environment.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Bangladesh

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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SEC

Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) was established on 8th June, 1993 as the regulator of the country’s capital market through enactment of the Securities and Exchange Commission Act 1993. Through an amendment of the Securities and Exchange Commission Act, 1993, on December 10, 2012, its name has been changed as Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission from previous Securities and Exchange Commission. The Commission consists of a Chairman and four Commissioners who are appointed for fulltime by the government for a period of four years and their appointment can be renewed only for further one term, but the condition is that age can not exceed 65 in position during the tenure. The Chairman acts as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Commission. The Commission has overall responsibility to formulate securities legislation and to administer as well. The Commission is a statutory body and attached to the Ministry of Finance.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Bangladesh

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Shwe Minn Tha

Myanmar

Shwe Minn Tha Foundation (Myanmar) Provides six major services for people with disabilities (PWDs) such as Health, Education, Social, Inclusive Environment, Empowerment and Livelihood services as individual needs.

Type: Foundation

Geography: Myanmar

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Smile Education and Development Foundation

Myanmar

SEDF is a foundation whose vision is a society rid of poverty in which all people live with dignity peace and justice and are empowered to be self reliant active citizens.

Type: Foundation

Geography: Myanmar

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Tameer Bank

Pakistan

Tameer Bank launched its operations in 2005 to provide micro-finance and related financial services to the less privileged and unbanked segment of the society. We hope to contribute towards poverty eradication under the Microfinance Institution ordinance, 2001. Currently, Tameer Bank has over 153 customer touch points, along with more than 60,000 Easypaisa agents, nationwide. Tameer Bank offers a range of financial services including Deposits, Loans, Mobile Accounts, Health Insurance, Remittances, Cash management services and Bank on Wheels. Based on the results for the year ended 31 December 2013, the credit rating company PACRA upgraded the long-term entity rating of Tameer to "A+" (Single A Plus) [Previous: "A"] while maintaining the short-term rating at"A1" (A One) as of February 27th, 2014.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Pakistan

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Team Engine

Bangladesh

‘team engine limited’ is a for-profit social good company working from year 2010. Using power of information, communication, innovation, activism and entrepreneurship they are currently working on: Entrepreneurship development and SME support, Public Health communications and solutions, preservation and distribution of cultural work, solutions for Socially Excluded groups. Initiatives are executed by ‘team engine’ with the partnership and in collaboration with both national and international organizations, business entities and policymakers.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Bangladesh

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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The City Bank Ltd

Bangladesh

ty Bank is one of the oldest private Commercial Banks operating in Bangladesh. It is a top bank among the oldest five Commercial Banks in the country which started their operations in 1983. The Bank started its journey on 27th March 1983 through opening its first branch at B. B. Avenue Branch in the capital, Dhaka city. It was the visionary entrepreneurship of around 13 local businessmen who braved the immense uncertainties and risks with courage and zeal that made the establishment & forward march of the bank possible. Those sponsor directors commenced the journey with only Taka 3.4 crore worth of Capital, which now is a respectable Taka 330.77 crore as capital & reserve.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Bangladesh

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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The Wave

Bangladesh

The Wave is at its core a community space. It houses members through its co working rentals and portfolio company offices. It supports community members through various events and initiatives whether networking capacity building or inclusive and collaborative matchmaking. It also provides in house talent mentors and investors to help Wavers makewaves. It is one pea in the pod of the startup ecosystem.

Type: Investor Network

Geography: Bangladesh

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Tindercapital

Bangladesh

Tindercapital supports ethical entrepreneurs with scalable and inclusive business models in Bangladesh by linking them to investment and business mentoring support.

Type: Corporate

Geography: Bangladesh

Impact: Access to Financial Services