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Ashoka

United States of America

Ashoka is the largest network of social entrepreneurs worldwide, with nearly 3,000 Ashoka Fellows in 70 countries putting their system changing ideas into practice on a global scale. Founded by Bill Drayton in 1980, Ashoka has provided start-up financing, professional support services, and connections to a global network across the business and social sectors, and a platform for people dedicated to changing the world. Ashoka launched the field of social entrepreneurship and has activated multi-sector partners across the world who increasingly look to entrepreneurial talent and new ideas to solve social problems.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Capacity Building

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ASN Bank

Netherlands

ASN Bank founded in 1960 is the largest sustainable bank in the Netherlands and part of SNS REAAL. ASN Bank is licensed by the Dutch Central Bank and the Financial Markets Authority and participates in the Deposit Guarantee Scheme.

Type: Bank

Geography: Netherlands

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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BDC Venture Capital

Canada

With more than $1 billion under management and almost 30 years experience their venture capital investment professionals know what it takes to help Canadian entrepreneurs realize the full potential of their ideas for themselves and for their backers.In fact we are the largest and most active early stage technology venture investor in Canada working with promising entrepreneurs and private sector investors to build outstanding Canadian companies.The fact is we have the financial capacity to support promising high growth potential technology ventures throughout their development cycle. Through patient investment and value added support our mandate is to help create and grow innovative Canadian companies that generate value and prosperity.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Canada

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Big Aspect

United Kingdom

Big Aspect specializes in guiding young corporations through the many pressures and challenges associated with rapid expansion. Big Aspect is a business acceleration consultancy. They have experience raising capital for private companies, bridging the gap between our clients’ businesses and some of the most prestigious financial institutions and high-net-worth individuals in the industry.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: Europe

Impact: Access to Energy

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Clean Power Finance

United States of America

Clean Power Finance is driving the mass-market adoption of residential solar by building an online business-to-business marketplace to connect the solar industry and the capital markets. Clean Power Finance provides solar professionals, including marketers, installers, manufacturers and distributors, with access to a variety of non-exclusive, white-label residential finance products and an easy-to-use solar sales quoting and design tool. The company’s transparent pricing makes it easy for financial firms and lenders to invest in residential solar projects that provide reliable rates of return. Founded in 2007, Clean Power Finance is venture backed by Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers (KPCB), Google Ventures, Claremont Creek Ventures, Clean Pacific Ventures and Sand Hill Angels.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Energy

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E&A Companies

United States of America

E&A Industries is a privately held corporation that has been successfully acquiring and growing companies throughout North America and Europe since 1977. They are not a private equity firm. They are acquirers who seek long term capital appreciation through acquisition organic growth and disciplined management. Its acquisition strategy is to identify companies with sustained profitability unrealized growth potential low tech production business to business customers and an ownership that desires a short or long term exit strategy.

Type: Corporate

Geography: Americas

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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ICCO Investments

Netherlands

The ICCO Cooperative has over ten years of experience in deploying different investment instruments to contribute to its core mission poverty alleviation and social justice. The strategy of the ICCO Cooperative is focused in two main areas 'Securing sustainalbe livelihood' and 'Empowering justice for all'. With their investment instruments they try to leverage the work they do with partners in their Grants based programs. By offering a range of financing instruments ICCO is also able to support their partners in all phases of their development until they are financially stable and have access to mainstream financial markets and systems.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Africa

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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IncuVest

IncuVest is a Singapore-based tech investor and incubator, founded by Ronnie Wee and Natasha Foong. It is supported by the Singapore Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and National Research Foundation (NRF) who is a strategic co-investor with IncuVest. IncuVest and its partners also have extensive global experience and success as entrepreneurs, private equity, venture capital, government and C-level executives.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Singapore

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Overseas Private Investment Corporation

United States of America

OPIC is the U.S. Government s development finance institution. It mobilizes private capital to help solve critical development challenges and in doing so advances U.S. foreign policy. Because OPIC works with the U.S. private sector it helps U.S. businesses gain footholds in emerging markets catalyzing revenues jobs and growth opportunities both at home and abroad. OPIC achieves its mission by providing investors with financing guarantees political risk insurance and support for private equity investment funds.

Type: Government

Geography: Africa

Impact: Access to Financial Services