Sanitation Technology Funder Landscape Report

STeP released the Sanitation Technology Funder Landscape report in October 2018. Resources to validate new sanitation technologies and prepare for market entry – prerequisites for achieving sustainable, scaled solutions – tend to be quite scarce compared to those available to scale proven solutions. As such, a problematic ‘Pioneer Gap’ exists. This funder landscape seeks to both clarify the ‘Pioneer Gap’ and point readers to potential funding and other resources poised to help fill this problematic gap. Two promising forms of funding are explored in detail: catalytic philanthropy and blended finance leveraging impact investment.

Spotlight: Conservação da Biodiversidade

Spotlight sobre Conservação da Biodiversidade é o primeiro da série de relatórios setoriais lançados pela ANDE.

Relatório, produzido pela ANDE em parceria com a Fundação Grupo Boticário, apresenta um panorama ambiental, social e econômico do setor e fornece dados sobre o impacto do investimento na conservação da biodiversidade a partir do relatório "Panorama do Setor de Investimento do Impacto na América Latina". A fim de ilustrar o potencial de negócios e investimentos no setor de conservação da biodiversidade, apresenta um estudo de caso, e finaliza com uma série de oportunidades e recomendações para melhor fomentar o investimento neste setor.

Relatório mostra que foram feitos 8 investimentos de impacto na conservação da biodiversidade na América Latina em 2016-2017, no valor de US $ 5 milhões, com 6 deles ocorrendo no Brasil. Mais da metade dos respondentes da pesquisa afirmaram que alinham seus investimentos com ODS que estão direta ou indiretamente ligadas à conservação da biodiversidade. Além disso, o setor ficou em quarto lugar no número total de negócios em 2016-2017, atrás de Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação (TIC), educação e saúde, e também teve uma saída reportada no período.

Confira o relatório completo aqui.

Biodiversity Conservation Spotlight

The Biodiversity Conservation Spotlight is the first in the series of sector reports launched by ANDE.

The report, produced by ANDE in partnership with Boticário Group Foundation, presents an environmental, social and economic panorama of the sector, then provides data on investment impact in biodiversity conservation from the report "Overview of the Investment Sector of Impact in Latin America". In order to illustrate the potential for business and investments in the biodiversity conservation sector, it presents a case study, before ending with a series of opportunities and recommendations to better foster investment in this sector.

The report shows that 8 impact investments were made in biodiversity conservation in Latin America in 2016-2017, to the amount of US $ 5 million, with 6 of these taking place in Brazil. More than half of the survey respondents stated that they align their investments with SGDs that are directly or indirectly linked to biodiversity conservation. In addition, the sector ranked fourth in total number of deals in 2016-2017, behind Information and Communication Technology (ICT), education and health, and also had one exit reported in the period.

Check out the full report here.

 

Too Tough to Scale? Challenges to Scaling Innovation in the Humanitarian Sector

Elrha released the report Too tough to scale? in October 2018. Despite increased investment in the area, scaling humanitarian innovation is still a big and ongoing challenge. The report explores why more innovations aren’t successfully scaling and identify key barriers.

Drawing from Elrha’s own experience in funding over 150 humanitarian organisations to develop, test and scale many highly impactful innovations, and drawing on research and experience from the social and development sectors, Too tough to scale? identifies 13 key barriers across five different challenge areas. The report goes on to provide clear calls to action for different humanitarian actors and encourages those groups to contribute to sector-wide transformative change.

Empowering through Collective Action

This paper is focused on how collective action can contribute to inclusion objectives, with particular respect to the agriculture sector. It was released in October 2018 as part of IFAD's Research Series, which brings together cutting-edge thinking on smallholder agriculture and rural development. Drawing on empirical and theoretical references, the paper posits that collection action could influence the domains of "public goods provision, expanding opportunities and challenging current norms and behaviours."

Panorama do Setor de Investimento de Impacto no Brasil
Resultados de Mercado 2016 & 2017

ANDE & Lavca
Outubro 2018

O Panorama do setor de Investimento de Impacto no Brasil é um desdobramento do estudo lançado pelas duas organizações sobre investimento de impacto na América Latina, lançado pela Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) e da Associação para o Capital Privado na América Latina (LAVCA), em outubro de 2018. 

Este relatório nacional é baseado em uma subamostra dos 67 entrevistados da pesquisa da América Latina, dos quais 29 estão ativos no Brasil e 22 investiram no país durante o período 2016-2017. A maioria deles se identifica como investidores de impacto ou gestores de fundos de private equity ou venture capital. O relatório fornece dados sobre o perfil dos investidores ativos, atividade de investimento de 2016-2017 e expectativas de investimento no Brasil em 2018-2019.

Os resultados do estudo brasileiro ressaltam que o investimento de impacto é uma indústria em crescimento no país e tem se mantido resiliente apesar do cenário político e econômico. O Brasil foi um dos países que apresentou os maiores números em termos de atividade de investimento de impacto na região. O relatório apresenta dados de investimento de impacto com base em características como setor, tamanho e estágio de negócios, e também compara a atividade de investimento com a de 2014-2015, antes de concluir com recomendações para o desenvolvimento da indústria no futuro.

Impact Investing Landscape in Brazil
Trends 2016 & 2017

ANDE & Lavca
October 2018

The Impact Investment Landscape in Brazil is a follow-up to the study launched by the two organizations on impact investing in Latin America, launched by the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) and the Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America (LAVCA) in October 2018.

This national report is based on a sub-sample of the 67 survey respondents from the Latin America study, of which 29 are active in Brazil and 22 invested in the country during the period 2016-2017. Most of them identify themselves as impact investors or managers of private equity or venture capital funds. The report provides data on the profile of the active investors, investment activity for 2016-2017 and expectations for investment in Brazil in 2018-2019.

The results of the Brazilian study emphasize that impact investment is a growing industry in the country and has remained resilient despite the political and economic scenario. Brazil was one of the countries that presented the highest numbers in terms of impact investment activity in the region. The report presents impact investing data based on characteristics such as sector, size and business stage, and also compares investment activity with that from 2014-2015, before concluding with recommendations for developing the industry moving forward.