Executes new investments in its two funds GSIF Africa, a private debt vehicle focused on companies with positive social and environmental impact in Sub-Saharan Africa, and GSIF Spain, focused on direct investment in Spanish SMEs with high social impact.

Ghanaian agritech Complete Farmer seeks to transform farming practices in the region by developing critical technical and physical infrastructure to enhance efficiency in the agricultural value chain. It raised a recently concluded $10.4 million pre-Series A funding round ($7 million equity and $3.4 million debt) to consolidate its efforts. 

GSIF Africa is one of 16 agriculture impact investment funds that have contributed to the design of the Agriculture Impact Performance Benchmark, a new tool from built by The Global Impact Investing Network which allows investors to measure and compare the impact of their investments.

In Capital Intereconomía, María Ángeles León, vice-president of SpainNAB, assures that the private and public sectors must go hand in hand to boost the impact economy. “For every resource that the public sector provides, the private sector can mobilise up to five or six”.

Impact investing in unlisted assets offers a real de-correlation to market performance and an added return, leaving a positive social footprint. In September, the Law for the Creation and Growth of Companies was passed to boost and improve collective investment and venture capital in Spain, allowing individuals to invest in private equity firms with an initial investment of 10,000 euros. Daniel Sandoval, head of Investment in Spain at Global Social Impact Investments, answered questions from journalists.

In the context of rising prices, the low-cost shopping basket for families is being strengthened by the impact investment ecosystem in Spain. Global Social Impact Investments, the management company under the umbrella of the Santa Comba family holding, has sealed its second investment in eight months with its entry as a minority partner in Sqrups, Spain’s leading urban outlet retailer.