Private impact investment grew by 33% in Spain in 2021
SpainNAB identified 15 private equity funds, 39% more than the previous year, including vehicles from impact investment managers such as Global Social Impact Investments (promoted by María Ángeles León) or impact funds from traditional managers (such as the one recently launched by Mutuactivos, Mutua Madrileña’s fund manager).
Global Social Impact bets on low-cost shopping baskets by investing in Sqrups
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, […]
¿Qué oportunidades hay en empresas no cotizadas con vocación de impacto social?
La inversión de impacto en activos no cotizados ofrece una descorrelación real de la evolución de los mercados y un plus de rentabilidad dejando una huella social positiva. En septiembre se aprobó la Ley de Creación y Crecimiento de Empresas para impulsar y mejorar la inversión colectiva y el capital riesgo en España, permitiendo a […]
What opportunities are there in non-listed companies with a vocation for social impact?
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 […]
“Las claves de la exitosa inversión de impacto”
Hoy hablaremos con Arturo García Alonso, Director General y CIO de Global Social Impact. Repasamos su trayectoria personal, profesional y su manera de invertir, que lleva el impacto social por bandera.
Capital Breakfast: The impact economy
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”.
The GIIN Launches Its Second Impact Performance Benchmark
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.
Global Social Impact acelera su proceso de consolidación y espera alcanzar un tamaño de 120 millones en los próximos meses.
Ejecuta nuevas inversiones en sus dos fondos GSIF África, un vehículo de deuda privada centrado en empresas con impacto social y medioambiental positivo en el África subsahariana, y GSIF España, centrado en la inversión directa en PYME españolas con alto impacto social.
GSI invests 2.3 million in Jetnet to fight the digital divide in rural areas
GSIF España, our Spanish fund invested EUR 2.3 million in Jetnet to finance a first phase of fibre network deployment in small Andalusian municipalities.
La empresa ghanesa Complete Farmer, que conecta a agricultores con compradores mundiales de alimentos, recauda $10,4M
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.