Impact for Breakfast

Are you passionate about impact finance and sustainable solutions? Join us the next Impact for Breakfast event on 3rd December 2024, 8:30–10:00 AM in Brussels. Siddhartha Sinha, Head of UNHCR’s Innovative Finance Unit, will discuss with Kapil Kanungo (Incofin Investment Management) the role of innovative finance in creating scalable impact for refugees and host communities. 📅 RSVP by 26th November 2024 to secure your spot at this link: https://lnkd.in/euDqinEK #humanitariansatwork #impactinvesting #impactfinance Impact Finance Belgium Riqqah Haniyah

In DC next week? Please join me and Alix Peterson Zwane at Impact for Breakfast on November 20th at 8:00am. We are very excited for our next breakfast which will focus on the intersection of social impact and artificial intelligence in conversation with thought leaders from Omidyar Network and IDinsight. Following some coffee and networking with other investors and impact practitioners, the speakers will explore the current state of the market (with insights on how election results will shape the future of AI), requirements for ensuring more equitable access to compute, data and talent, and opportunities they are seeing for investment and AI applications for social impact. Organizations like Omidyar and IDInsight are leading the charge in leveraging data and AI to drive social change - whether it's deploying data science for informed decision making in the global south or shaping investment in responsible AI development. This conversation with Chris Jurgens, Rebecca Sharp, Govind Shivkumar, and Sid Ravinutala will provide valuable insights for those working at the intersection of technology and impact. Please RSVP at https://lnkd.in/eTFAdvZ9

Breakfast with an impact? Yes! Today, we hosted an insightful and collaborative event at our Zurich office that brought together impact entrepreneurs with a fantastic and diverse group of interested guests from the impact ecosystem. As part of the Impact for Breakfast series, this morning was all about creating social impact through building employable skills. The three pioneering elea portfolio ventures from three continents Arbusta, BagoSphere, and BluLever Education shared how they are revolutionizing education, creating stable employment for youth, and in doing so breaking the cycle of poverty. We want to share with you three key takeaways from this morning that are highlighted in the following quotes: “The narratives of blue-collar jobs must be changed to have a higher societal status ” - Adam “Trial and error get you far– even if in the beginning everybody thinks you are crazy” - Paula “People do not only need hard skills – what often matters more is confidence” - Zhihan A heartfelt thank you to Deborah Keller for moderating the event, and our impact entrepreneurs Adam Collier, Paula Cardenau, Zhihan Lee, and to our guests for their valuable contributions in the discussion.

🥐 Join us on October 22 for an engaging Impact for Breakfast session "Revolutionizing education & employment for disadvantaged youth: Insights from three pioneering ventures" at the elea Zurich office, where we will spotlight three inspiring elea portfolio ventures. One of the greatest challenges in fighting absolute poverty is equipping young people with the necessary skills to earn a living after their basic education. With over 25% of youth in low- and middle-income countries not in education or employment, the need for innovative solutions is urgent. This is why elea invests in impact ventures that offer market-oriented, practical 21st-century skills training for motivated youth from low-income households, creating pathways out of poverty. 📣 Speakers: Paula Cardenau, Co-Founder and Director of Arbusta (Argentina) Adam Collier, Co-founder & Co-CEO at BluLever Education (South Africa) Zhihan Lee, CEO and Co-Founder at BagoSphere (Philippines) Deborah Keller, Head of Impact for Breakfast  Elena Torresani, Head of Communications and Partnerships at elea 🎫 Spaces are limited, so be sure to reserve your spot online via Impact for Breakfast: https://lnkd.in/eR8RpwDF

Reminder! Join us on October 8 with GSMA for an online event that will explore #digitization trends sweeping emerging markets globally, and what it means for the future of SME finance and #impact! In this Impact for Breakfast session, our founder Jim Chu and Zach White, Senior Insights Manager at GSMA, will delve into the opportunities digital finance creates for impact investors, focusing on the innovations enabled by digital transformation in Africa and other emerging markets. The discussion will highlight how capital can be effectively channeled to SMEs, informal businesses, and micro-entrepreneurs that drive the bulk of the economy and serve the most underserved populations. Register via Zoom: https://lnkd.in/dV2V7rBs Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 Time: 10-11AM EST, 4-5PM CEST

We’re excited to announce that Artha Impact (Rianta Capital) is joining Kula Conclave 2024 as a Vision Partner! An initiative of Rianta Capital Zurich, Artha Impact aims to accelerate capital flow to sustainable enterprises operating at the base of the pyramid (BoP) in India. The Artha Impact Platform is an online community dedicated to building relationships between the impact investor community, social entrepreneurs, and in-country capacity-building intermediaries and support organisations operating in India. Together with the team at Artha Impact, our team at 200 Million Artisans is excited to catalyse craft-led innovation,  unlock inclusive capital and build a networked ecosystem for India’s Creative Manufacturing and Handmade ecosystem and its many enterprises. SUPPORTING KULA CONCLAVE 2024 Kula Conclave is a first-of-its-kind, invite-only networking forum that facilitates a dialogue between investors, industry leaders and passionate innovators building future-ready solutions across India’s craft-based value chains. With Artha Impact’s support, our team at 200M aims to bring 300+ changemakers into the room with the goal of empowering craft-led businesses with the right resources, the right support, and the right capital to scale and shape the future of a $1 trillion handmade economy.  COMMITTING SUPPORT FOR THE FUTURE OF CRAFT-LED INNOVATION Artha Impact will also support three craft-led enterprises with cash awards as part of our recently launched innovation challenge - Kula Innovate to catalyse and support promising new ideas led by craft-led enterprises and startups. Additionally, enterprises will gain global visibility and access to future impact investment opportunities through the Artha Impact Platform’s investor network. THANK YOU AND WELCOME TO THE KULA TRIBE! Welcome to the Kula Tribe, Artha Impact (Rianta Capital) - we cannot wait to build the future of handmade together with your team. Audrey Selian | Deborah Keller | Tatiana Schenker WANT TO JOIN US AT KULA CONCLAVE? Express your interest now: www.kulaconclave.com #KulaConclave24 Can't wait to see you there!