Calvin Frith
Sep 3, 2018 · 4 min read

Size Matters (and why it’s hard finding something small)

After years of Impact Investment, Village Capital undertook research, in 2013, and discovered the ‘Pioneer Gap’. Not even 5% of funders were investing less than $250k into ventures — in all of Africa, they found only six funds.

“The current system is not serving the planet. It’s not serving the people. And it’s not serving investors” — Amit Bouri, CEO of the Global Impact Investing Network

Many more funders play around this stage now and we are closing that gap.

But at my social impact consultancy, Mushemi, we see a…

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Calvin Frith

Thought Leader | International Development | | Impact Investing | Impact Measurement

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