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News & Resources

News & resources by the Impact-Linked Funds

 

Open calls for the Impact-Linked Funds

For now, the official calls for applications for the various Impact-Linked Funds we support with our back-end infrastructure have closed. If you would like to stay informed about new calls and other updates, please view the pages of the individual Impact-Linked Fundsregister for our newsletter or follow us on LinkedIn


News from the ILF for GIF (managed by Roots of Impact and iGravity)

The Impact-Linked Fund for Gender Inclusive Fintech (ILF for GIF) has created a great ecosystem map for fintechs, investors, capacity builders and anyone interested in the gender-fintech space. Check it out!

Under the ILF for GIF, two accelerator and growth programs have been launched to support fintechs with a focus on financial inclusion for migrants, especially women. Read the press releases of our partners Village Capital and Seedstars and follow us on LinkedIn to stay up to date!


Independent case studies on the ILFF and SIINC (by SDC)

These two new case studies come from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), who is an experienced outcome funder and participant in Impact-Linked Finance transactions and co-creator of Social Impact Incentives (SIINC). SDC sheds much light on the benefits, learnings and potential of Impact-Linked Finance as a practice, of SIINC as one specific element in the Impact-Linked Finance toolbox, and the Impact-Linked Finance Fund (ILFF) as the platform for back-end implementation. Dive deep into this highly insightful report on ILFF  as well as the seperate case study on SIINC.


News from the ILF for Education (managed by iGravity)

Would you like to learn who are the key actors to finance SDG4 in West Africa and MENA? And understand the challenges they face and the opportunities that can arise from using innovative financing solutions? Then this ecosystem mapping report is a great resource to dive into. For more information about how to use Impact-Linked Finance to boost access to education, feel free to check out our ILF for Education page.


Knowledge Center for Impact-Linked Finance (supported by SDC)

With Impact-Linked Finance gaining momentum – both in terms of a growing number of transactions and the diversity of the range of financing solutions – the Impact-Linked Finance Fund offers inspirational insights and hosts the Knowledge Center for Impact-Linked Finance, supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). Whether in the form of case studies, articles, videos, interviews, tutorials, templates or trainings, we want to show that by receiving the right type of blended and catalytic capital, entrepreneurs become enabled to truly scale their solutions in both, business and impact terms.


Blogs by the Impact-Linked Funds (managed by Roots of Impact or iGravity)

The FIWAM Growth Program
Resources: The FIWAM Growth Program - Championing Financial Solutions for Women Migrants / Would you like...
Resources: Fresh insights into Impact-Linked Finance in Bangladesh
Resources: Fresh insights into Impact-Linked Finance in Bangladesh / Would you like to know how two...
Interview: Making Impact-Linked Finance Work for ATEC
Interview: Making Impact-Linked Finance work for ATEC / Another impact enterprise in the WASH space is...
Resources: The Impact-Linked Fund for WASH has launched
Resources: The Impact-Linked Fund for WASH has launched / Would you like to see how Impact-Linked...
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