Impact Amplifier supports businesses to align their vision and plans with those of investors through its unique investment readiness process. To address some of the specific challenges in the social enterprise and investor ecosystem, Impact Amplifier has recently established LEAD Impact Capital (hyperlink to LEAD website here).
LEAD provides institutional capital to post seed social enterprises seeking their first round of significant funding (as a bridge to Series A funding), focused on building new systems and solutions for a new economy. Investments in earlier stage social enterprises are often smaller is size, riskier, and associated with higher transaction, and business advisory costs, resulting in an unattractive risk return profile for most investors. LEAD, in partnership with Impact Amplifier, has the expertise and innovative finance models to combine and leverage both capital and capacity to scale social innovations requiring between $80,000 – $700,000. LEAD, seeks to invest earlier, with higher risk appetites than traditional institutional impact investors, and leverage off a trusted ecosystem network.
Beyond LEAD’s asset management funds or when better suited for other funders, Impact Amplifier raises grant, equity or debt-based funding for social enterprise from a broad range of local and international impact investors.
The following reflects the projects Impact Amplifier was or is involved in from 2019 to the present timeframe.
Client:
Nando's
Location:
South Africa, USA, United Kingdom, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi
Date:
2012 - Present
Client:
SAIS
Location:
South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Malawi, Botswana
Date:
2019 - Present
Client:
Google.org
Location:
Senegal, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia
Date:
June 2020 - Present
Client:
FoodForward South Africa (FFSA)
Location:
South Africa
Date:
June 2020 - Present
Client:
The World Bank & YES (Youth Employment Service)
Location:
South Africa
Date:
September 2020 - Present
Client:
SAB Foundation
Location:
South Africa
Date:
2018 - Present
Impact Amplifier offers a range of acceleration and training programmes focused on getting social enterprises ready for investment.
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Impact Amplifier supports larger companies to create and measure their social and ecological impact.
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The “Impact Economy” is comprised of multiple businesses and organisations across a broad spectrum of sectors.
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