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  • Avanti Finance

    Livelihoods-purpose credit for unbanked and low-income populations

    Focus areas
    Inclusive Financial Systems
    Investment type
    Direct equity
    Status
    Active
    Avanti Finance

    Livelihoods-purpose credit for unbanked and low-income populations

    Avanti Finance Private Limited, a non-banking fintech platform in India, focuses on improved access to affordable, livelihoods-purpose credit for unbanked and low-income populations. The foundation invested in the company to accelerate digital credit products delivered through responsible servicing standards, and to further develop an equitable marketplace for low-income populations, especially women.
    Website
    Focus areas
    Inclusive Financial Systems
    Investment type
    Direct equity
    Status
    Active
    Initial investment
    Series A
    Partnered in
    2021
    Headquarters
    India
    Portfolio news
    Avanti Finance Raises Series B Funding of USD 24 million from Rabo Partnerships, IDH Farmfit Fund and Existing Investors
  • bKash

    Mobile financial services in Bangladesh

    Focus areas
    Inclusive Financial Systems
    Investment type
    Direct equity
    Status
    Active
    bKash

    Mobile financial services in Bangladesh

    bKash helps ensure access to a broader range of financial services for the people of Bangladesh through its mobile payments platform.
    Website
    Focus areas
    Inclusive Financial Systems
    Investment type
    Direct equity
    Status
    Active
    Initial investment
    Series A
    Partnered in
    2014
    Headquarters
    Bangladesh
  • M-KOPA Solar

    Off-grid solar energy

    Focus areas
    Inclusive Financial Systems
    Investment type
    Debt
    Status
    Exit
    M-KOPA Solar

    Off-grid solar energy

    M-KOPA, a Nairobi-based, off-grid solar energy company, makes residential power systems affordable and accessible to low-income, off-grid customers through a mobile payment-based lease-to-own model.
    Website
    Focus areas
    Inclusive Financial Systems
    Investment type
    Debt
    Status
    Exit
    Initial investment
    Series C
    Partnered in
    2013
    Headquarters
    Kenya
  • OneLoad

    Digital finanical services for small merchants in Pakistan

    Focus areas
    Inclusive Financial Systems
    Investment type
    Direct equity
    Status
    Active
    OneLoad

    Digital finanical services for small merchants in Pakistan

    OneLoad facilitates financial services for small merchants in Pakistan through its micro-retailer digitization and payment platform. The foundation invested in OneLoad to scale its interoperable airtime and cash-in, cash-out services for low-income retailers and consumers.
    Website
    Focus areas
    Inclusive Financial Systems
    Investment type
    Direct equity
    Status
    Active
    Initial investment
    Series A
    Partnered in
    2021
    Headquarters
    Pakistan
    Portfolio news
    Local tech firm gets foreign investment International foundation invests part of its $2.5 billion Strategic Investment Fund
  • SeamlessHR

    Payroll-based financial services for low-income workers in Nigeria and Kenya

    Focus areas
    Inclusive Financial Systems
    Investment type
    Convertible note
    Status
    Active
    SeamlessHR

    Payroll-based financial services for low-income workers in Nigeria and Kenya

    SeamlessHR is a cloud-based enterprise HR software and payroll provider based in Lagos, Nigeria. The Company is developing embedded financial services that leverage its position as a payroll provider to provide employees with early access to earned wages as well as affordable credit products. The foundation invested in SeamlessHR to accelerate the availability of these products to low-income wage workers in Nigeria and Kenya.
    Website
    Focus areas
    Inclusive Financial Systems
    Investment type
    Convertible note
    Status
    Active
    Initial investment
    $5M
    Headquarters
    Lagos, Nigeria
    Portfolio news
    SeamlessHR Raises $9M to Expand HR-Tech solutions in Africa