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Soros Economic Development Fund invests along the life cycle of enterprises, investing both directly in companies and indirectly through funds. This means that our investments range from seeding early-stage enterprises or business lines; to financing the scale-up of enterprises with proven potential; to sustaining enterprises that need our support to continue delivering social value.
We have significant flexibility in the size of the investments we can make, but in general currently focus on those with a total envelope of between $3 million and $10 million per investment.
Deployed as of December 2021:
$300M
Invested in fragile, frontier, and emerging market countries:
92%
Countries we’ve invested in:
54
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Total investments (36)
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Accion Venture Lab is a seed-stage fintecher fund focused on promoting financial access and inclusion.View websiteTheme Migration and InclusionSize $3MType IndirectGeography GlobalSector Financial ServicesDate 2019 -
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The Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund is a $58M+ fund that invests in early-growth stage innovative agribusinesses that enhance incomes, reduce volatility, and improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.View websiteTheme Climate JusticeSize $7.5MType IndirectGeography AfricaSector Financial ServicesDate 2019 -
Theme: Gender JusticeGeography: AfricaAmount: $10MDate: 2020
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WIE invests in high-growth SMEs that present an opportunity to advance gender-diversity and benefit women through their products and services.View websiteTheme Gender JusticeSize $10MType IndirectGeography AfricaSector GeneralistDate 2020 -
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Aristata seeks to invest in human rights and environmental litigation—providing financial support for plaintiffs who would otherwise not have the resources to bring their cases to court.Theme Strategic LitigationSize $6MType IndirectGeography GlobalSector LegalDate 2022 -
Theme: Small and Medium Business DevelopmentGeography: AsiaAmount: $85MDate: 2013
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Aspada is an $85M fund that invests in SMEs that benefit low-income people and smallholder farmers in India.View websiteTheme Small and Medium Business DevelopmentSize $85MType IndirectGeography AsiaSector GeneralistDate 2013 -
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Cadence is a U.S. pharmaceutical public benefit corporation that seeks to bring to market an over-the-counter women’s contraceptive pill.View websiteTheme Gender JusticeSize $5MType DirectGeography United StatesSector Health CareDate 2020 -
Theme: Financial InclusionGeography: AsiaAmount: $27.07MDate: 2019
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Capital Float is an Indian non-bank financial company that provides small businesses with short-term working capital finance.View websiteTheme Financial InclusionSize $27.07MType DirectGeography AsiaSector Financial ServicesDate 2019 -
Theme: Transitions to Open SocietyGeography: AfricaAmount: $10MDate: 2019
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Cepheus makes growth capital minority equity investments into Ethiopian manufacturing, agro-processing, and education and healthcare services.View websiteTheme Transitions to Open SocietySize $10MType IndirectGeography AfricaSector GeneralistDate 2019 -
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Community Loan Fund is a Community Development Financial Institution providing capital and technical assistance to finance affordable housing, local businesses, and nonprofit and child care facilities in New Hampshire.View websiteTheme Shared EconomySize $7.5MType IndirectGeography United StatesSector Real EstateDate 2019 -
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Managed by MDIF, EMOF provides affordable debt financing to established independent news media in frontier and emerging markets.View websiteTheme Independent MediaSize $2MType DirectGeography GlobalSector MediaDate 2017 -
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GAD is a nonprofit enterprise engaged in the manufacture of affordable rapid diagnostics that aims to serve as a technology transfer hub to the Global South.View websiteTheme Access to MedicinesSize $5MType DirectGeography AfricaSector Health CareDate 2020 -
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Global Access Health is a UK company limited by guarantee (non-profit) and the ultimate parent of both Mologic and Global Access Diagnostics.View websiteTheme Access to MedicinesSize $17MType DirectGeography AfricaSector Health CareDate 2021 -
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Gavi’s COVAX risk-sharing initiative increases the supply of affordable COVID-19 vaccines to 92 of the world’s lowest-income countries.View websiteTheme Access to MedicinesSize $100MType GuaranteeGeography GlobalSector Health CareDate 2022 -
Theme: Small and Medium Business DevelopmentGeography: Latin America and the CaribbeanAmount: $5MDate: 2010
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IGNIA is a $76.7M impact investment venture capital fund focused on high growth enterprises in Mexico that benefit low-income people.View websiteTheme Small and Medium Business DevelopmentSize $5MType IndirectGeography Latin America and the CaribbeanSector GeneralistDate 2010 -
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Illumen strives to remove structural barriers impeding access to investment capital by women and minorities by educating investment decision makers about implicit biases.View websiteTheme Racial EquitySize $5MType IndirectGeography United StatesSector GeneralistDate 2021
