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Press release Soros Economic Development Fund Invests in Race and Gender Equity
Through the Soros Economic Development Fund, its impact investing arm, Open Society is supporting efforts to reduce bias against businesses owned by women and people of color.
Press release Open Society Foundations Support Smallholder Farmers Facing Climate Risk
As part of a broad drive to mitigate the harms of climate change, Open Society’s impact investing arm is committing $10 million to the InsuResilience Investment Fund.
Press release Open Society Foundations Commit $15 Million to Gender Equality in Africa
Through its Soros Economic Development Fund, Open Society will support women-led investment funds that advance economic and gender equity across Southern and Western Africa.
Press release Soros Economic Development Fund Joins Ethiopia Investment Fund
Open Society’s impact investing arm will join several leading regional and national development funds in a new $100 million investment fund, supporting business development and job creation.
Press release Soros Economic Development Fund Sells Controlling Stake in Aspada to LGT Lightstone
The Soros Economic Development Fund has sold a controlling interest in Aspada, its India-focused impact investment fund subsidiary, to LGT, the international private banking and asset management group.