Ceniarth LLC
@ceniarth
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Ceniarth is an impact-first, single-family office focused on delivering capital to marginalized and vulnerable communities around the world.
UK & US
Joined July 2014
Recent @bloomberg piece on pitfalls of #microfinance interviewed "dozens" of clients. @60_decibels study interviewed 18,000. No doubt MFI sector has major challenges, but @sashadichter does an excellent job explaining why we need to follow the data!
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In a recent profile of the microfinance industry (Big Money Backs Tiny Loans That Lead to Debt, Despair and Even Suicide, 3 May 2022), the financial news service Bloomberg paints a picture of an...
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Better a little late than never, our 2021 year in review is hot off the press! If we're honest (which we always are!), it was a slog of a year. We still managed to make $30M in new commits across 20+ transactions. More to come in 2022!
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Huge congrats to @apolloagri on closing a $40m Series B. They’ve come a long way since our first @ceniarth discussions in 2016!
Excited to announce our $40M Series B financing, led by Softbank Vision Fund 2! Our mission at Apollo Agriculture is to ensure that every farmer has the tools they need to farm profitably and sustainably. Onwards 📈 https://t.co/rPPf9SYQEJ
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Proud to be part of Expanding Black Business Credit (EBBC)'s Black Vision Fund delivering capital to CDFIs on the frontlines of financing minority-led businesses! A #blendedfinance facility with support from @WellsFargo, @AmalgamatedBank, @PackardFdn, @JewishBayArea, & @LISC_HQ.
Financing Community Development. Black Vision Fund creates a pipeline of loan capital for Black-owned small businesses. https://t.co/ToGcxJqHAA
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@ceniarth featured alongside other leading charitable foundations in new report on aligning our endowments with impact goals - thanks to @ImpactInvInst for giving us a platform to share our thinking!
📖 A practical guide ⚖️ An explanatory legal paper 🔎 A set of case studies The bulk of endowed charitable foundation assets do not take impact into account. Alongside the charitable foundation sector, we are seeking to change that. Find out more:
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A big congrats to the team @60_decibels! We have been an investor, client, and advocate for many years now and could not be more excited for this next chapter of their growth. Listening to customers & beneficiaries at scale is the essence of putting impact first!
We’re so excited to announce the close of our Series A. We’ve raised $8.8M from @FPECapital to enable listening at scale for global stakeholder engagement & impact measurement. Thank you to @Acumen, @ceniarth, and @StichtingDOEN for helping us get here. https://t.co/02SJIa2OOD
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Proud of continued partnerships and new relationships we built in past year! cc: @GPSocialImpact, @lendableinc, @waterequityorg, @QuonaCapital, @BridgesFundMgmt, @microvestfund, @OneAcreFund, @apolloagri, @myAgroFarms, @goodnatureagro, @B2P, @Kiva, @calvertimpcap, @IIXglobal
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"While others may have been moved to expand the breadth of their work, we have doubled down on sticking to our focus."... curious on the details of what we did in 2021? 20 new deals, $30M+ in commitments, and an unwavering focus on impact-first.
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The past year required acceptance of the reality that an ability to adapt to changing circumstances is simply the new normal for successful ...
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Few people have been impact-first champions longer than @jnovogratz @acumen. Proud to stand alongside her in calling for the #impinv sector to do more, to center on impact as opposed to returns, and to truly reach the world's most vulnerable communities! https://t.co/nsy0pk02XL
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Developed countries received $60 billion more in clean energy investments last year than developing countries according to a recent BloombergNEF survey. Poorer countries ...
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Happy 2022 #ImpInv universe! Start your year listening to ex-BlackRock exec Tariq Fancy explain why ESG investing is a complete diversion from meaningful impact and resolve to be more impact-first in everything you do!
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Podcast Episode · The Gray Area with Sean Illing · 12/16/2021 · 56m
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Very proud to have anchored this new impact-first facility managed by our long-time partner @GPSocialImpact. $8m in low cost, catalytic capital + $37.5M in senior debt from @DFCgov = the definition of how blended finance is supposed to work to support vulnerable communities.
Global Partnerships raises $45.5M impact-first debt fund for the COVID economic recovery. The fund will focus in particular on social enterprises serving women and the rural poor. https://t.co/vYAW8rwQsR
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In a guest post on ImpactAlpha, Diane Isenberg and Greg Neichin of the family office Ceniarth take on the shortage of “impact first” investors willing to tackle tough challenges with catalytic, including concessionary, capital. https://t.co/hvSeY4Ajzi
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What good is it if someone says he has faith, but does not have works? – James 2:14 “I do not want followers ...
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Excited to see @60_decibels awarded support for a catalytic effort to bring greater impact insights and transparency to the financial inclusion space. We @ceniarth are providing additional funding too. Encourage MIVs and MFIs who want to get involved to get in touch!
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"Most impact reporting comes up short: It serves as a self-affirming indicator of good efforts rather than an objective view of performance".. no easy path to "impact" answers, but proud that @60_decibels is a partner helping us ask the right questions!
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Impact investing needs more than just “evidence” of impact; we need continuous “impact performance” data that is dynamic, fluid, and iterated upon.
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"we need to redefine what investing for impact looks like in every layer of our portfolio, including those intentionally designed for lower financial returns.".... a thoughtful piece from our friends & frequent collaborators @OpenRoadTweets.
"...just because one chooses to put impact first does not mean financial returns can’t exist. But are these financial returns ‘market-rate’? And what about the ‘impact returns’ of these investments, are those market-rate too?"
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In 2020, we increased our impact-first allocation to $174 million (40% of our portfolio), completing 22 impact-first deals totaling $31 million in new commitments. Read all about it in transparent, deep detail in our hot off the press 2020 annual review:
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Ceniarth is an impact-first, single family office that manages ~$450M and invests in marginalized, primarily rural, communities. On this episode of Money + Meaning, @gregneichin, Director at @ceniarth, discusses the need for impact-first capital: https://t.co/A7q9e3cOHb
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Learn more about how we're using blended finance as a key catalytic (totally overused, but genuinely true in this case) tool! Thanks to @ConvergenceBF for everything you all do to educate & connect the blended finance universe.
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Congratulations to @Kiva on the final close of the pioneering $32.5m Refugee Investment Fund! @ceniarth invested alongside other leading impact investors to support this innovative new approach to financial inclusion
Impact Finance Bulletin: Kiva Capital Management closes refugee investment fund at $32m
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MIE members weigh in: An Argument for Investing Where the Return Is Social Change https://t.co/oJyF8Tszg5
#impinv @ceniarth @OmidyarNetwork
nytimes.com
A new report makes the case for investments that consider impact first and financial return second. But critics say such investments are mainly for the wealthy.
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