Anthony Randazzo, CFA
@millvalley69
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#ImpactInvestment professional and author of the Impact Money Blog, an independent source of information on impact investing. #socent #impinv #SDGs #investing
Washington DC
Joined November 2012
My latest "7 lessons learned" blog post is the 2nd in a series of outtakes from an interview with the co-founders of SunFunder. "when things aren’t going well, you feel like you’re a failure...that’s a mental burden many entrepreneurs feel." #impinv
https://t.co/NrRpmFH1m0
impactmoney.net
In 2012, Audrey Desiderato and Ryan Levinson co-founded SunFunder, a pioneering fund management company that made loans to distributed and off-grid solar companies in developing countries. Their jo…
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From my latest blog post: "There are always going to be doubters. To be successful as an entrepreneur, you just have to power through that. It’s part of what you go through." From Part I – The Early Days #impinv #sdg7 #socent
https://t.co/HrbKplGFcN
impactmoney.net
Many of us have thought about starting a business, enticed by being your own boss, only to weigh the risks and the odds of success and decide against it. Becoming an entrepreneur is an enormous “ea…
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My latest blog post is an interview with Wayne Silby, co-founder of @calvertimpcap
#impinv
"It was a pioneering fight that took quite a while. In those days, thinking about the social impact of your investments did not exist." -Silby What is Socially Responsible Investing? An Interview With Leading Protagonist Wayne Silby https://t.co/8VK7FGwX9Q via @impactmoneyblog
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"“Today people get it, but back then people thought we were communists or trying to bring down the capitalist system." #impinv #socent What is Socially Responsible Investing? An Interview With Leading Protagonist Wayne Silby https://t.co/8VK7FGxuZo via @impactmoneyblog
impactmoney.net
I’ve been thinking a lot about definitions lately. Impact investing, socially responsible investing, ESG, and sustainable investing often get used interchangeably as if they were all the same thing…
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"I think climate change ought to just be called pollution and people should be responsible for the pollution they create."- Silby #impinv What is Socially Responsible Investing? An Interview With Leading Protagonist Wayne Silby https://t.co/iJYRJb0jWt via @impactmoneyblog
impactmoney.net
I’ve been thinking a lot about definitions lately. Impact investing, socially responsible investing, ESG, and sustainable investing often get used interchangeably as if they were all the same thing…
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As the lead investment officer for this $7.5m commitment to the @Water_Unite Impact Fund through our Portfolio for Impact and Innovation, I'm pleased to see it reach this milestone. Congrats to @wellers_impact #SDG6 #impinv
The @Water_Unite impact fund managed by @Wellers_Impact uses an innovative blended finance model to increase investment in #water #sanitation and plastic recycling. New milestone reached today. #impinv #SDG6
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From my latest post: "...The social impact we have is immense and the potential to scale in the off-grid space is still massive." #impinv #SDG7 #socent Interview With Nedjip Tozun: Perspectives of an Off-Grid Solar Entrepreneur https://t.co/aTvK3XPJTQ via @impactmoneyblog
impactmoney.net
Around 700 million people living in developing countries, mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, lack access to electricity, while several billion have either no power or only intermittent ac…
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Latest blog post: learn what distinguishes social entrepreneurs from ordinary ones. Should they sacrifice financial returns to achieve social impact? #impinv Interview With Nedjip Tozun: Perspectives of an Off-Grid Solar Entrepreneur https://t.co/aTvK3XPJTQ via @impactmoneyblog
impactmoney.net
Around 700 million people living in developing countries, mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, lack access to electricity, while several billion have either no power or only intermittent ac…
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We are thrilled to share insights from our Co-founder, Nedjip Tozun, on d.light's journey! From production hurdles to direct distribution and pay-as-you-go financing, we've transformed energy access. Read more: https://t.co/sEb9iLqOgd
#SolarPower #EnergyAccess #impinv #SDG7
impactmoney.net
Around 700 million people living in developing countries, mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, lack access to electricity, while several billion have either no power or only intermittent ac…
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My latest blog post is about @nedtozun founder of @dlightdesign, which delivers clean, affordable power to the world's energy-poor #impinv #SDG7 #SocEnt Interview With Nedjip Tozun: Perspectives of an Off-Grid Solar Entrepreneur https://t.co/aTvK3XPJTQ via @impactmoneyblog
impactmoney.net
Around 700 million people living in developing countries, mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, lack access to electricity, while several billion have either no power or only intermittent ac…
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"...In the area of impact monitoring and management there are some emerging service providers that are using AI to help companies formulate their impact story to potential investors and stakeholders..."
My latest blog post discusses how AI is changing aspects of #ImpactInvesting
#impinv What Impact Is AI Having on Impact Investing? https://t.co/69ZXQ7QZIl
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Check out my latest blog post that explores the impact that AI is having on #ImpactInvesting: #impinv
https://t.co/69ZXQ7QrSN
impactmoney.net
Artificial Intelligence, or “AI,” is gradually weaving its way into many aspects of our lives. The other day, for example, I received a peculiar cover letter from a student who had applied for an i…
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As part of the deal team for this transaction, great to see this plastic recycling project achieve this important milestone. DFC commits $30m to Indian plastic recycler Dalmia Polypro
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Dalmia is building a greenfield recycling facility in the Indian city of Nashik.
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Am pleased to have served as the lead investment officer for this $100m transaction in support of #SDG6 delivering access to #water and #sanitation to millions in developing countries https://t.co/5zMi6LEWCQ
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Brilliant, brilliant summary applicable to all sorts of financial institutions, in my view! Digitisation for financial services.
From my latest blog post: "the promise of technology to transform #microfinance has not been realized because digitization is challenging... the lessons learned [can be summarized] into 5 “core principles” for successful digitization" #impinv #socent
https://t.co/nca45UaX1B
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Check out my latest blog post: "...at least MFIs could have tried cost-based pricing... none of the automation efforts led to lower interest rates..." #impinv #socent
https://t.co/3zd0INYQGg
impactmoney.net
Despite the many successes microfinance has achieved in delivering financial services to the world’s poor at scale, it has often been criticized for the relatively high interest rates it charges on…
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"8 years on, #microfinance institutions are still charging relatively high interest rates, and journalists are still criticizing them for it. So why hasn’t the promise of technology been realized?" #impinv #socent
https://t.co/nca45UaX1B
impactmoney.net
Despite the many successes microfinance has achieved in delivering financial services to the world’s poor at scale, it has often been criticized for the relatively high interest rates it charges on…
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"Could technology reduce the operating costs of #microfinance institutions and allow them to charge lower interest rates to their customers? In essence, could digitization achieve the “Holy Grail” of microfinance?"
From my latest blog post: "the promise of technology to transform #microfinance has not been realized because digitization is challenging... the lessons learned [can be summarized] into 5 “core principles” for successful digitization" #impinv #socent
https://t.co/nca45UaX1B
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As the lead investment officer for the DFC's $100m loan to the Gigaton Fund, which will deliver #RenewableEnergy to people in poverty, I'm grateful to see it come to fruition. Congrats to @SunFunder
#impinv #SDG7 #solarenergy
https://t.co/u3Cc2P81NM
realassets.ipe.com
Blended finance debt fund aims to accelerate clean energy transition in emerging markets
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I'm pleased to have worked on a $100 million commitment to the Gigaton Fund which will provide debt financing to #offgridsolar and other distributed #RenewableEnergy companies in developing countries. #impinv #SDG7
https://t.co/lUI7FdDN2N
mirova.com
This blended finance debt strategy aims to accelerate the clean energy transition in emerging countries in Africa and Asia Pacific predominantly, as well as Latin America and the Middle East.
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