The platform at a glance
The Impact Investing Research Platform, hosted by the Sao Paulo Hub Office of the University of St.Gallen (HSG), will increase the depth of knowledge and the effectiveness of this topic.
Main objectives:
- Generate grass-root case studies and research related to
Impact Investment Funds in the context of South America
- Identify potential pilot projects for investors
- The platform aims at providing a network for knowledge sharing
and collaboration between investment funds and entrepreneurs,
to accumulate knowledge and to provide a database for further
academic and market research across the sector
The platform's context
The
Impact Investment Fund Platform supports entrepreneurs whose
businesses and projects have a socio-environmental impact. Therefore
the invested funds have not only a measurable financial return, but
also meet the needs of society.
Although
there has been an increasing supply of impact investment capital,
there is still a substantial number of projects searching for funds.
Established
financial services providers generally focus only on the financial
return. However, many potential impact investors are still reserved due
to a lack of transparency and reliable information, while entrepreneurs
require management and financial know-how.
Benefits from a Investor's perspective
The
Impact Investment Fund Platform provides investors access to the
impact investment market, related data and potential investment
projects.
- Access to the fast growing impact investment market in South America
- Direct insight into promising projects
- Penetrate and occupy impact investment market
- Build up market reputation
- Collaboration with highly motivated students
