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On October 1st, 2020, Calvert Impact Capital hosted a webinar to discuss the recently published book, the Future of Microfinance, with co-editor Paul DiLeo, Managing Director of Grassroots [...]

The Próspero Microfinanzas Fund, a joint venture between Grassroots Capital Management and BIM Asset Management, has exited all investments. The fund invested nearly USD 17 million in equity and [...]

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has the potential to be the “breadbasket of the world”, with a significant portion of the world’s fresh water and arable farmland. Small farmers represent [...]

Dear Friends, For the second year in a row, India Financial Inclusion Fund (IFIF) and Prospero Microfinanzas Fund have been recognized as Best for the World Funds! We owe huge congratulations to [...]

The final CFI post, “FinTech in Microfinance: In Search of the High Tech – High Touch Unicorn”, has been added to the four-part blog series examining the role of microfinance in creating social [...]

We are pleased to announce Prospero‘s third annual updated GIIRS rating! All Prospero’s portfolio companies achieved an average Overall B Score of 138 (Outstanding), up almost 10% from the [...]

Grassroots helped organize a gathering of 32 microfinance and impact investing industry leaders from around the world March 30 –April 1 hosted by the Martindale Center at Lehigh University and [...]

Join us for the second webinar in B Lab’s Measure What Matters mini-series to discuss “How to Make an Improvement Plan.”  Anna Kanze from Grassroots Capital Management will lead [...]

Will microfinance respond and adapt to the evolving financial inclusion landscape, or is it yesterday’s solution, to be supplanted by more cutting edge, “impactful” initiatives? These are the [...]

We are excited to announce that two of our partner funds – Prospero Microfinanzas and the India Financial Inclusion Fund (IFIF) – were named in the first annual Best for the World [...]