We’re excited to announce that Vital Capital been selected to the ImpactAssets 50 2020!

The IA50 ia a publicly available, online database for impact investors, family offices, financial advisors and institutional investors that features a diversified listing of private capital fund managers that deliver social and environmental impact as well as financial returns.

“With record applicants and assets under management, the IA 50 continues to reflect the rapid growth and interest in impact investing,” said Jed Emerson, ImpactAssets Senior Fellow, and IA 50 Review Committee Chair. “This year’s showcase includes eleven impact funds with more than $1 billion in assets under management. And to ensure we’re capturing the best future ideas, we’ve added emerging impact managers, who have the hunger, creativity and a willingness to explore alternatives that more seasoned fund managers may not.”

The IA 50 2020 saw a record number of private debt and equity fund manager applications. Managers who met the IA 50’s in-depth review criteria manage an estimated $39.8 billion in assets devoted to creating measurable, positive impact, up from $26.9 billion in 2019. Emerging impact managers direct nearly $400 million into cutting-edge strategies and high impact investments.

Eytan Stibbe, founding partner at Vital Capital, writes about how business leaders should be a force for positive change.

See the article published on CTECH here.

A new report “Impact Due Diligence: Emerging Best Practices” was recently released by Pacific Community Ventures together with support by the IMP and GIIN. The report examines trends and offers insights in an important, yet underdeveloped, area of investment practice. After analyzing impact investors due diligence approaches PCV present seven areas of best practice.

See in the report a brief case study on Vital and our Impact Diamond (page 42).

Click here for the report.

Vital’s Head of ESG, Ms. Tamar Pashtan, spoke at the Milken Institute’s 22^nd Annual Global Conference on Meeting SDGs through Disruptive Technologies. The panel hosted an important discussion on how project finance structures can overcome gaps and critical development needs in water, food, energy, and health technologies for adoption and diffusion in new growth economies.

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve been selected as one of 50 impact investment fund managers recognized in the Impact Assets 50 database in 2019. The IA50 recognizes outstanding impact investment funds with a demonstrated positive social, environmental and financial impact.

As the most veteran impact investor at the World Economic Forum, Eytan Stibbe, Founding Partner of Vital Capital, was invited to moderate the Multilateral Meeting on Impact Investing & speak at the session Scaling Up Solutions for Supply Chain Traceability. The Multilateral Meeting brought together key members who champion impact investing to jointly design the Forum’s impact agenda into 2020.

The London Stock Exchange Group launched their second edition of the Companies to Inspire Africa Report.

In their second report LSEG included 360 companies from 32 countries who they see as high-growth firms that are crucial to the future of the African economy, capable of driving transformative economic growth in their home countries, Africa and beyond. Congratulations to Vital portfolio companies featured.

For the full report: https://www.lseg.com/resources/companies-inspire-africa/companies-inspire-africa-2019

The UNCTAD World Investment Forum is the pre-eminent global platform for investment and development. The Forum devises strategies and solutions for global investment and development challenges. At the 2018 forum, Founding Partner, Eytan Stibbe shared experience of the operation of an inclusive business model for agricultural

Founding Partner, Eytan Stibbe, was invited to share Vital’s lessons on fusing agriculture production with social development at the UN Conference on Trade and Development and the IFPRI launch of their seventh annual Global Food Policy Report.

IFPRI’s 2018 Global Food Policy Report examines the impacts of global integration—including the movement of goods, investment, people, and knowledge—and the threat of current antiglobalization pressures.

For the full report: https://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=1802

ImpactAssets is a nonprofit financial services firm that increases the flow of capital into investments delivering financial, social and environmental returns.

ImpactAssets’ donor advised fund (“The Giving Fund”) currently has $424M in total assets. The IA 50 is the first publicly available database that provides a gateway into the world of impact investing for investors and their financial advisors, offering an easy way to identify experienced impact investment firms and explore the landscape of potential investment options. These 50 firms have been selected to demonstrate a wide range of impact investing activities across geographies, sectors and asset classes.