Executive President Elena Casolari CEO at ACRA-CCS Executive Vicepresident Stefano Magnoni President at FemS3
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Luca Sangalli Founder and CEO at Pegasus Finance Paolo Grigolli Director, Tsm-Trentino School of Management; Co-founder at MicroVentures Rodolfo Fracassi Director and Co-founder at MainStreet Partners
An impact investment fund participated by social and financial players engaged in tackling global poverty. The well-rooted presence in all the countries of intervention. Focus on an untapped market segment: early-stage businesses.
EVPA Associate Member
Fondazione Opes
Via Lazzaretto 3, 20124 Milan - Italy Ph +39 02 36769106 www.opesfund.eu info@opesfund.eu 1327/1, 13th Cross Indiranagar, 2nd Stage, 560038 Bangalore, India Ph +91 (0)80 41521410 Fax +91 (0)80 40914980
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Investing in social enterprises that provide long lasting solutions for a world without poverty
MISSION
, Opes Impact Fund s mission is to provide a contribution to the fight against global poverty and inequality, providing access to credit to all those enterprises whose work is sustainable, innovative and able to generate social positive impacts for the entire society
Disruptive thinkers and inspirational champions To tackle such crucial social and economic issues at the Base of Pyramid a new generation of social entrepreneurs and innovators is emerging and proposing sustainable solutions. Social entrepreneurs are creative individuals seeking innovative business solutions able to create social and/or environmental benefits for the entire society. The main principle behind their actions: inequalities and injustice can and must be tackled through a more responsible way of doing business based on the creation of positive social externalities and on the respect of
WHAT BROUGHT US HERE? Levels of inequality are dramatically increasing all over the world. This growing wealth divide leaves the majority of the world population in a state of poverty and injustice. Nearly 2/3 of the world population lives with less than $2.5 a day, representing the so called “Base of the Pyramid”.
800 Mln people do not have access to safe drinking water
Nearly 1 Bln people do not have enough to eat
4 Bln people living on less than 2.5$ a day
International microfinance investment company
1.4 Bln people with no access to electricity
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2.5 Bln people with no access to basic sanitation 75 Mln children with no access to primary education Over 750 Mln illiterate adults
People at the bottom of the pyramid have significant unmet needs, and pay the so-called “poverty penalty”, higher prices to access basic goods and services.
VISION
A dedicated player focused on “market-based solutions”
high-value capacity building
Investment strategy
Women empowerment organization
Where?
How?
Who?
Opes targets social enterprises located in East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania) and India, delivering capital through its local offices
Through equity and soft loans with flexible grace period. Investment size ranges from €50k to €400k for each portfolio Company
The target sectors are: Water and Sanitation, Waste, Health, Education, Energy and Fair Trade
• Opes Impact Fund deploys philanthropic capital into investments that yield social and financial returns. • All funds returned to Opes are reinvested into new ventures. • Opes Impact Fund supports social entrepreneurs who have great ambitions and achievements who tackle the most challenging problems while seeking environmental and economic sustainability.
ACTION: beyond charity
Our positioning in the impact ,, investing arena
• Opes Impact Fund, managed by Fondazione Opes, is a not for profit investment vehicle devoted to impact investment. Opes has identified innovative impact social enterprises leveraging on market mechanisms, strongly believing in the power of patient capital.
Social enterprise
Fondazione Maria Enrica
We envision a world where everyone has access to health, water, sanitation, energy, education and food, where everyone is empowered and has the opportunity to free his/her own potential and uplift his/her life.
The 5 institutional founders share the belief that new tools and frontiers should be explored, beyond the conventional way to deliver and employ capital.
Financial Flows
In order to take up this challenge, in October 2012 five leading social organization founded Fondazione Opes.
An established and high-profile Italian NGO
Every change begins with a vision and ,, a decision to take action
Social enterprise
Our challenge
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FROM VISION TO ACTION ,,
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human values, and not simply of mere financial calculations.
finance for development
One of the leading fair trade organizations worldwide
Nearly 1 Mln people in Africa die every year from malaria
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Investment Criteria
• Investing debt and equity in unexplored business models, focusing on social enterprises which are in the early stage of their life.
Affordability: as measured by
Outreach: how many people are actually
• Providing high value capacity building support to social enterprises through its institutional founders.
Inclusivity: the level of accessibility to
Growth Potential: the ability of the business to reach a significant scale within a limited amount of time
the cost of a product/service relative to the amount that the purchaser is able to pay
the product/service for the potential customer in terms of ease of purchase
reached by the product/service