ENVEST MICROFINANCE FUND

Envest was founded in 2006 and began lending operations in late 2007. It attracted a community of investors, supporters, and interns who shared the vision of using market-based business models to create economic opportunities in developing countries. Envest Microfinance Fund, LLC was founded in late 2012 to establish an investment vehicle that could raise capital from investors... Envest was founded with the mission of bridging the gap between microfinance and capital markets. Capital markets represent the only viable source of financial resources necessary to meet the global demand for credit. An added benefit of shifting microfinance from the philanthropic sector to a business model based on capital markets is that the microfinance sector will not be competing with other environmental and social justice causes that have no revenue generating model available... Envest disbursed its first loan in 2007 to an MFI in Nicaragua. By 2010, Envest had added MFI partners in Panama, Ecuador,..

Also known as: Envest, Envest Microfinance Fund, LLC

Primary location: Madison United States