A World of Positive Returns

Insights

Making the Case for Impact Investing

Article March 16, 2016

Recent research by Monitor 360 maps the narrative surrounding impact investing, helping identify how we can leverage the positive themes and mitigate the negative perceptions to make a better case for advancing the sector.

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Newsroom

Omidyar Network Bets on Mobile-First Banking Models With Investment in Tandem

Announcement April 5, 2016

Branchless retail banking investment leverages new technologies and approaches to help consumers better navigate a fast-paced, digital economy.

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From the Blog

Why We Invested: NowFloats

In Consumer Internet & Mobile April 4, 2016

NowFloats is a service that makes it incredibly easy to launch a simple website, and even easier to keep it updated, so businesses can stay relevant to their customers and rise in online search results.

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SPOTLIGHT

What
is frontier capital?

OUR TAKE

Where venture capital meets impact investing.

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DISCUSSION

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A WORLD OF POSITIVE RETURNS

We invest in entrepreneurs and their visionary ideas that create opportunities for people to improve their lives, their communities, and the world around them.

WHO WE ARE
 

INVESTMENT CRITERIA

ALIGNMENT
Does the investee align with our core mission and values?
IMPACT
Is the investee likely to achieve traction in its field?
POTENTIAL FOR SCALE
Is the idea big enough to grow beyond its current size?
LEADERSHIP
Is there a strong vision for where to go next?
INNOVATION
Is this something we haven’t seen before?

INVESTMENT APPROACH

We

We are structured to support the notion that philanthropy is more than a type of funding. In its truest sense, philanthropy is about improving the lives of others, independent of the mechanism. Consequently, we work across the social and business sectors, operating both a Limited Liability Company (LLC) and a 501(c)(3) foundation.

FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS

COMMITMENTS

Total amount committed since inception:
$947
million
For-profit investments since inception:
$447
million
Nonprofit grants since inception:
$500
million

Initiatives

Resources

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Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm. We create opportunity for people to improve their lives by investing in market-based efforts that catalyze economic and social change.