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All About Outcomes: SoPact Webinar
It’s the start of 2020, a great time to make resolutions, for yourself and for your organization
Can You Quantify Net Good?
According to their assessment, for every $25 donated to Upaya, a jobholder household sees an income improvement of $91. That suggests a very good return on your donation investment, and we are very proud of the outcome.
Why The Impact First vs Finance First Debate In Impact Investing Shouldn’t Be A Debate
There’s nothing wrong with doing well and doing good; I believe that there are many industries and segments that allow for both, but it doesn’t work for every problem.
Upaya Fundamentals: How Is Upaya Funded?
To wrap up our Fundamentals blog series, I get the privilege of talking about the unsung heroes of our ecosystem
Upaya Fundamentals: Finding Our Heroes
Around four years ago, when I was looking out for roles in investing and visited Upaya’s website for the first time, what stood out for me was the clarity on what Upaya considered impact
Upaya Fundamentals: What Is A Job?
Jobs are the core of Upaya’s work. We help early-stage enterprises grow with investments and consulting support to create jobs for people in extreme poverty
Upaya Fundamentals: Origins And Inspiration
Many people who hear about Upaya try to compare our work to that of microfinance. It is understandable. After all, the microfinance movement captivated the world and its power and spread convinced many that this was the silver bullet to fight poverty.
Pioneering Capital Must Feed The Growth Of The Impact Economy
Impact investing as a practice and priority has evolved rapidly over the past decade but still lacks the supportive infrastructure provided by public policy, reporting standards, and industry associations that disseminate best practices.
Where Are The Jobs? Findings And Insights From Upaya’s Accelerator Application Process
We at Upaya Social Ventures have been running our accelerator program since 2017. In the previous two years, the accelerator program was focused on specific sectors that we believed have the strongest potential for job creation
One-Size-Fits-All Investment?
The segment that Upaya most often invests in, dynamic enterprises, includes companies with reliable revenue streams but not necessarily hockey-stick growth. We are okay with that because the high-growth companies that get a lot of attention are not the ones creating significant numbers of jobs, especially not jobs for the extreme poor.