WHO WE ARE
Community of Learning and Support
Our founder, Laina Greene was inspired by the Baha'i writings on the importance of the eradication of poverty and the key role gender equality plays in a better world, and also by the book by Prof Yunus "Creating a World Without Poverty" calling for us all to do our part to end poverty. She was able to bring together a group of conscious investors and a great team to start a movement with a Massive Transformative purpose (MTP) of Creating a World Without Poverty in Unity with Women. This group understood that the purposeful inclusion of women and indigenous communities is the key to ending poverty and to creating a more just and sustainable world. We continue to grow our community of regenerative entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and investors who share our beliefs in poverty alleviation and a regenerative world. We also aim to apply Restorative Economics principles into our investing approach as elaborated by Nwamaka Agbo and Alfa Demmellash.
Angels of Impact is based in Singapore, US and New Zealand and continues to offer funding and capacity building to women and indigenous led community based enterprises tackling UN SDG #1No Poverty, #5 Gender Equality and #12 Responsible Production and Consumption. The ASEAN Women Impacting Social Entrepreneurship (WISE) is our new flagship capacity building effort and we run an Evergreen Fund that has helped fund several women led community based enterprises (we have had 100% repayment back into this Fund).
We support "missing middle" women and indigenous-led community based enterprises with integrated capital, accompanied with capacity building and/or have doors opened for market access, so as to create a more lasting impact in their communities. These community-based enterprises in turn offer investors, customers and mentors the opportunity to learn what's involved on the ground and how to build a more equitable and regenerative world for all.
No this is not about micro-finance. We support endeavors that are too small for impact investors and too large for micro-finance (what the Monitor Group report from Blueprint to Scale calls the *"pioneer gap"). We call these women and indigenous led community based enterprises "weavers" as they solve systemic social issues and help weave a resilient fabric of society together.
Angels of Impact is based in Singapore, US and New Zealand and continues to offer funding and capacity building to women and indigenous led community based enterprises tackling UN SDG #1No Poverty, #5 Gender Equality and #12 Responsible Production and Consumption. The ASEAN Women Impacting Social Entrepreneurship (WISE) is our new flagship capacity building effort and we run an Evergreen Fund that has helped fund several women led community based enterprises (we have had 100% repayment back into this Fund).
We support "missing middle" women and indigenous-led community based enterprises with integrated capital, accompanied with capacity building and/or have doors opened for market access, so as to create a more lasting impact in their communities. These community-based enterprises in turn offer investors, customers and mentors the opportunity to learn what's involved on the ground and how to build a more equitable and regenerative world for all.
No this is not about micro-finance. We support endeavors that are too small for impact investors and too large for micro-finance (what the Monitor Group report from Blueprint to Scale calls the *"pioneer gap"). We call these women and indigenous led community based enterprises "weavers" as they solve systemic social issues and help weave a resilient fabric of society together.
The Problem: Feminization of Poverty
Women make up 70% of the world's poor YET
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Women run the majority of micro and small businesses in most countries.
*** They are often called entrepreneurs of necessity. |
Women give back up to 90% of their income to families and communities.
*** Men give back up to 30%. |
Women are capital efficient.
*** They earn 20% more revenue with 50% less capital. |
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SOLUTIONElevating women and indigenous enterprises as THE KEY solutionWomen and indigenous communities comprise over half of the four billion people living in poverty each day. They face more challenges than men in raising capital, and yet they reinvest up to 90% of their income to improve the living standards of their communities. They also are known to produce more revenue with less capital. We focus on women and indigenous led regenerative enterprises to maximize the social impact of your dollar. We believe it is time to see these communities as the key solution to end poverty and bring sustainability, to see them as good investments and graduate them beyond micro-finance.
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SUSTAINABLE IMPACTSustainability through Community based impactThe enterprises that Angels of Impact invests into are community based and therefore work in unity with and reinvesting back into their community. We therefore effectively multiply the impact of social investments for positive change. Whether you are looking to partner with Angels of Impact or invest in these community based social enterprises, your work with us is a positive movement towards sustainable impact. Do join our movement to end poverty and create a more equitable and regenerative world for all.
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Together women can end poverty...
"The world of humanity is possessed of two wings: the male and the female. So long as these two wings are not equivalent in strength, the bird will not fly. Until womankind reaches the same degree as man, until she enjoys the same arena of activity, extraordinary attainment for humanity will not be realized; humanity cannot wing its way to heights of real attainment. " The Promulgation of Universal Peace
As of March 2020, it was mutually agreed that co-founders Patricia Lim and Audrey Tan, who led the UNICEF project will no longer be involved with Angels of Impact and will leave to operate the UNICEF funded blockchain platform under a separate tech company, not affiliated with Angels of Impact.