ABOUT
[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” el_class=”position-relative” css=”.vc_custom_1493729774350{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_column width=”5/12″ el_class=”position-static”][vc_single_image image=”363″ img_size=”full” el_class=”pic-adj1″ css=”.vc_custom_1494070129293{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”7/12″ css=”.vc_custom_1494070076573{margin-top: 3% !important;padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 15px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-1 vc_col-lg-4″][vc_custom_heading text=”We energize the social finance ecosystem to sustainably develop Brazil. ” make_uppercase=”yes” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:20px|text_align:left|color:%23424242|line_height:30px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1494069781390{padding-top: 30px !important;}” el_class=”uppercase”][vc_custom_heading text=”Envisioning a prosperous Brazil with strong economic growth, decreased inequality, and a healthy environment.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:14px|text_align:left|color:%23757575″ google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1494069898658{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1494070321344{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”]
“Like a windmill a healthy social finance ecosystem powers the vision of Brazil’s
bright innovators.“
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”We believe in a Brazil where a strong social finance ecosystem provides entrepreneurs the necessary capital and support to build and scale solutions to challenges such as inequality and climate change.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:14px|text_align:left|color:%23757575|line_height:2″ google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1525524972385{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces”][vc_column width=”2/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1493708312504{background-image: url(http://www.financeforgoodbrazil.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/we-build-relationships.jpg?id=374) !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”500px”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1493709770596{background-color: #ffffff !important;}” el_class=”p-adj2″][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1493730063372{margin-bottom: 25px !important;padding-right: 75px !important;padding-bottom: 45px !important;background-color: #427136 !important;}”][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”We build relationships
between US-based individuals
and Brazil’s ecosystem
using a strategic approach.” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:20px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1493981050340{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-left: 80px !important;background-color: #427136 !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”We allocate capital to high impact organizations, each a key component of the social finance value chain moving to sustainably energize the Brazilian economy.” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:30px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1525525034142{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 85px !important;margin-left: 80px !important;padding-top: 15px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1493730344930{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1493711711222{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1/12″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5/12″ css=”.vc_custom_1493451096629{margin-top: 5% !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”WHY SOCIAL FINANCE?” make_uppercase=”yes” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:35px|text_align:left|color:%23424242″ google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”SOCIAL FINANCE USES CAPITAL MARKETS TO ACHIEVE A FINANCIAL AND A SOCIAL RETURN.” make_uppercase=”yes” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23002776″ google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]
- Global awareness of innovative financial solutions for social issues is growing rapidly
- Private Capital committed to impact as of 2017: $112B
- New public/private partnerships following unprecedented global consensus around Sustainable Development Goals
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- Gap to meet Sustainable Development Goals by 2030: $2.5T
- Sector expected to grow along with track record of successful exits
- Impact-driven millennials receiving $30T+ in wealth transfer will be a source of capital, energizing the global social finance ecosystem
- Social Finance Intermediaries provide critical tools to mobilize entrepreneurs, and are often underfunded because they are intermediaries.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/12″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5/12″ css=”.vc_custom_1493710916932{background-image: url(http://www.financeforgoodbrazil.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/about-Alpha-Lumen_2-1.jpg?id=1094) !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”810″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” css=”.vc_custom_1493452627674{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1493452554802{background-image: url(http://www.financeforgoodbrazil.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/mountain-city-brazil.jpg?id=1589) !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”350px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1493456692066{padding-top: 45px !important;padding-bottom: 45px !important;background-color: #427136 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1815″ img_size=”70×70″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”7/12″][vc_custom_heading text=”WHY BRAZIL?” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:35px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1493934853348{padding-top: 15px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text el_class=”bullet-adj”]
- Strong entrepreneutrial culture, driven to create change
- Young, educated working class eager to make a difference
- Macro uncertainty & credit tightening within Brazil’s solid financial stystem translates to scarcer and more expensive capital
- Diminishing government coffers exist to fund public projects
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- Large inequality gaps and valuable environmental resources create demand for social entrepreneurs eager to solve problems
- Gaps in young social finance sector imply social entrepreneurs have limited access to needed valuable resources to sustainability scale and create real impact
- Impact investment grows in Brazil: In 2015 $68.9 USD was invested in impact by 29 local firms
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