Impact Investing

The Importance of Business Assistance in Impact Investing

The Importance of Business Assistance in Impact Investing

As an impact lender, we view our business assistance as having as much of an impact on these businesses as our capital. By this summer, NESsT’s Business Assistance Facility will have provided advisory services to 20 businesses in South America. Our services focus on two main areas: financial management and social impact measurement.

NESsT Hosts Impact Investing Reception at the Royal Academy of Arts

NESsT Hosts Impact Investing Reception at the Royal Academy of Arts

On March 7th, investment professionals, philanthropists, strategists and changemakers came together at the Royal Academy of Arts to discuss how to grow the social entrepreneurship ecosystem. Why social entrepreneurship? It offers sustainable solutions to unemployment, environmental degradation, and poverty.

Strengthening Social Entrepreneur Business Skills

Strengthening Social Entrepreneur Business Skills

This summer, social entrepreneurs across the NESsT portfolio participated in hands-on training and networked with business mentors, investors and peers through a series of retreats and workshops. Held in each country, these events gave enterprise leaders the opportunity to strengthen their business skills, exploring topics as varied as investment readiness, financial management best practices, marketing and social impact measurement.