On May 10, JANE hosted its member seminar on “Aavishkaar: Asia’s largest impact investor achieving both social impact and economic return”.

The speaker was Yoshiki Hashimoto, Investment Community Member and Advisor at Aavishkaar, the largest social impact investor fund in Asia.

Aavishkaar was established in 2001 to provide finance for early stage social enterprises in India. Today, the fund size reaches $200 million, funding 56 social companies, and its geographical scope is expanding to Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Detailed seminar report can be found here (in Japanese)

Aavishkaar website
JANE policy recommendation on the promotion of venture philanthropy and social impact investment (April 27, 2017)