Leapfrog Investments Group
LeapFrog’s global team is an extraordinary group of professionals, attracted to LeapFrog by the magnet of profit with purpose investing. LeapFrog makes an impact through private equity investments in high-growth, purpose-driven businesses in some of the world’s fastest growing markets. An investment by LeapFrog is a commitment to true partnership. We actively employ our knowledge and experience, along with our capital, to support the leadership teams and boards of the businesses we back. We help leaders and owners to meet their ambitious growth, profitability and impact targets.
Encourage Capital
Encourage Capital, LLC is an impact investment and advisory firm specializing in profitable and strategic investments to solve critical environmental and social problems. The firm is building a community of investors, foundations, market leading companies and non-profits to deploy private capital into systemic solutions to the world's most pressing challenges. Encourage Capital is currently pursuing investment strategies to meaningfully improve climate, financial inclusion, ocean health and freshwater conservation. Backed by a group of impact oriented family offices, Encourage Capital was formed in December 2014 through the combination of Wolfensohn Fund Management, LP ("WFM") and EKO Asset Management Partners, LLC. Through its predecessor fund, Wolfensohn Capital Partners, L..P., the firm has made several successful investments in the financial sector in India including, Ujjivan Microfinance, DCB Bank and Repco Home Finance.
Aavishkaar Capital
Aavishkaar Capital pioneered the venture capital approach of investing in early-growth stage enterprises in India in 2001, with a focus on geographies and sectors that were often overlooked and challenging. Aavishkaar Capital has gone on to close 8 funds since then, with close to half a billion dollars in AUM today. Along with its core objective of delivering commercial returns to its investors, Aavishkaar Capital creates livelihoods, reduces vulnerabilities, and provides access to essential products and services to the target population through its investments in ambitious and innovative entrepreneurs. Over the years, Aavishkaar Capital‘s investment strategy has evolved to include other emergent geographies, in addition to India - Emerging Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa and has scaled - larger investment tickets, while maintaining a focus on investing in businesses across our 3 core sectors - Financial Inclusion, Food & Agriculture, and Essential Services. The entrepreneurs backed by Aavishkaar Capital will continue to leverage opportunities in ways that help scale up their businesses while continue catering to include expectations of the emerging class, engaging them as consumers and/or as providers.