“Invest in Visions” was the first German fund boutique to set up a microfinance fund for private investors. The fund has now raised over €1 billion.
Short-term loans are made available to small business owners with the help of financial institutions in developing countries.
The average financial return since launch has been around 1.7 percent.
When financial expert Edda Schröder reflects on what she thinks about impact investing (German: social impact investing) reached, she speaks of Fatima from Uganda. “Fatima was seven years old when her father, Mr. Abbas, got a $500 microcredit to buy land,” she tells Business Insider. He then grew bananas and coffee on the area and successfully cultivated it Pursue built up.
Schröder founded the fund boutique “Invest in Visions” and launched the first microfinance fund in Germany. The aim of the fund is to give investors access to impact investing. The investment is therefore not only about a financial return, but also about having a positive, measurable impact on the Environment or to achieve society.