Deal flow in impact investing assets getting back on track

(Jun-Aug, 2021)

Investments in financial access sector have received some investor attention with big ticket size deals in sub-segments like SME finance and fintech. Impact enterprises in the education sector attracted maximum volume of investment, this could be mainly attributed to the $440Mn deal in Unacademy (in August) this year. Albeit in its early-stages, we observe high amount of deal activity in the climate-tech sector.

Sector Snapshot

(Jun-Aug, 2021)

Agriculture

Education

Healthcare

Financial Access

Technology for Development

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[1] Early stage constitutes impact enterprises raising funds in Seed and Series A rounds.
[2] Late stage constitutes impact enterprises raising funds in Series B and subsequent rounds.