Executive Director Andy Lower Discusses the Mission of The Eleos Foundation Andy Lower, Executive Director of the Eleos Foundation, discusses the Eleos mission to catalyze capital in the fight to eradicate extreme poverty through opening pipelines of capital that flow from investors to entrepreneurs in developing countries. He discusses the benefits of providing impact investments as [...]
Interview with Chid Liberty of Liberty & Justice Robin Eschler of Women’s Radio and Socially Conscious Investing interviews Chid Liberty, co-founder of Liberty & Justice, the first Fair Trade apparel factory in Africa. Listen to hear Chid share thoughts on the impact social entrepreneurship has made on Western Africa’s economy. To hear more interviews on Socially Conscious [...]
Tom Bird, Founder and President of Farm Capital Services, speaks to his involvement in a pair of activities within social impact and financial returns exclusively, as well as blended value. He reviews the allocation of, and how he envisions potential in, financial and intellectual capital. Finally, Tom shares lessons learned so you might decide for [...]
Andy Lower, Executive Director of The Eleos Foundation and CEO of Eleos Investment Management LLC, discusses the challenges of early stage impact investing. By connecting with Advocates for International Development (A4ID.org), Eleos was able to access pro-bono lawyers enabling it to be affordable to make their own investments and create special purpose investment vehicles. Eleos [...]
The Eleos Foundation held a summer event presenting the team’s experiences providing early-stage impact investments in social enterprises in Kenya. Executive Director, Andy Lower, explains the Foundation’s unique model of coming in very early stage and working alongside social entrepreneurs to get them to scale. The presentation includes three short videos highlighting the work, the [...]