29 May, 2015 •
...and education where a myriad of variables can impact outcomes and where proper research carries with it a host of challenges. Our latest program related investment (PRI), Evidence Action’s
28 Oct, 2015 •
...emphatic agreement. Our disagreement is centered on how to catalyze a shift in large, commercial pools of capital. The authors cite rural energy access as an example of a
17 Jun, 2024 •
Ceniarth turned 10 last November, an important milestone in our evolution! If you want to read more about our reflections on the past decade, our latest, 2023 Annual Report
19 Dec, 2019 •
...deployments from development institutions made possible a number of our other significant commitments this year. Our largest single transaction was a $7.5 million commitment to Blue
19 Jan, 2017 •
...as we began investing more heavily and more directly in early-stage companies that targeted less advantaged populations in emerging markets, we began to notice the complexity of these market
04 Feb, 2015 •
...year. First, is there a “nuanced difference” between SRI/ESG investing and direct investing for impact? Absolutely. The difference is not nuanced, it is categorically complete. In
08 Jun, 2022 •
...a slog. Through it all, we stuck to our first principal of centering our work on communities in need. We spent the year recommitting to a number of core
06 Feb, 2019 •
...Smart Investing Summit were investees in our Ceniarth portfolio. For example, we have over $10 million ($7.5 million committed, $3 million pending) invested with Global Partnerships in
06 Apr, 2020 •
...of our capacities during this crisis. At Ceniarth, wading through inboxes full of contingency plans, field updates, requests for assistance, and other COVID-19 analysis, we have
03 Apr, 2023 •
...high impact work. We hope to build on this activity in 2023 fostering increased collaboration amongst peers committed to moving the needle on impact-first capital. Download our 2022 Annual
05 Dec, 2014 •
...simple. Acknowledging the complexity of the sectors and geographies where we aim to intervene and the tensions that exist in attempting to invest money in challenging problems, we have
03 May, 2021 •
Download our full 2020 Annual Report Introduction Letter from Our Directors For the impact sector, and particularly for impact-first investors like us at Ceniarth, 2020 was a year
26 Nov, 2023 •
...economies. Learn about our portfolio Latest Investments Thanksgiving Coffee Company Sector Agriculture Investment $500,000 Dayspring Health Sector Community Development
15 Dec, 2014 •
...will able to more responsibly intervene on complex challenges. We will hire program managers tasked with developing comprehensive knowledge of opportunities and obstacles in a given sector and
01 Aug, 2018 •
...We were appreciative and humbled to have Ceniarth featured as a case study alongside industry pioneers such as the Gates Foundation, KL Felicitas, and Mission Point Partners. When we
21 Jul, 2016 •
...market-based solutions benefiting underserved communities, in large part because we believe that commercially sustainable approaches to problems like SME credit provision are required to generate
10 Jun, 2024 •
Download our 2023 Annual Report Managing Director’s Letter November 2023 marked our ten year anniversary at Ceniarth. While it has been a decade since Diane founded the office, our
23 Oct, 2015 •
...expertise in the complex, frontier market value chains in which we planned to intervene. We had observed too many generic impact investment firms and family offices that were focused
07 Aug, 2024 •
...for vulnerable, rural communities. That said, coffee is more than just a community issue, it is also an issue of climate resilience. Global coffee prices are
05 Nov, 2017 •
...Ceniarth’s three primary investment strategies, Responsible Asset Management, Impact-Driven Capital Preservation, and Programmatic Investments. For more information about the composition of