Grassroots Capital Management promotes investments in multiple bottom line businesses delivering social and financial value and working to strengthen communities and eliminate poverty.
Recent News
Publications
Read this! ‘The Case for Social Investment in Microcredit’
New Publication: Lessons From Indian Financial Inclusion IPOs
Grassroots has launched a new joint venture with Omtrix, Inc.
Antares Capital Advisors is a global capital investment advisory initiative specializing in microfinance and impact investments, helping investors maximize their financial and social returns.
Fund Launch & Management
Caspian Impact Investments
Launched in 2013, CII is an Indian multi-sector Social impact debt provider. The mission of CII is to provide debt…
India Financial Inclusion Fund
India Financial Inclusion Fund is a US$89 million, 10 year fund launched in 2008 by Caspian Investment Advisors to build on…
Próspero Microfinanzas Fund
Próspero Microfinanzas was launched in 2010 to create a regionally based equity management capability focused on emerging microfinance institutions in…
Grassroots has played a key role in establishing standards for rating social performance.
B Corp / GIIRS
Grassroots promotes industry standards including public benchmark and reporting efforts like B Corp and the Global Impact Investment Reporting System (GIIRS). GIIRS is a ratings system that provides comparable social…
Financial Inclusion Equity Council
Paul DiLeo is a member of the executive committee of the Financial Inclusion Equity Council (FIEC, formerly Council of Microfinance Equity Funds). Grassroots has contributed to discussions of governance, social…
Principles for Investors in Inclusive Finance
Grassroots was one of the inaugural signatories of the UN-backed PRI Initiative’s PIIF (Principles for Investors in Inclusive Finance) and took part in the voluntary pilots of the PRI’s new Reporting…
Public Benefit Corporation
Grassroots was the first Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) to be created in Delaware, USA in August of 2013.