Blue Haven Initiative

Blue Haven Initiative
Private
Industry Venture Capital, Impact Investing
Founded 2012
Founder Liesel Pritzker Simmons
Ian Simmons
Headquarters Cambridge, MA, United States
Area served
 United States
Sub-Saharan Africa
Key people
 Liesel Pritzker Simmons (Principal)
Ian Simmons (Principal)
Lauren Cochran (Head of Private Investments)
Website bluehaveninitiative.com

Blue Haven Initiative (BHI) is an impact investment organization[1] based in the United States and is one of the largest investment funds in the world dedicated solely to impact investing.[2][3] Blue Haven's venture capital fund invests in early-stage, innovative businesses that improve standards of living, create economic opportunity and deliver products and services cleanly and efficiently to underserved communities in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Structure

Public markets

Blue Haven invests in both public equities and fixed income investments. The firm seeks to increase the impact of these asset classes through a combination of quantitative scoring and a qualitative assessment of the use of proceeds for underlying issuers.

Direct investments

Blue Haven's venture capital fund enables early-stage, innovative businesses that improve standards of living, create economic opportunity and deliver products and services cleanly and efficiently to underserved communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. It sources direct investments that are off the radar for most U.S.-based venture capital investors by finding and engaging entrepreneurs and growing its financial commitment over time. A key area of focus is sub-Saharan Africa, a region that it believes provides opportunities for impact and financial returns.[4]

Notable investments include:

Key people

Blue Haven was founded by Liesel Pritzker Simmons and her husband Ian Simmons in 2012. The fund manager responsible for the direct VC investments in Sub-Saharan Africa is Lauren Cochran.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "funds used for impact". Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Pritzker networth". Retrieved 7 January 2005.
  3. ↑ "BHI crunch". Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "BHI direct investments". Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "M-KOPA - Crunchbase". Crunchbase.
  6. ↑ "cross boundary investment". Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "PEG investment". Retrieved 8 March 2017.
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