Concepts
Ideas
Named concepts I use to read an impact business and its relationship with capital.
- The bridgeCapital is abundant in Latin America. What is scarce is the bridge that connects it with the businesses that need it most.
- The grey zoneBusinesses with customers and margins that sit between microcredit and the fund, in what the industry calls the «missing middle».
- Investable bio-businesses, for whom?A company is ready for a specific capital. Each funder has its own thesis, its own ticket and its own proof.
- The systemA business scales when its decisions depend on a system of data, costs and processes.
- Financeability X-rayA self-assessment for an SME to know which financing instrument fits it today.
- The order of capitalPhilanthropic, concessional and commercial capital expect different returns and take different risks.