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Frontier Investments Group
Investing in innovative companies to expand financial inclusion and generate attractive financial returns.
Overview Accion’s Frontier Investments Group (“Frontier”) is a growth-stage impact investing fund focused on catalyzing new approaches to financial inclusion. Frontier invests in disruptive business models and technologies that radically enhance the efficiency, reach and scope of products and services for the financially underserved.
Frontier leverages Accion’s on-the-ground presence and institutional relationships, operating management strength in each of its regional hubs, global recognition as a leading impact investor and technical specialists in Frontier’s target sectors. Frontier draws on the Accion relationship and the Frontier team’s sector- and market-specific domain expertise, operational experience as well as its strong global network to actively support the growth of its portfolio companies.
Accion’s important role in impact investing was recognized for the third consecutive year in 2014 by ImpactAssets 50, a database of experienced impact investment fund managers.
Investment Strategy Sectors: Frontier targets the following high-growth sectors that address inefficiencies in the delivery of financial services to the underbanked while tapping into the growing demand for financial services in emerging markets:
• Technology: Information management systems and platforms that enhance efficiency in financial services (e.g. big data analytics, P2P lending and payment platforms and machine-to-machine technology).
• Channels: Delivery mechanisms that extend the reach of financial services (e.g. agent networks, mobile point-of-sale and online remittances).
• Products: Financial products and services focused on unmet demand beyond microcredit (e.g. housing and education finance, microinsurance and prepaid card services).
Geography: Focus on key ecosystems of innovation, entrepreneurship and deal flow in Latin America, Africa and Asia.
Stage: Scalable early- and growth-stage businesses with demonstrated revenue traction.
Size: Frontier typically invests US$1-3 million in equity or quasi-equity instruments, depending on the circumstances. We welcome opportunities to co-invest with like-minded investors who bring complementary expertise.
Influence: Minority equity investments with board seat enabling active portfolio management to build value.
Value Creation: Frontier leverages Accion’s global on-the-ground presence and industry relationships to support portfolio and accelerate growth.
1101 15th Street NW, Suite 400, Washington D.C. 20005 USA +1 202.393.5113 www.accion.org/frontier
10/2014
Frontier Investments Group
Portfolio Frontier backs entrepreneurs whose companies can be scaled to create both competitive financial returns and promote breakthrough innovation in financial inclusion. Frontier’s current portfolio of companies includes:
GLOBAL Machine-to-machine technology provider enabling prepaid and pay-as-you-go payment systems www.eseye.com
GLOBAL Provider of online remittances www.azimo.com
GLOBAL Nano-loans over mobile phone based on alternative credit scoring
www.tiaxa.com
ASIA Mortgage and home improvement finance to self-employed using low-cost underwriting model
www.shubham.co
AFRICA Electronic transactions throughout retail value chain via proprietary payments platform and agent network
www.zoona.co.za
LATIN AMERICA Branchless banking platform to extend reach of financial institutions via POS equipped agent network
www.globokas.net
Team Our team members are seasoned venture capital professionals with an established track record in emerging market financial services investing and experience scaling financial technology businesses in emerging markets.
Monica Brand [email protected]
Jonathan Whittle [email protected]
Ganesh Rengaswamy [email protected]
Miguel Herrera [email protected]
Pat Wilson [email protected]
Adam Hartmann [email protected]
Jackson Scher [email protected]
About Accion Accion is a global nonprofit dedicated to building a financially inclusive world with economic opportunity for all, by giving people the financial tools they need to improve their lives. We are building the next generation of top-tier microfinance institutions, and over the last 50 years have helped create 64 such institutions in 32 countries on four continents that today reach millions of clients. Our impact investing initiatives are pushing beyond microfinance to catalyze more than 20 innovative start-ups dedicated to improving the efficiency, reach and scope of financial services for the poor. And our Center for Financial Inclusion is helping to build a stronger industry with high standards. Currently, our work spans nearly two dozen countries, including the U.S., where we are the nation’s largest nonprofit microfinance network.
1101 15th Street NW, Suite 400, Washington D.C. 20005 USA +1 202.393.5113 www.accion.org/frontier
05/2015
