Agents for Impact GmbH (AFI), which acts as an intermediary between investors and the world of impact investing, successfully has won FS Invest Holding as an investor. With an eye on the long-term, as of August 2022, FS Invest took a 75-percent stake in our consulting boutique, which is focused on sustainability, impact investing and financial inclusion.
FS Invest is part of the Helmig family’s group of companies, which is already active in several other holdings in the financial sector, including through its ATON Group.
“We 
are pleased to have an experienced investor at our side that will carry Agents for Impact into the future and enable us to expand our business,” says Dr Andrij Fetsun, AFI’s CEO (pictured).
About AFI
AFI was founded in 2018 by Dr Fetsun and Ms Edda Schröder with the purpose of: (1) increasing impact investments in emerging and developing markets by building bridges between impact investors and the world of impact investing in order to enable financial inclusion for underserved populations across the world; and (2) contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the help of the firm’s proprietary SDG rating system, the Agents for Impact Sustainability Alignment Rating (AFISAR©) Tool.
AFISAR© helps microfinance institutions (MFIs) leverage the growing importance of strong sustainability performance vis-à?vis international investors, particularly impact investors. The rating tool analyses an MFI’s operations (at both the institutional and portfolio levels) based on a comprehensive set of environmental, social and governance (ESG) indicators. In addition to sustainability consulting, AFI performs plausibility checks on ESG ratings. The goals are to assess sustainability, impact and regulation (risk evaluation); make impact measurable and comparable (rating); and make financial inclusion investable for investors (via research).
AFI is a truly international company, with passionate and highly experienced specialists working remotely across the globe, embedded in emerging markets, close to our partners. We share different cultures, genders, professional backgrounds, and working and communication styles. Our core strength – identifying needs and impact potential in high-risk markets – emerges from this wide range of skills and expertise among our team members, who are well-versed in their respective local contexts.
AFI understands how essential it is to improve the impact measurement of businesses through stable and coherent frameworks. To deliver on this promise, AFI designed a specialized investment approach to support MFIs that exhibit a strong commitment to – and proven track record in – progressing toward multiple SDGs. To evaluate an MFI’s performance, AFI peels back the surface to deploy a strong assortment of cohesive and rigorous assessment tools, including financial analysis as well as addressing social performance indicators, sustainability factors and ESG risks.
AFI is an active member of Germany’s federal Impact Investing initiative and, among others, was co-lead of the group’s impact measurement and management initiative.
To discuss how we can partner with you, please contact us via info@agentsforimpact.com or +49 69 2043699 13.
This feature is sponsored by Agents for Impact.
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