Luke A. Seidl

Impact Investing | Small and Growing Businesses @kiva | #globaldev

[Luke A. Seidl @LukeSeidl]

It was a great honor and super fun to join high impact entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem builders at #cliiq2022 in Quito. Thank you @impaqtoec and @nexusimpinv

[FINCA @FINCA]

Here are 5 steps funders can take to support social enterprise resilience, both during the #COVID19 pandemic and in response to future crises. https://t.co/iwjm2s2kwu
(@alethiakang & @LukeSeidl via @NextBillion) @acceso_org @Kiva
#socent #impinv

[Luke A. Seidl @LukeSeidl]

@alethiakang @Kiva Likewise, @alethiakang!

[Luke A. Seidl @LukeSeidl]

Thank you @NextBillion for the opportunity to co-author this piece with @alethiakang of @acceso_org on pandemic #impinv for #SocEnt and @Kiva's partnership in El Salvador and Colombia. Have a look!

[NextBillion @NextBillion]

The #Pandemic is Not Over for #SocialEnterprises: Here’s How #ImpactInvestors and Other Funders Can Help Them Survive #COVID19

https://t.co/W9XdniigjX

@alethiakang @LukeSeidl @acceso_org @Kiva @AspenANDE @wef @BigSocietyCap @OpenRoadTweets @Acumen @aunnie #ImpactInvesting

[Luke A. Seidl @LukeSeidl]

Very pleased to support @Coldhubslimited, a Nigerian #SocEnt that operates solar-powered walk-in cold rooms, preventing +42,000 tons of food spoilage, increased farmer incomes by 50%, created 66 jobs for women, and saved an estimated +1m kg of CO2. #impinv https://t.co/wxKxUTYuDq

[Luke A. Seidl @LukeSeidl]

Excited to support Mountain Harvest, a #socent in Uganda working with coffee farmers to elevate quality, disconnect pricing from commodity markets, and return bigger margins to farmers ~20% above market. #impinv https://t.co/eFIJQdnhI7

[Ramona Liberoff @ramonalxyu]

GGEM Farming has one of the most effective and impactful models I have seen, combining tech with deep farmer insight and empathy. Lend here to support a great social business in Malawi support farmers. https://t.co/3YlyMW4Stn via @Kiva

[Luke A. Seidl @LukeSeidl]

Thrilled to support @PawameAfrica, a Kenyan home solar company reaching the country's most underserved communities. Pawame has provided last-mile electricity to over 80k individuals, enabling over $5.5 million in additional income. You can too! #impinv https://t.co/r60fej5Dlh

[kiva.org @Kiva]

Balancing urgency and risk during the COVID-19 pandemic is difficult.

Luke Seidl, Kiva's Senior Investment Manager for Small and Growing Businesses, explains how Kiva's impact-first collaborations have helped entrepreneurs during the pandemic. → https://t.co/9WpDnvjzwn

[Luke A. Seidl @LukeSeidl]

@IllumenCapital Congrats @IllumenCapital and thank you for your work bringing more attention to unconscious biases in investing!

[Luke A. Seidl @LukeSeidl]

It was a pleasure joining you @mcccdea! Thank you @AspenANDE for the innovative panel. We produced some great action items for balancing risk and urgency for emergency funding.

[Carmen Correa @carmen_correaPM]

Thank you @AspenANDE for inviting @promujer to be part of the #ANDE2020 solution salon. Great ideas came up last night for the challenge presented by @LukeSeidl from @Kiva on how do we create more resilience and emergency funding in incertain times!

[Luke A. Seidl @LukeSeidl]

“Scaling investment in women entrepreneurs is not only the next step in building pathways to prosperity for women but also crucial for country-level recovery and resilience.” #GenderLens #impinv https://t.co/K7bPZvF05f

[Luke A. Seidl @LukeSeidl]

In response to food shortages and transport challenges in Northern Uganda as a result of #covid19, @cycle_connect distributed 110 bicycles to healthcare workers and delivered 564 emergency seed loans. #impinv

https://t.co/pojU1taB8l

[Luke A. Seidl @LukeSeidl]

@elliottmcollins I've been practicing social distancing for years.😂

[Luke A. Seidl @LukeSeidl]

Had the opportunity to visit Mathare, Nairobi’s most densely populated area with @Sanergy this week. Sanergy is a social enterprise providing easily cleanable, affordable toilets + hygiene education. They produce 200 toilets/month and want to do 500. #impinv #SDGs #WASH @Kiva

[Sankalp Forum @SankalpForum]

#WomenAtSankalp

[Luke A. Seidl @LukeSeidl]

Cacao de Aroma in Peru has scaled from commercializing 80 to 1,000 tons of cacao, supporting 900 small farmers, and increasing wages 30% with the help of Kiva loans. #catalyticcapital #impinv #sdgs Breaking generational cycles: from cocaine to cacao https://t.co/VahVz3LpCD

[kiva.org @Kiva]

It's Global Entrepreneurship Week and we're thrilled to be supporting entrepreneurs in the United States and all over the world! 💸Check out "High Impact Lending Where Others Can't", an article about Kiva Labs by our Senior Investment Manager @LukeSeidl!
https://t.co/nAcFPhknqh

[kiva.org @Kiva]

Congrats!! It's #BusinessTime now! 😎

[Global Entrepreneurship Network @unleashingideas]

There are many amazing small businesses in #emergingmarkets run by brilliant social entrepreneurs that cannot obtain the financing required to grow. #GEW2019 #GEWInclusion

Learn how @Kiva is bridging the gap and solving for the missing middle: https://t.co/UxxsEkFIcZ