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30 June 2020
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Rise's Investments are Generating Impact at Scale and Demonstrating Impact on the Ground

 

 

Rise’s investments are generating impact at scale:

 

2017

Number of Companies: 7

Equity Invested: $0.2 Billion

Impact Value: $0.2 Billion

 

2018

Number of Companies: 25

Equity Invested: $1.1 Billion

Impact Value: $0.5 Billion

 

2019

Number of Companies: 30

Equity Invested: $1.4 Billion

Impact Value: $1.5 Billion

 

Actual Impact by Geography

US – 76%

India/SE Asia – 9%

China – 7%

Africa – 5%

LATAM – 3%

Global – <1%

 

Actual Impact by Pathway

Access to Education – 35%

Community health, safety, and wellness – 30%

Carbon reduction – 20%

Reduced poverty – 8%

Conservation – 4%

Increased savings and reduced debt – 3%

Quality healthcare – <1%

 

Our companies are demonstrating impact on the ground

  • 3 million+ Students have taken sexual assault prevention training through EverFi (equal to the number of students enrolled at 60+ public universities)
  • 9,180 combined live saving medical deliveries made between Zipline and Ceribell (30% of Rwanda’s national blood supply is delivered via Zipline)
  • 14.5 million+ metric tons of CO2 averted through 4PEL, C3.ai, CLEAResult, and Wilderness (equivalent to removing 3.2 million cars from the road for a year)
  • 1.4 million patient episodes of care across the 29 hospitals, 18 clinics, and 45 diagnostic centers that make up the Evercare companies
  • 4.1 million+ low-income individuals given access to financial services through Acorns, CD Finance, and Varo Money (includes more than 5% of unbanked households in the US)

TOTAL – $1.5 billion of estimated impact since our investment

 

Note: Page features only selected impact metrics from Rise portfolio

 

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