Building the field

Roots of Impact and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) pioneer Social Impact Incentives (SIINC) -> ARTICLE

Delivering first results

First SIINC transactions deliver results -> REPORT

Entering features & frameworks

Integration of SIINC in the OECD policy framework for impact investing -> REPORT

Devex features SIINC as “a new tool for supporting impact“ -> ARTICLE

First report by Boston Consulting Group and Roots of Impact coining the term „Impact-Linked Finance“ / definition of the „Design Principles for Impact-Linked Finance“ -> REPORT

First application of SIINC at a portfolio level in agricultural SME lending by Root Capital

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Initial scaling

Aceli Africa starts to use SIINC (origination incentives) for 25 financial institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa -> WEBSITE

The OECD recommends impact incentives in its guidance note for the Blended Finance Principles -> PRINCIPLES (page 14, item 45)

SIINC is featured in Harvard Business Review -> ARTICLE

Roots of Impact and iGravity partner to launch the Impact-Linked Finance Fund -> WEBSITE

Wider adoption

KfW launches a “smart outcomes fund” for off-grid clean energy using SIINC at scale

The first independent market report on global Impact-Linked Finance is released -> REPORT

The Impact-Linked Fund for Southern and Eastern Africa launches -> WEBSITE

The Impact-Linked Fund for Education is kicked off -> WEBSITE

SIINC is listed on Wikipedia -> WIKIPAGE

A new book called “Adventure Finance“ features Impact-Linked Finance in a dedicated chapter -> BOOK

SIINC and Impact-Linked Finance are taught at the Oxford Impact Finance Innovations Programme -> COURSE PAGE

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Building a global community

A research report by Root Capital provides evidence about “How Impact-Linked Finance Incentivizes High Impact Investment in Agricultural SMEs“ -> REPORT

Launch of the Impact-Linked Fund for Gender Inclusive Fintech -> WEBSITE

Launch of the Impact-Linked Fund for WASH -> WEBSITE

The Knowledge Center for Impact-Linked Finance enables and encourages more actors to adopt and establish this practice -> WEBSITE

The Design Principles for Impact-Linked Finance are refined -> DOWNLOAD

Large-scale rollout

The first Impact-Linked Finance programs are externally verified and evidence summarized in a short report -> DOWNLOAD

Learning and enabling others

Our first Impact-Linked Finance Learnings report from 8+ years is launched -> DISCOVER

Roots of Impact closes its first investment round based on Impact-Linked Finance to grow the pie and help others enter the market -> READ MORE

We start developing our „Mastering Impact-Linked Finance“ solutions to enable other practitioners to discover and use ILF -> FIND OUT WHAT WE WILL OFFER

We close more transactions and receive external evidence summarized in our updated evidence report -> DOWNLOAD