Impact Measurement & Management
Approach | Impact Management
Integrating robust impact management throughout our investment process
Robust impact measurement and management (IMM) is core to who we are and integrated throughout our entire investment process.
Beyond our fund manager-level IMM practices, we provide post-investment IMM support to our portfolio companies. High-quality IMM is vital for early-stage startups because it can increase efficiency, strengthen business resilience, and enhance investment attractiveness by helping companies better articulate and understand their customer value proposition.
Impact Standards
Aligning to the SDGs and industry standards
At Prosper Global Ventures, we recognize our role in contributing to the $2.5 trillion funding gap to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through our investments, we are committed to making meaningful contributions to the SDGs. Our portfolio companies have social and/or environmental impact embedded in their business models and we map each of our investees’ impact outcomes directly to the SDG targets. While our portfolio indirectly contributes to nearly all of the 17 SDGs, we specifically focus on these 9 SDGs when selecting investments.
In addition to the SDGs, we are also strongly aligned to several globally-recognized industry frameworks, including the 5 Dimensions of Impact, the Operating Principles of Impact Management, and 2X Global.
Climate Adaptation & Resilience Framework
A first-of-its-kind framework specifically tailored to early-stage startups
Climate Resilience & Adaptation is context-specific, and there is no one-size-fits-all definition or metric. For each company that comes through our investment pipeline, we apply our Climate Adatpation & Resilience (A&R) Framework to identify, understand, and analyze the potential climate adaptation and resilience impact of the venture under consideration. We break down the climate resilience cycle to assess whether a company’s product or service supports communities to prepare for, adapt to, and/or recover from climate-related shocks.
Impact Performance
Measuring and managing impact
Leveraging the theory of change developed during the due diligence process, we work with each portfolio company to identify key metrics to track the social, environmental, and economic impact of its products or services. With a holistic approach to the multiple dimensions of impact, we collect both qualitative and quantitative data to monitor and manage the impact performance of each investment and our entire portfolio.
Breadth
60.6M
customers served with impactful products and services across
136
countries globally
Reach
73%
of customers are women and/or smallholder farmers
66%
of customers are gaining first-time access to impactful products and services
Depth
$4.4B
provided in financing to SMEs or individuals
Impact Reports
Reporting impact and sharing our learnings
In line with IMM best practices and our fund-wide commitment to transparency, we publish an annual impact report to share portfolio highlights, business model case studies, insights and key trends, as well as our own failures and lessons learned as investors.
Learn more about our new investments in 2025, impact, and learnings.
See our annual impact reports from previous years.
Learn about our climate adaptation and resilience IMM framework.