Omidyar Network Names Matt Bannick Managing Partner
Subtitle Bannick tapped to lead organizational expansion Thu, 03/08/2007Press ReleasePublication Omidyar March 8, 2007, Redwood City, Calif. - Omidyar Network, a mission-based organization established...
View ArticleOmidyar Network To Support Small to Medium Enterprise in the Developing World
Thu, 09/27/2007Press ReleasePublication Omidyar September 27, 2007, New York – Omidyar Network, a mission-based organization established by Pierre and Pam Omidyar, today announced at the Clinton Global...
View ArticleOmidyar Network Supports DonorsChoose.org National Expansion
Subtitle Actors Claire Danes And Zac Efron, Senator Bill Bradley Use National Philanthropy Day To Announce DonorsChoose.org Opening In All 50 States Thu, 11/15/2007Press ReleasePublication Omidyar...
View ArticleSoros Economic Development Fund, Omidyar Network and Google.org Launch Small...
Subtitle Investment to target “missing middle” between microfinance and commercial capital markets Tue, 02/19/2008Press ReleasePublication Omidyar February 19, 2008, New York – The Soros Economic...
View ArticleOmidyar Network and Unitus to Help Millions of the Working Poor Participate...
Subtitle US$9 million grant is Omidyar’s largest in microfinance to date Wed, 04/23/2008Press ReleasePublication Press Release April 23, 2008, San Francisco and Seattle– Omidyar Network and Unitus are...
View ArticleRural Development Institute and Omidyar Network Working to bring Land Rights...
Mon, 05/12/2008Press ReleasePublication Omidyar May 12, 2008, Seattle– The Rural Development Institute (RDI) today announced it has received one of the largest grants in its history – US$4.3 million...
View ArticleLegatum and Omidyar Network Invest $40 Million as Anchors of Unitus Equity...
Subtitle Fund follows on success of UEF I; expands scope to accelerate growth of global microfinance sector Tue, 05/13/2008Press ReleasePublication Omidyar May 13, 2008, Dubai, New York, Redwood City,...
View ArticleCreative Commons Announces Major Funding Support from Omidyar Network
Wed, 05/28/2008Press ReleasePublication Omidyar May 28, 2008, San Francisco - Creative Commons announced that it has received US $500,000 as the first installment of a gift of US $2.5 million over five...
View ArticleIGNIA Completes US $20.6 Million Funding Round Led by Omidyar Network
Subtitle Becomes first social venture fund in Latin America Tue, 06/10/2008Press ReleasePublication Omidyar June 10, 2008, Garza Garcia, Nuevo Léon, México– IGNIA Fund I, Latin America’s first social...
View ArticleVideo Start-up Seesmic Secures US $6 Million Co-led by Omidyar Network and...
Subtitle Strategic investment enables expansion for online video conversation platform Fri, 06/20/2008Press ReleasePublication Omidyar June 20, 2008, San Francisco— Seesmic, the online video...
View ArticleEndeavor Receives $10 Million Commitment from Omidyar Network to Support High...
Thu, 07/31/2008Press ReleasePublication Omidyar July 31, 2008, New York– Endeavor, the leading non-profit supporting high-impact entrepreneurs, announced today that it has received a commitment of up...
View ArticleOmidyar Network Expands Operations to Europe with Appointment of Ian...
Thu, 09/18/2008Press ReleasePublication Omidyar September 18, 2008, Redwood City, Calif. - Omidyar Network today named Ian Callaghan as senior director, investments, marking the organization’s first...
View ArticleComat Secures Rs 60 Crores Investment from Omidyar Network and Unitus Equity...
Mon, 09/29/2008Press ReleasePublication Omidyar September 29, 2008, Bangalore— Comat Technologies, operating India’s largest network of Rural Business Centres enabling socio-economic growth of rural...
View ArticleOmidyar Network Recruits Top Talent to Increase Impact
Subtitle Organization broadens scope with new investment areas and six new hires Wed, 10/22/2008Press ReleasePublication Omidyar October 22, 2008, Redwood City, Calif.— Omidyar Network today announced...
View ArticleGoodmail Systems Secures Additional $4 Million in Funding from Omidyar Network
Subtitle Investment completes $25 million funding round; Omidyar Network Partner Matt Halprin named to Goodmail Board of Directors Mon, 01/12/2009Press ReleasePublication Omidyar January 12, 2009,...
View ArticleOmidyar Network Grants $4.5 Million to Opportunity International to Scale...
Subtitle‘Electronic Wallet’ Strategy Aims to Help Alleviate Poverty in Eight Countries Tue, 02/24/2009Press ReleasePublication Opportunity International February 24, 2009, Oak Brook, Ill.— Opportunity...
View ArticleSunlight Foundation Announces $4 Million Invesment From Omidyar Network
Subtitle Omidyar Network Partner Matt Halprin Joins Board of Directors Wed, 03/18/2009Press ReleasePublication Press Release March 18, 2009, WASHINGTON, DC— The Sunlight Foundation announced today it...
View ArticleLeapFrog Raises $44 Million for World’s First Microinsurance Fund
Wed, 06/17/2009Press ReleasePublication Leapfrog June 17, 2009, Luxembourg— In a breakthrough for microfinance and alternative investment, the LeapFrog Financial Inclusion Fund announced today that it...
View ArticleMFX Solutions Launches Service to Reduce Microfinance Currency Risk
Subtitle New Company Created by Industry Leaders Enables Lending to Underserved Markets Tue, 07/07/2009Press ReleasePublication Press Release July 7, 2009, WASHINGTON, DC— MFX Solutions Inc. (MFX), a...
View ArticleNew Partnership Jumpstarts Development in Sierra Leone and Liberia
Subtitle BRAC leads anti-poverty effort in post-conflict countries Wed, 07/22/2009Press ReleasePublication Press Release July 22, 2009, NEW YORK — BRAC is leading a $15 million initiative to rebuild...
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