SIMA Funds Celebrates Selection to ImpactAssets 50™ 2024, Recognizing Impact Investing Excellence

NEW YORK, March 12, 2024 – SIMA Funds, a leading impact investing firm focused on harnessing capital for social and environmental impact, is honored to announce its inclusion in the ImpactAssets 50™ 2024 (IA 50) for the third time. This prestigious listing recognizes experienced impact investment fund managers who represent a broad spectrum of geographies, asset classes, and focus areas, […]

SIMA Launches Solar Green Bond for Small and Medium Solar Developers in Africa

New York, February 07, 2024 – Social Investment Managers and Advisors LLC (SIMA Funds or SIMA) announces the first close of $ 131 million of the $150 million SIMA Commercial & Industrial Solar Green Bond, which will finance small-scale productive-use solar projects throughout Africa. The Bond would be one of the largest impact-driven funds exclusively focused on furthering the C&I […]

Social Investment Managers and Advisors LLC Honored as a Top Impact Company in The 2024 Real Leaders Impact Awards

[New York, 17 January 2024] – Social Investment Managers and Advisors LLC (SIMA) is proud to announce its recognition as one of the 2024 Top Impact Companies by the prestigious Real Leaders Impact Awards. This esteemed accolade recognizes SIMA’s exceptional commitment to creating positive social and environmental impact through its innovative financial solutions and responsible investment practices. In its sixth […]

SIMA Impact Foundation Launches Scholarship Program For Future Impact Investors

SIMA Impact Foundation launches scholarship program for future impact investors Majority of impact managers are based in developed countries with only a limited number of impact asset managers indigenously based. At SIMA, a vast majority of staff are based in some of the poorest countries in the world hence we see an opportunity to identify and develop talent locally, and […]

Energy Access Relief Fund (EARF) Webinar

The Energy Access Relief Fund (EARF) Webinar was held on 13th October 2021. It was a successful event with over 100 attendees including SMEs across the globe. We wish to thank the hundreds of participants at the webinar. We are happy to have resolved most of your queries. If you did not attend the webinar, please feel free to check […]

Impact Investing for Institutional Investors

The reality is that in the impact investment industry today, there is far more discussion than action, especially on the institutional side of the industry. It has long been argued that sources of capital, beyond aid, are required to close the financing gap required to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In light of this financing gap in the […]

SIMA Invites Applications For $84M Energy Access Relief Fund

The Energy Access Relief Fund (EARF) will provide relief funding to viable energy access companies in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia that are facing disruptions caused by COVID-19. New York City, September 23, 2021 — Social Investment Managers and Advisors (SIMA) is pleased to invite applications for the Energy Access Relief Fund (EARF), which has a target closing of $84 million […]

SIMA Launches a Coalition of $84M Energy Access Relief Fund

The Energy Access Relief Fund (EARF) is the need of the hour relief financing to viable energy access companies in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia that are facing disruptions caused by COVID-19. New York City, September 1, 2021 — Social Investment Managers and Advisors (SIMA) is pleased to announce the launch of the much-awaited Energy Access Relief Fund (EARF) with a […]

SIMA Makes $4 million Investment in OnePuhunan, Increasing its Investment Coverage in South Asia.

Social Investment Managers and Advisors LLC (“SIMA”), a new generation impact investment manager managing funds of $180 Mn, and CreditAccess Philippines Financing Company Inc. (OnePuhunan), a micro lender in Philippines, today announced a partnership to reduce the financial access gap in Philippines by providing funds to expand its loan portfolio. OnePuhunan, a fast-growing micro finance company and a subsidiary of […]

Renewvia Energy Receives $1M Commitment from SIMA to Electrify Communities in Rural Kenya

First Financing Commitment in an Ongoing Partnership NAIROBI, June 2, 2021 – Social Investment Managers and Advisors LLC (SIMA), a new generation of impact investment manager, and Renewvia Energy Corporation, a global solar developer, today announced a partnership to electrify rural communities in Kenya underserved by conventional utilities. The agreement includes a commitment of $1 million from the SIMA Off […]