The elea movie takes you on a journey to our impact ventures and shows how we fight absolute poverty with entrepreneurial means. Featured impact entrepreneurs discuss their innovative, locally-rooted solutions to one of humanity's most pressing issues, explain how they create lasting social impact and how elea adds value along the way.
Carolina Müller-Möhl shares her perspective on elea, impact investing, and our partnership approach that led to the decision to invest philanthropic capital in elea’s impact portfolio. Read the blog article to learn more about the engagement of the Müller-Möhl Foundation.
In the blog article "The case for philanthropic impact investing", elea Founder and Chairman Peter Wuffli debates why a philanthropic approach to impact investing is needed to address absolute poverty effectively and sustainably. And in doing so, fully leverage the power of impact investing in solving societal problems with entrepreneurial means.
In the past year, we positively impacted the lives of over 8.7 million people totaling more than 46.1 million people since our inception in 2006. Thanks to our intense pipeline work, we were able to invest in five new impact ventures. In addition, we opened the first elea Hub in Africa. Read our Annual Review 2022 to learn more!
In September 2022, elea welcomed 32 entrepreneurs at IMD Lausanne to a tailor-made Leading for Impact program. Watch the video to learn what the elea Entrepreneurs’ Community means to its members, to feel the energy the community creates, and to get inspired by these charismatic leaders.
The new book by Vanina Farber and Peter A. Wuffli summarizes insights from elea’s 15-year pioneering journey, from creating an investment organization, choosing purposeful themes, and sourcing opportunities, to partnering with entrepreneurs for impact creation.