Unlocking refugee self-reliance by building the investment ecosystem for refugee-led and supporting ventures.
RIN seeks to help investors (including: impact fund managers, family offices, foundations, institutional and faith-based investors) to understand how to create self-reliance for forcibly displaced communities and their hosts with our Refugee Lens Investing (RLI) Consulting Services and Implementation Support.
Whether you are interested in adopting RLI for your existing fund, or launching a new RLI fund, RIN’s team offers tailored services to support your organization’s operational processes, including portfolio assessment and impact measurement, and marketing. Through a collaborative effort, we will work with you to articulate and refine your strategy for RLI and support your team in its successful implementation.
RLI is suitable for investors across the impact capital spectrum — whether prioritizing impact first or returns first — and spans various asset classes and sectors. By leveraging our expertise and global network, RIN empowers clients to drive systemic change and unlock the potential of RLI.
RIN’s Consulting Services Include:
- RLI Strategy Development and Education: Collaborate with our team to define impactful goals, identify target sectors and regions, and analyze the ecosystem surrounding refugee lens investing;
- Fundraising Support: Develop a compelling refugee-lens impact narrative, identify potential investors, and receive thematic support for your fundraising efforts;
- Portfolio Review: Evaluate your current investments through a refugee lens, identifying opportunities to align with RLI principles and maximize impact;
- Deal Sourcing and Screening: Discover high-potential investment opportunities that meet your financial and impact criteria and contribute to the well-being of refugees and host communities;
- Impact Measurement and Reporting: Develop frameworks to track and communicate the outcomes of RLI investments, ensuring transparency and accountability to stakeholders;
- Market Insights and Peer Learning: Access emerging trends, insights, and best practices through consultations and peer learning sessions;
- Stakeholder Engagement: Build meaningful partnerships with development finance institutions, non-governmental organizations, government offices, and other key players to enhance your RLI efforts.
For Humanitarian Organizations:
RIN also works with programs that typically employ a humanitarian aid model to support them in their private sector engagement to leverage RLI, increase their sustainable impact, and diversify their sources of capital and partners.
Disclaimer: Refugee Investment Network (“RIN”) provides operational support and other consulting services to fund managers seeking to implement RLI strategies and information regarding certain investments, however, it does not provide investment advice or recommendations, and no part of its services should be relied on as such. In other words, no part of RIN’s services should be construed as a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any particular security, to pursue RLI strategies, to invest in RLI securities, or to invest in securities more generally. Neither RIN nor its personnel offer or provide investment advisory services. Further, neither RIN nor its personnel are registered as investment advisers or broker-dealers with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal or state regulatory authority or self-regulatory authority that would allow it to provide investment advice or securities services. Under all conditions, investment decisions should be made after performing your own research, analysis, and due diligence.