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![]() LeapFrog announces investment in mobile insurance provider Bima, leading the second wave of mobile financial services
Posted on: February 22 2013
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![]() Leapfrog announces investment into CrystaLife Assurance, a leading Nigerian life insurance provider
Posted on: January 26 2013
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![]() Dr. Andrew Kuper recognized as a national winner of the 2012 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards.
Posted on: December 5 2012
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![]() Alliance aims to transform financial inclusion across rural India
Posted on: September 21 2012
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LeapFrog chosen from among 161 entrants across 67 countries
Posted on: July 2 2012
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![]() LeapFrog's profit-with-purpose approach is opening the gates of capital markets
Posted on: July 2 2012
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![]() Almost 500 million poor people worldwide, mostly in China and India, are now insured against adverse events
Posted on: June 22 2012
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![]() Profile of LeapFrog and two of our portfolio companies, Shriram CCL and AllLife
Posted on: June 7 2012
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![]() Impact Investment Fund Partners with Express Life to reach 500,000 in Ghana with Financial Services
Posted on: April 25 2012
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![]() LeapFrog partnership to serve Indian consumers rising out of poverty into the middle-classes
Posted on: September 29 2011
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![]() Shriram-LeapFrog alliance will provide insurance and savings to millions of underserved customers
Posted on: September 8 2011
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![]() The birth of a virtuous new asset class
Posted on: August 9 2011
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Bloomberg reports on LeapFrog and other investors who are moving beyond microfinance to offer a broader range of financial products in the developing world.
Posted on: May 14 2013
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Africa's growth rates are the envy of investors, says LeapFrog's President and Founder.
Posted on: May 14 2013
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LeapFrog Investments has almost fully invested its $135m first fund and is looking to do “a little more” in Asia in the coming months.
Posted on: April 25 2013
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Dr. Kuper recognized for his professional accomplishments and commitment to society
Posted on: March 18 2013
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FINalternatives interviews LeapFrog Director Tahira Dosani on LeapFrog's investment model and portfolio
Posted on: March 14 2013
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Dr. Kuper was selected from YPO's membership of over 25,000 Presidents and CEOs for his pioneering work in profit-with-purpose investing
Posted on: March 12 2013
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LeapFrog to Invest with Asset and Resource Management Co., Nigeria's Largest Non-Bank Financial Firm
Posted on: January 23 2013
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LeapFrog appoints Michael Fernandes, former India head of Khazanah Nasional, as a Partner in December 2012.
Posted on: January 7 2013
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LeapFrog Investments injected $5.5 million into Ghanaian Express Life Insurance Company, making it the largest foreign investment in the history of Ghana’s Insurance industry.
Posted on: January 7 2013
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Dr Kuper describes LeapFrog's profit-with-purpose business model as he receives the award for National Winner in the Services category.
Posted on: January 7 2013
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Impact Assets' annual showcase of impact investment fund managers recognised LeapFrog in 2011 and 2012.
Posted on: January 7 2013
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LeapFrog welcomes Michael Fernandes and promotes Stewart Langdon to Partner
Posted on: December 17 2012
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LeapFrog Investments wins coveted title of Investor of the Year at The Scottish Business Insider Deals & Dealmakers Awards
Posted on: December 10 2012
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LeapFrog Partner Stephane Chatonsky writes on insurance for the emerging consumer in Southeast Asia
Posted on: October 30 2012
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LeapFrog's David Steel discusses the firm's approach to Indonesia and the Philippines, where it aims to make investments with both financial and social benefits.
Posted on: October 19 2012
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LeapFrog Investments provides capital to emerging market insurance companies that have the potential to generate private equity style returns but also operate on an ethical basis
Posted on: October 16 2012
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LeapFrog Investment Officer Sam Duncan speaks on LeapFrog's investment approach
Posted on: October 16 2012
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LeapFrog's model profiled by PEI as having no trade-off between profit and purpose
Posted on: September 11 2012
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Andrew Kuper, LeapFrog President and Founder, featured as an innovative entrepreneur
Posted on: September 3 2012
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Andy Kuper recognized as a regional winner of the 2012 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards
Posted on: August 22 2012
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LeapFrog expected to announce deal with "big Indian business house" in next few months
Posted on: July 2 2012
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Interview with LeapFrog's President, Dr. Andrew Kuper
Posted on: December 20 2011
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The Ugly Duckling Turned Rich – Leapfrog’s Approach to Microinsurance
Posted on: June 15 2010
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LeapFrog Investments has closed on a $137 million microinsurance fund, shining the spotlight on what's becoming a larger part of the insurance industry's global operations
Posted on: May 25 2010
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'Insurer to the Poor' will help 25 million people escape poverty
Posted on: May 6 2010
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The poor are more resilient when they have insurance
Posted on: April 5 2010
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LeapFrog Poised to Invest $112 Million in Insurance and Microfinance Companies, After Historic Commitments to the Fund by IFC, KfW, BMZ, Flagstone and Soros
Posted on: March 30 2010
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The latest pledges take the amount that LeapFrog can invest to $112 million
Posted on: March 29 2010
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Stephane Chatonsky joins the LeapFrog team as a Principal based in Sydney, bringing over 15 years of Private Equity experience
Posted on: February 28 2010
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LeapFrog’s Advisory Board has recently be strengthened by the addition of Paolo De Martin, CFO of SCOR (one of the world’s largest reinsurers)
Posted on: January 30 2010
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FC Expert Blogger Alice Korngold features LeapFrog Investments
Posted on: December 2 2009
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SCOR, a large global reinsurer, invests in LeapFrog
Posted on: November 23 2009
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The Microinsurance Times featured interview
Posted on: November 5 2009
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President Bill Clinton Honors LeapFrog Investments as the 'Insurer to the Poor'
Posted on: October 1 2009
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Investment fund designed to show that firms can profit from selling insurance to the world's poorest people
Posted on: June 17 2009
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The fund will invest in fast-growing markets such as India, Pakistan, South Africa, Ghana and Kenya
Posted on: June 17 2009
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LeapFrog is pleased to announce Felipe Medina, Regional Director of for Latin America Private Wealth Management of Goldman Sachs, has agreed to serve on our Advisory board in his personal capacity
Posted on: May 29 2009
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Everybody, from wealthy investors to poor families in Asia and Africa, could benefit from this profit-with-purpose industry
Posted on: May 27 2009
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Both come with a wealth of investment experience across firms including Bain Capital, GE Capital and Swiss
Posted on: December 5 2008
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Insurers should think small to tap into one of their biggest opportunities for growth: serving poor people
Posted on: November 26 2008
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President Clinton Spotlights LeapFrog, First Microinsurance Fund
Posted on: September 28 2008
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Former US President Bill Clinton today announced the launch of Leapfrog Inbestment, a prvate equity firm committed to investing $100 million in the next 10 years in microinsurance
Posted on: September 26 2008
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