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Featured News
After Mobile Banking, Mobile Insurance
After Mobile Banking, Mobile Insurance
LeapFrog announces investment in mobile insurance provider Bima, leading the second wave of mobile financial services
Posted on: February 22 2013
Africa Rising: A LeapFrog Partnership to Boost Nigeria's Financial Services Industry
Africa Rising: A LeapFrog Partnership to Boost Nigeria's Financial Services Industry
Leapfrog announces investment into CrystaLife Assurance, a leading Nigerian life insurance provider
Posted on: January 26 2013
Ernst & Young: LeapFrog Investments Founder Dr. Andrew Kuper named National Winner,  Entrepreneur of the Year Awards
Ernst & Young: LeapFrog Investments Founder Dr. Andrew Kuper named National Winner, Entrepreneur of the Year Awards
Dr. Andrew Kuper recognized as a national winner of the 2012 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards.
Posted on: December 5 2012
Mahindra and LeapFrog in Strategic Partnership to Design and Deliver Insurance Solutions to Millions in Rural India
Mahindra and LeapFrog in Strategic Partnership to Design and Deliver Insurance Solutions to Millions in Rural India
Alliance aims to transform financial inclusion across rural India
Posted on: September 21 2012
Financial Times / IFC: LeapFrog wins Sustainable Investor of the Year Special Commendation Award
Financial Times / IFC: LeapFrog wins Sustainable Investor of the Year Special Commendation Award
LeapFrog chosen from among 161 entrants across 67 countries
Posted on: July 2 2012
Investor reaches out to underserved sector
Investor reaches out to underserved sector
LeapFrog's profit-with-purpose approach is opening the gates of capital markets
Posted on: July 2 2012
Microinsurance: providing a more stable future for small-scale farmers?
Microinsurance: providing a more stable future for small-scale farmers?
Almost 500 million poor people worldwide, mostly in China and India, are now insured against adverse events
Posted on: June 22 2012
The Microinsurance Revolution
The Microinsurance Revolution
Profile of LeapFrog and two of our portfolio companies, Shriram CCL and AllLife
Posted on: June 7 2012
LeapFrog Expands Insurance Industry in West Africa via Record Foreign Direct Investment
LeapFrog Expands Insurance Industry in West Africa via Record Foreign Direct Investment
Impact Investment Fund Partners with Express Life to reach 500,000 in Ghana with Financial Services
Posted on: April 25 2012
BBC: Could impact investing help India's poor?
BBC: Could impact investing help India's poor?
LeapFrog partnership to serve Indian consumers rising out of poverty into the middle-classes
Posted on: September 29 2011
Shriram, LeapFrog Jump Into Microinsurance
Shriram, LeapFrog Jump Into Microinsurance
Shriram-LeapFrog alliance will provide insurance and savings to millions of underserved customers
Posted on: September 8 2011
Impact Investing - Happy Returns
Impact Investing - Happy Returns
The birth of a virtuous new asset class
Posted on: August 9 2011
News
Bloomberg Businessweek: Bringing More Than Loans to The Poor
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
Bloomberg TV: Dr. Andrew Kuper Interviewed About Africa's Economic Growth
Africa's growth rates are the envy of investors, says LeapFrog's President and Founder.
Posted on: May 14 2013
LeapFrog's First Fund Almost Fully Invested
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
Dr. Andrew Kuper Named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum
Dr. Kuper recognized for his professional accomplishments and commitment to society
Posted on: March 18 2013
FINalternatives: LeapFrog Private Equity, When Purpose Meets Profit
FINalternatives interviews LeapFrog Director Tahira Dosani on LeapFrog's investment model and portfolio
Posted on: March 14 2013
Young President's Organization: Dr. Andrew Kuper Named Winner of the SEN Sustainability Award for Leadership
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
Dow Jones: LeapFrog to Invest $7.5 to Grow Life Insurance in Nigeria
LeapFrog to Invest with Asset and Resource Management Co., Nigeria's Largest Non-Bank Financial Firm
Posted on: January 23 2013
Business Standard: LeapFrog Eyes More Deals in South Asia
LeapFrog appoints Michael Fernandes, former India head of Khazanah Nasional, as a Partner in December 2012.
Posted on: January 7 2013
Ventures: LeapFrog's Investment in Express Life Named One of Top 40 Investment Highlights in Africa 2012
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
Ernst & Young Exceptional Magazine: Dr Andrew Kuper Named National Entrepreneur of the Year
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
Impact Assets: LeapFrog Named a Top 50 Fund Manager for the Second Year Running
Impact Assets' annual showcase of impact investment fund managers recognised LeapFrog in 2011 and 2012.
Posted on: January 7 2013
Private Equity International: LeapFrog Announces Appointment of Two New Partners
LeapFrog welcomes Michael Fernandes and promotes Stewart Langdon to Partner
Posted on: December 17 2012
LeapFrog Named Investor of the Year at Business Insider Awards
LeapFrog Investments wins coveted title of Investor of the Year at The Scottish Business Insider Deals & Dealmakers Awards
Posted on: December 10 2012
Insuring the Next Billion Consumers
LeapFrog Partner Stephane Chatonsky writes on insurance for the emerging consumer in Southeast Asia
Posted on: October 30 2012
PE Asia: Five Minutes with LeapFrog's David Steel
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
Insurance Day Profiles Dr. Jim Roth and LeapFrog Investments
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
LeapFrog Investments Brings Insurance to Vulnerable Populations
LeapFrog Investment Officer Sam Duncan speaks on LeapFrog's investment approach
Posted on: October 16 2012
Private Equity International - Impact Investing: Profit and Purpose?
LeapFrog's model profiled by PEI as having no trade-off between profit and purpose
Posted on: September 11 2012
Raising capital, improving prospects
Andrew Kuper, LeapFrog President and Founder, featured as an innovative entrepreneur
Posted on: September 3 2012
Ernst & Young: LeapFrog Investments Founder Dr. Andrew Kuper wins Entrepreneur of the Year Regional Award
Andy Kuper recognized as a regional winner of the 2012 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards
Posted on: August 22 2012
Wall Street Journal: LeapFrog Investments to Invest $25 Million by Year-End
LeapFrog expected to announce deal with "big Indian business house" in next few months
Posted on: July 2 2012
Clinton Global Initiative Feature
Interview with LeapFrog's President, Dr. Andrew Kuper
Posted on: December 20 2011
NextBillion: Microinsurance and the double bottom line - an interview with Dr. Jim Roth
The Ugly Duckling Turned Rich – Leapfrog’s Approach to Microinsurance
Posted on: June 15 2010
Risk & Insurance: Microinsurance Becoming Solid Investment for Global Insurance Industry
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
World's First Microinsurance Fund Announces Major New Investors J.P. Morgan, TIAA-CREF, Proparco, Waterloo, ACE - LeapFrog Fund Achieves Record Close of $137 million
'Insurer to the Poor' will help 25 million people escape poverty
Posted on: May 6 2010
IFC: Microinsurance - The Time is Now
The poor are more resilient when they have insurance
Posted on: April 5 2010
LeapFrog Poised for Scale and Impact
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
Bloomberg: World Bank, Soros, Flagstone invest in micro-insurance fund
The latest pledges take the amount that LeapFrog can invest to $112 million
Posted on: March 29 2010
Leapfrog Investments Appoints Stephane Chatonsky
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
Leapfrog Investments Appoints Paolo De Martin
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
Fast Company: Microinsurance - The New Microcredit
FC Expert Blogger Alice Korngold features LeapFrog Investments
Posted on: December 2 2009
Microfinance Focus: Scor invests in Leapfrog microinsurance fund
SCOR, a large global reinsurer, invests in LeapFrog
Posted on: November 23 2009
MicroCapital: An interview with the President of LeapFrog, Dr. Andrew Kuper
The Microinsurance Times featured interview
Posted on: November 5 2009
HedgeCo: President Bill Clinton Honors LeapFrog Investments as the 'Insurer to the Poor'
President Bill Clinton Honors LeapFrog Investments as the 'Insurer to the Poor'
Posted on: October 1 2009
Bloomberg: EBay Founder, Calvert Group Back Microinsurance Investment Fund
Investment fund designed to show that firms can profit from selling insurance to the world's poorest people
Posted on: June 17 2009
Reuters: LeapFrog investments raises $44 mln for microinsurance fund
The fund will invest in fast-growing markets such as India, Pakistan, South Africa, Ghana and Kenya
Posted on: June 17 2009
Leapfrog Investments Appoint Felipe Medina
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
Upsides - FMO initiative: Microinsurance - the next frontier in microfinance
Everybody, from wealthy investors to poor families in Asia and Africa, could benefit from this profit-with-purpose industry
Posted on: May 27 2009
Seth Meisel and Ingo Weber join LeapFrog's Investment Committee
Both come with a wealth of investment experience across firms including Bain Capital, GE Capital and Swiss
Posted on: December 5 2008
Forbes: From Microfinance Into Microinsurance
Insurers should think small to tap into one of their biggest opportunities for growth: serving poor people
Posted on: November 26 2008
Insurance Journal: President Clinton Spotlights LeapFrog, First Microinsurance Firm
President Clinton Spotlights LeapFrog, First Microinsurance Fund
Posted on: September 28 2008
Private Equity Online: First microinsurance PE firm launched at Clinton-led event
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
Newsletters
April 2013
Two Innovative Companies and Three Billion Emerging Consumers
December 2012
A Year of Leaps: Leapfrog in Numbers
October 2012
Profit-With-Purpose Partnerships to Reach the Next Billion.
July 2012
LeapFrog Global Fellows: Introducing the Class of 2012!
June 2012
Record Investment, New York Times, and Two Leadership Roles
November 2011
Extraordinary Stories and Entrepreneurial People
September 2011
The Economist and Wall Street Journal: LeapFrog invests to reach 10 million people in India
June 2011
Growing and hiring
April 2011
Landmark investment, remarkable people, and a new look
July 2010
Special Video Edition – IFC, J. P. Morgan, The Economist, TEDx, and other clips
May 2010
Record Close on $137 Million with Leading Investors – J.P. Morgan, TIAA-CREF, Flagstone Re, IFC, KfW, BMZ, Soros EDF, and many others
January 2010
AllLife investment, SCOR joins investors, and launch of fellows program
September 2009
Initial fund close, new offices in Africa and Asia, and welcome Tom Brunner
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