Venture Fund Member Profile
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Gray Ghost Ventures (GGV) is an impact investment firm dedicated to providing market-based capital solutions to entrepreneurs who are addressing the needs of low-income communities in emerging markets. Depending upon the need and opportunity, we serve as creator and manager, sole funder, lead investor, co-investor, general partner or limited partner in operating companies or investment funds. GGV’s focus areas include: microfinance, social venture investment and affordable private schools
GGV has been consistently in the vanguard of the global impact investing movement. With the establishment of the Gray Ghost Microfinance Fund in 2003, GGV became one of the earliest private investors in microfinance. Building on our microfinance experience, we began to make equity investments in innovative early-stage businesses with the expectation of financial and social return. This led to the formation of the Gray Ghost DOEN Cooperatief, a fund predominantly focused on investing in Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) ventures that serve the needs of low-income communities in India. An affiliated, but independently operated fund, First Light Ventures, incubates ideas into new enterprises and serves as an investment partner to seed-stage, for-profit social ventures.
Most recently, GGV initiated efforts to provide financing to affordable private schools in emerging markets. The Indian School Finance Company (ISFC), based in Hyderabad, is a centerpiece of this activity. Gray Matters Capital and the Rockdale Foundation, both founded by Bob Pattillo, complement our school finance work through programmatic activities and grants directed at metrics, accountability and transparency initiatives that enhance the operations of affordable private schools in the developing world.
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Margaret Yuan
Investment Analyst
Gray Ghost Ventures |
As an Investment Analyst, Margaret brings to the team valuable transaction origination and execution experience. She works closely with the Principals and Senior Investment Analyst in evaluating new investments and follow-on opportunities, conducting due diligence, and performing financial analysis. She is also actively engaged in the portfolio monitoring process and contributes to the industry’s social metrics platform.
Prior to joining Gray Ghost, Margaret worked at Chatham Capital, a Mezzanine Finance firm specializing in growth and acquisition capital in Atlanta, GA. While at Chatham, she helped source, evaluate and underwrite both originated and syndicated transactions. She was also an integral part of Chatham’s fundraising efforts and assisted in managing investor relations.
Margaret holds a BBA/BA in Finance and Biology and a Minor in Chinese Language from Emory University in Atlanta. She is fluent in English and Mandarin.
Representative Investments
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CareGo International is a network of clinics providing primary care, prescriptions, lab tests vaccines, and medical supplies to low income clients in Nairobi. It integrates strong technological solutions optimized for emerging markets with a proprietary clinical support application, electronic medical records, and early diagnosis tools. |
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Cooler, Inc. provides software that tracks the carbon footprint of individuals and small businesses, and provides energy-efficient recommendations for companies and individuals. Cooler’s mission is to connect every purchase to a solution for energy efficiency. Cooler aims to make it easy for all consumers to know the impact of their actions and take direct action to reduce it. |
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New Avenue Homes finances, entitles, and builds eco-friendly, low-costs homes in backyards and other empty spaces to reduce urban sprawl and to provide affordable housing. New Avenue is an alternative development model that enables communities to grow internally, as opposed to externally, by building homes on underutilized properties within existing neighborhoods at low costs. |
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RainSaucers manufactures a standalone rainwater harvesting system. A single 200-liter RainSaucers system, emptied periodically during the rainy season, can provide a family with seven months of clean drinking water. |
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