The Accelerate Collective by UBS Optimus Foundation
The Accelerate Collective is a three-year programme that harnesses the tools of social finance to bring in much needed funding to improve health and education outcomes for children living in vulnerable communities in the world. It adopts a purpose-driven approach and focuses on generating measurable social impact alongside a financial return that is ploughed back into other impactful social programmes.
Developing countries face an annual financing gap of USD 2.5 trillion in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Philanthropic funding alone is not sufficient in addressing this gap.
Developing countries face an annual financing gap of USD 2.5 trillion in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Philanthropic funding alone is not sufficient in addressing this gap.
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To bridge the substantial financing gap, the Accelerate Collective uses innovative, blended financing mechanisms, deploying philanthropic capital to crowd in private capital to collectively fund and scale children’s education, health and social protection programmes with measurable social outcomes under a pay-for-success model. Such an approach will also enable scarce public and development aid funding to be used more efficiently to replicate and scale these transformational initiatives globally.
Beyond the catalytic effect of our funds, Quantedge Foundation’s participation in the Accelerate Collective allows us to gain a deeper understanding on applying different social finance models and methodologies to tackle the world’s most pressing sustainable development challenges. We seek to build our expertise in social finance, and ultimately catalyse greater social and environmental impacts.
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Beyond the catalytic effect of our funds, Quantedge Foundation’s participation in the Accelerate Collective allows us to gain a deeper understanding on applying different social finance models and methodologies to tackle the world’s most pressing sustainable development challenges. We seek to build our expertise in social finance, and ultimately catalyse greater social and environmental impacts.
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