
Bright Days Ahead: How Spark Opens Up Energy Access with Backing from Carabus and Atradius DSB
Providing clean, safe and sustainable energy in Sub-Saharan Africa with your investment
Written by Daniël van Maanen on 17 April 2025
Trump’s new trade tariffs are shaking markets. What does that mean for your Lendahand investments? Here's a quick look at trade, the economy, and currency rates.
Providing clean, safe and sustainable energy in Sub-Saharan Africa with your investment
Dear impact investors, The new year has begun—a perfect time for reflection and looking ahead.
In December 2024, CEO Arno Hoogenhuizen unveiled our latest shortcomings. But how did we fare with our previous shortcomings? Find the third edition of our shortcomings, complete with an update, here.
Indonesian SME lending platform Validus is going places, and we’re excited to share their recent achievements with you.
The Dutch cabinet has decided to make significant cuts to the development aid budget. Each year, €2.4 billion less. This week it was announced that NGOs dedicated to development aid will have to manage with a budget of €0.4 billion instead of €1.4 billion.
Your investment in Carabus is more than just a debut for Lendahand. For the first time in the Netherlands, a partnership with Atradius DSB makes a direct investment in a sustainable energy project via crowdfunding possible, with a 100% guarantee.
Dirkjan Vis is an online entrepreneur who is passionate about what's happening in the investing world. He shares his experience as a crowd investor at Lendahand.
Join us to Timor-Leste where we visit Kaebauk to better understand how your financing is being used to combat poverty and foster economic prosperity in the country.
The historical return on investments in Financial Institutions on Lendahand is now 3.9% per year (and rising!).
How does Funding Societies transform financing into tangible impact and positive change in Southeast Asia? We talk to their client Beleaf Farms, an innovative scale-up that is transforming the lives of many farmers and the agricultural sector in Indonesia.
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