Home - LeapFrog Investments Top Skip to content Home About About People Advisory board Investors LeapFrog Labs New Ambition Investment How we invest and build Portfolio companies Innovation Measurement Consumer insights Careers News In the news Press releases Contact Terms and Conditions SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER Sign up to our newsletter Your first name* Your surname* Email address* Company Sector --- Academia Banking and finance Business services Consultancy Development and Humanitarian Health IT and telecoms Government Primary and utility Manufacturing Media Retail and distribution Other By checking this box you agree with our terms and conditions.* *required Home About About People Advisory board Investors LeapFrog Labs New Ambition Investment How we invest and build Portfolio companies Innovation Measurement Consumer insights Careers News In the news Press releases Contact Profit with Purpose 91.4 M LeapFrog companies reach 91.4 million people 28.8 % These companies grew 28.8% in 2015 102.2 k They provide jobs and livelihoods to 102,188 people LeapFrog invests in extraordinary businesses in Africa and Asia We partner with their leaders to achieve leaps of growth, profitability and impact. Today, LeapFrog companies reach 91.4 million people across 22 emerging markets. More than 74 million are emerging consumers, often accessing insurance, savings, pensions or credit for the first time. We call this distinctive approach profit with purpose, because it generates strong results and changes many lives. Leading global investors share this vision and have invested and committed over a billion dollars to LeapFrog. Latest leaps Don't follow the money. Follow the people Where will the most significant businesses of the next decade be found? Its the riddle that investors the world over are continually trying to solve. For many, the answer is to follow the money, hence the frequent focus on the capital-soaked US and European markets. But there is another approach, and that is to follow the consumer. If capital today flows towards pre-eminent business opportunities, it is the social mobility of people that marks tomorrows golden ticket. Nowhere is that mobility more apparent than in the emerging markets of Africa, South and Southeast Asia, where two billion people earning between $2 and $10 a day are currently rising out of poverty. These emerging consumers, the bulwark of a new global middle class, represent the economic powerhouse of the future. Continue reading the full article from African Business Review here Why emerging markets investments satisfy demand for returns and ethics Jim Roth speaks on CNBC, exploring why it pays to be optimistic about emerging markets businesses IFMR Capital: The money conductors With its unique products, LeapFrog portfolio company IFMR Capital is leading MFIs into the world of big finance Linklaters PE head joins LeapFrog Stuart Bedford, who has led more than $40bn of transactions, joins LeapFrog as general counsel IFMR Holdings annual update 2016 Sucharita Mukherjee, CEO of LeapFrog company IFMR Holdings, speaks on the power of complete access to finance Home About Investment Innovation Careers News Contact Terms and Conditions ©LEAPFROG INVESTMENTS 7ads6x98y