Community Investment Management

Those of you in Asia time zones: CIM Partner Bernhard Eikenberg will be speaking at the upcoming 2X Global Deep Dive on Investment Playbook: Gender Accelerating Innovation to share our insights and lessons on reaching women borrowers. Bernhard will join CEO of Cashalo Gabriel Ayala and 60 Decibels Director Venu Aggarwal to discuss how product design and development can drive inclusion. The panel is scheduled for December 9th, 8:00–11:00 CET / 15:00–18:00 SGT as part of a larger workshop on gender lens investing.

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CIM is proud to launch a partnership with Aviva, a Mexican fintech startup using AI to meaningfully improve financial access for underbanked Mexicans. Aviva is unlocking financial services for millions of underbanked people using a unique “phygital” approach that combines diverse applications of AI with asset-light kiosks. Unlike digital-only fintechs and traditional banks, which are both concentrated in urban areas, Aviva's is driving access in smaller cities where many remain underserved. Read more about our investment here: https://lnkd.in/ehCX3_zG

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CIM is proud to launch a partnership with Kiwi, which is bringing affordable lending to underserved borrowers in Puerto Rico where only a quarter of residents report high financial well-being. Kiwi provides Puerto Ricans with low incomes and limited credit histories with financing to build resilience and opportunity for their households. According to Kiwi, only 25% of its users have a credit card and fewer than 10% have a mortgage, so access to Kiwi's financing can put them on the pathway to improving their credit score, and accessing the full suite of financial services needed for financial wellness. On average, Kiwi says that its users improve their credit score by 40 points after their first loan. Read more about our investment here: https://lnkd.in/eG8dQgvT

Community Investment Management is proud to announce our commitment to transparency and industry best practices by becoming a Founding Adopter of the Impact Performance Reporting Norms. This partnership reinforces our dedication to impact integrity and helps drive the necessary evolution of reporting standards across the industry. Discover the Reporting Norms here: https://lnkd.in/ge7wVPTH

Congrats to Roger Larach, Roger Teran and the R2 team! R2's new strategic partnership with Ant International positions the team to enable growth and resilience for millions more small and medium e-commerce enterprises across Latin America. Founded in 2020, R2 is a leading embedded lender that allows digital platforms to offer seamless financing solutions to underserved small businesses across the region. For CIM, this partnership illustrates exactly the kind of journey to scale that we hope our investment can enable for impactful ventures. As we continue to support R2's growth in both Chile and Mexico, we couldn't be more excited for the team's continued success.

At #SOCAP25, our Managing Partner Jacob Haar joined Hari Joy, Luz Urrutia, and Lindsay Zizumbo to discuss how impact investors can engage with each other and with the policy sector. He highlighted our work with Impact Capital Managers and Responsible Business Lending Coalition, and the importance of working together as community to share our insights and surface our contributions. Investors looking to get involved, please be in touch! Finally, our deepest thanks to everyone who joined us for our Annual SOCAP Dinner. We truly appreciated the chance to connect and collaborate with our partners. #ImpactInvesting #SOCAP25

Our Managing Partner Jacob Haar will be speaking at #SOCAP25. Jacob will take part in a panel on Advocacy Alongside Capital, joined by Lindsay Zizumbo, Hari Joy, and Luz Urrutia, sharing their expertise and contributing to conversations designed to accelerate systems-level change. The panel will take place on Tuesday October 28th, from 3:35-5:00pm PT, in the Yud Gallery of the Jewish Contemporary Museum.

Michael Hokenson, Bernhard Eikenberg, and Malika Anand had a fantastic time catching up with the impact investment community at the 2025 GIIN Impact Forum in Berlin! Highlights included co-hosting a great walking tour with Capricorn Investment Group and ImpactAssets which revealed art treasures that were literally under our feet. We also had team members contributing to key discussions: Malika Anand attended the Innovative Finance Initiative Community Day and the CGAP breakfast to share insights on authentically managing for impact. Michael Hokenson attended the ICM dinner and GIIN IC breakfast. Thank you to the GIIN and all attendees for a productive and collaborative week! #GIINImpactForum2025 #ImpactInvesting