Areas served Africa and Asia Type of business Private | Website www.leapfroginvest.com Founded 2007 | |
Founders Andrew Kuper (Founder and CEO), Jim Roth(Co-founder and Partner) Services Investments, Technical and Management Support | ||
Andrew kuper introduces leapfrog investments
LeapFrog Investments is a private investment firm that invests in high-growth financial services and healthcare companies in emerging markets. The firm's investments have an annual growth rate of more than 40% and its companies reach approximately 93.4 million consumers, primarily in Africa and Asia.
Contents
- Andrew kuper introduces leapfrog investments
- Forbes interview with leapfrog investments president andew kuper
- References
LeapFrog has attracted over $1 billion from global investors since inception, including funds from investors such as Prudential Financial, Swiss Re, JP Morgan, TIAA-CREF and eBay founder Pierre Omidyar's Omidyar Network.
LeapFrog was founded in January 2007 by Andrew Kuper and officially launched in 2008 by former US President Bill Clinton who endorsed the firm for opening new frontiers for alternative investments.
According to The Economist, LeapFrog is leading commercial impact investing with its "profit with purpose" investment strategy. The firm has invested in companies such as BIMA, a fintech business that provides services including mobile insurance to 20 million low income customers in Asia, Africa and Latin America, India's Mahindra Insurance Brokers, a leading Indian insurance broker and part of Mahindra Group, and Kenyan retail pharmacy chain Goodlife.
LeapFrog owns significant stakes in companies in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Thailand, Indonesia and India. It raised its first fund of $135 million in 2009 to invest in insurance and related financial services companies. In September 2013, LeapFrog Investments launched its second fund, raising $204 million USD initially, and in 2014 it announced the fund was oversubscribed at $400 million USD. OPIC, the U.S. government’s development finance institution, committed to invest up to $200 million USD in December 2015, the largest investment commitment historically by OPIC to any impact fund manager. In January 2016, Prudential Financial invested $350 million USD with the firm.
LeapFrog has offices in Mauritius, Singapore, South Africa, Australia and the United Kingdom.