Scaling your impact, with Adriaan Schiphorst (Lendahand)

<p>This week sees a Dutch double-header on HTLMTS, with two episodes I recorded in Rotterdam while attending Money20/20. First up, a bonus episode that explores how Lendahand gathers capital from socially conscious European investors to empower loans to entrepreneurs in the developing world. </p><br><p><br></p><p>250+ investors are backing d.light, for example, who, with a next loan of EUR 120,000, will provide product financing to families living in rural off-grid communities of Kenya.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lendahand.com/en-EU/projects/60000097-d-light-12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">That project is currently fund-raising over here, by the way</a>; <em>Kaebauk Investimentu no Finansas</em> is raising $150,000 <a href="https://www.lendahand.com/en-EU/projects/60000091-kif-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">to fund agri-loans to small farmers in Timor-Leste</a>; or, if Modlova is more your scene, <a href="https://www.lendahand.com/en-EU/projects/60000096-mikro-kapital-16" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mikro Kapital will provide loans to about 17 small and micro-entrepreneurs there</a>. You get the picture. Choose from proven companies. Invest in the projects that fit your needs. Fight poverty in emerging markets. </p><br><p><br></p><p>It is a simple but effective model. </p><br><p><br></p><p>Lendahand is at https://www.lendahand.com/ (or jump straight to the Impact Report at https://www.lendahand.com/en-EU/blog/856-5-surprising-insights-from-the-impact-report)</p><br><p><br></p><p>Have you ever wondered why your non-ginger friend has a ginger beard? As you'll hear, Adriaan also has you covered on that in one of Vice's most-read articles: https://www.vice.com/en/article/ezv38a/why-do-so-many-men-have-red-beards-but-not-red-hair </p><br><p><br></p><p>You can learn more about myself, Brendan le Grange, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanlegrange/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">on my LinkedIn page</a> (feel free to connect), my action-adventure novels are