Angels of Impact

What Angels of Impact does

Angels of Impact (legal name: Exponential Transformations Pte. Ltd.) is a Singapore-headquartered, for-profit "charitable purpose" enterprise founded in 2016 that operates as an impact-investing intermediary targeting the "missing middle" — women-led, community-based, sustainable enterprises in Southeast Asia that are too large for microfinance and too small for most impact investors. The organization runs two primary products: the WISE (Women Impacting Social Entrepreneurship) program, a 3-12 month customized capacity-building accelerator covering business planning, financial literacy, and funding readiness; and the Evergreen Fund, a revolving low-interest loan facility that reinvests repaid principal back into new enterprises. Capital deployment is relationship-based, evaluating community capital, social impact, and revenue potential rather than traditional credit metrics, and has achieved a 100% loan repayment rate since 2016.

The business model is hybrid: a small core team (1-10 employees) plus a network of 10+ senior advisors executes program operations funded by grants and donations, while the Evergreen Fund generates modest transaction-fee-style returns on low-interest loans (cumulative $180,000 deployed across 5 loans since 2016). Additional revenue streams include corporate partnerships and consulting for CSR and shared-value programs. Since inception, Angels of Impact has supported 35+ enterprises across 9 ASEAN countries (with limited pilots in New Zealand and the United States), impacting an estimated 64,000 lives, and has disbursed approximately $394,500 in grants, loans, and facilitated equity investments. Strategic partners include ASEAN Foundation, UN Women, UN Global Compact, SAP, Bloomberg, Kiva, WWF, and Charles & Keith, with 28+ named partner enterprises organized across Sustainable Fashion, Sustainable Foods, and Sustainable Products & Services. There is no proprietary technology platform, no mobile app, no AI/ML capability, and no external venture or growth equity capital — the organization operates as a low-overhead programmatic intermediary.

Name

Angels of Impact

Legal name

Exponential Transformations Pte. Ltd.

Website

https://angelsofimpact.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Angels of Impact is a Singapore-based charitable purpose enterprise, founded in 2016, that operates a capacity-building accelerator (WISE) and a revolving loan fund (Evergreen Fund) targeting women-led, community-based social enterprises in Southeast Asia that fall into the "missing middle" between microfinance and traditional impact investing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Impact Investing and Social Enterprise Capacity Building

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Other Grantmaking and Giving Services (813219), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Impact Investment & Development Investment Funds (BPADACAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Philanthropy & Foundations Advisory (Donor-Advised Funds, Endowments) (FSAAABAH), Charitable Giving & Philanthropic Trust Advisory (FSAEAKAH)

Keywords

• Impact investing
• Capacity building services
• Social enterprise financing
• Women-led enterprise support
• Community development loans

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Loan Financing: Angels of Impact provides low-cost loans through their Evergreen Fund to women-led community-based enterprises. The Evergreen Fund reinvests repaid loans from enterprises that have received capacity building through the WISE accelerator.
2. Capacity Building Services: Customized capacity building programs through the WISE (Women Impacting Social Entrepreneurship) program, which includes business planning, financial literacy, and funding readiness support.
3. Corporate Partnerships and Consulting: Engaging corporate partners for CSR and shared value programs, helping integrate regenerative enterprise products into corporate pantries and gifts.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Angels of Impact provides low-cost loans through its Evergreen Fund and customized capacity building through its WISE (Women Impacting Social Entrepreneurship) accelerator program to women-led, community-based, sustainable enterprises in Southeast Asia. The WISE program is a 3-12 month skills-based volunteering and business planning initiative focused on financial literacy and investment readiness. The Evergreen Fund is a revolving loan facility that reinvests repaid loans back into new enterprises, using a relationship-based lending model that has achieved a 100% repayment rate since 2016.

Product overview

Angels of Impact is a charitable purpose enterprise dedicated to investing in women-led, community-based, and sustainable enterprises in Southeast Asia. The organization operates two core programs: the Women Impacting Social Enterprises (WISE) Program, a capacity-building accelerator providing customized skills-based volunteering, business planning, and financial literacy support over 3-12 months; and the Evergreen Fund, a low-cost loan facility that reinvests repaid loans to support creditworthy enterprises. The organization also maintains a network of partner social enterprises across three main categories: Sustainable Fashion (including textile and handicraft producers like Anthill Fabric, Batik Fractal, and The Fabric Social), Sustainable Foods (including artisanal food producers like Javara, Krakakoa, and Siam Organic), and Sustainable Products and Services (including enterprises in water filtration, home care, and cultural preservation). These partner enterprises focus on women empowerment, indigenous community support, and environmental sustainability across ASEAN.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WISE (Women Impacting Social Entrepreneurship): Angels of Impact's flagship capacity-building program that supports women-led, community-based enterprises in ASEAN to become credit-worthy and investment-ready over a 3–12 month period. The program focuses on business planning, financial literacy, and financial management.
• Evergreen Fund

Products and services

• WISE (Women Impacting Social Entrepreneurship) Program Flagship 3-12 month capacity-building accelerator providing customized skills-based volunteering, business planning, financial literacy, and funding readiness support to women-led community-based enterprises in ASEAN, designed to make enterprises creditworthy and investment-ready.
• Evergreen Fund Revolving loan fund providing low-interest, short-term debt loans to community-based enterprises that have completed the WISE accelerator. Reinvests repaid loans back into the program and uses a relationship-based lending model evaluating community capital, social impact, and revenue generation potential rather than traditional credit estimates, achieving a 100% repayment rate since 2016.
• Corporate CSR and Shared Value Partnerships Engages corporate partners for CSR, sponsorships, and shared value programs, helping integrate regenerative enterprise products into corporate pantries and gifts and supporting the WISE program. Partners have included SAP, UN Women, Bloomberg, ASEAN Foundation, and UN Global Compact Network.
• Integrated Capital Grants and Equity Match Facilitation Deployment of grant capital and facilitation of equity investor matches to women-led community-based enterprises, complementing WISE capacity building and Evergreen Fund loans. Includes small grants to WISE accelerator participants and facilitated introductions between enterprises and angel investors.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% repayment rate on loans since 2016
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Catalyst 2030coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 May 2022Collaboration on CRESCENT initiative for social enterprise recovery and innovation across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
• OikoCreditcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Podcast collaboration on values-based investing and social change.
• KivacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Kiva for financial training and planning, helping weavers open first bank accounts and access microfinance.
• World Wildlife Fund (WWF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with WWF in Lampung helped Krakakoa build trust with farmers and implement sustainable farming techniques.
• Charles and KeithminorStrategic or Co-development Partner2019 collaboration with Charles and Keith produced special capsule collection of hand-woven items for International Women's Day.
• Illumination SolarminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Illumination Solar from Melbourne to provide solar chargers for women weavers.
• CodeCloudminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with education organisation CodeCloud to develop smartphone app for women weavers as business and logging tool.
• APOPOminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Fabric Social reinvests 5% of profits as donations to anti-landmine organisation APOPO. For every item sold, one square meter of minefield is cleared.
• BloombergcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBook launch event hosted by Bloomberg Singapore with Bloomberg Women's Committee support.
• ASEAN FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of ASEAN WISE events and supporter of impact programs.
• UN Global Compact NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeam member involved with UN Global Compact Network initiatives.
• Upaya Social VenturescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey speaker and supporter at ASEAN WISE 2021 event.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Root Capital: Lends and provides financial training to agricultural and artisan enterprises in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. Directly comparable as a relationship-based impact lender to community-rooted enterprises, including those working with smallholder farmers.
• RSF Social Finance: Provides patient capital, loans, and capacity-building to social enterprises in food and agriculture, education, and the environment. Directly comparable as a relationship-based impact lender; CEO Jasper van Brakel was a keynote at ASEAN WISE 2021.
• Patamar Capital: Southeast Asia-focused early-stage impact investor backing social enterprises serving the base of the pyramid. Directly comparable as a regional impact investor with an accelerator-adjacent model and explicit focus on women-led and community-based enterprises.
• Agora Partnerships: Provides accelerator programming, mentorship, and catalytic capital to high-impact, women-led, and community-based enterprises across Latin America. Directly comparable as a capacity-building + capital intermediary model; differs in geography.
• SheEO: Global community of women supporting women-led ventures through pooled capital, venture funding, and capacity-building. Directly comparable as a gender-lens impact investor and capacity-builder; differs in being a membership/network model rather than a regional fund.
• Upaya Social Ventures: Invests in and accelerates early-stage social enterprises that employ people at the base of the pyramid in India and other emerging markets. Directly comparable mission and operating model; an existing speaker/partner at AoI's ASEAN WISE 2021 event.

Broad incumbents

• Acumen: Global impact investment fund and accelerator focused on poverty alleviation through patient capital to early-stage social enterprises. Directly comparable as an impact investor serving enterprises in emerging markets with a similar values-driven lens, though much larger and operating across more geographies.
• Oikocredit: Global cooperative and impact investor providing debt and equity to financial institutions and social enterprises in developing countries. Directly comparable as a values-based lender with a focus on financial inclusion; an existing podcast and event partner of AoI.
• LGT Venture Philanthropy: Impact investor providing growth capital and capacity-building support to high-potential social enterprises in emerging markets. Comparable as an impact investor with a venture philanthropy model; an existing investor in Krakakoa, one of AoI's portfolio enterprises.
• Impact Investment Exchange (IIX): Asia-focused impact investment platform operating funds, an impact exchange, and gender-lens investing products including the Women's Livelihood Bond series. Comparable as a regional impact investor with explicit women-led and gender-lens mandates.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/angelsofimpact
• Facebookfacebook.com/angelsofimpact
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/angels-of-impact
• Instagraminstagram.com/angelsofimpact

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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