Can you invest for impact
and uncompromising returns?

Can you invest for impact and uncompromising returns?

With DWM, you can.

Learn about our
impact and returns

Developing World Markets helped invent modern impact investing more than 20 years ago and has been a leader in the field ever since.

Today, DWM’s unmatched experience provides institutional investors with risk-tailored debt and equity strategies designed to combine competitive returns with social and environmental impact.

23 years

See DWM’s company timelineof successful impact investing

23 years

of successful impact investing

70 countries

See where DWM has investedacross five continents in our global portfolio

70 countries

across five continents in our global portfolio

200+ companies
funded

Read about DWM’s debt and equity investmentsthrough debt and equity in nine developmental sectors

200+ companies

funded through debt and equity in nine developmental sectors

Global on-the-
ground presence

Meet DWM's worldwide teamwith U.S. headquarters in Connecticut, offices in New York, and team members in 13 countries in Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, North America, and South America

Global on-the-ground presence

with U.S. headquarters in Connecticut, offices in New York, and team members in 13 countries in Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, North America, and South America

Can you invest for impact and uncompromising returns?

With DWM, you can.

Learn about our
impact and returns
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Can you invest for impact
and uncompromising returns?

Can you invest for impact and uncompromising returns?

With DWM, you can.

Developing World Markets helped invent modern impact investing more than 20 years ago and has been a leader in the field ever since.

Today, DWM’s unmatched experience provides institutional investors with risk-tailored debt and equity strategies designed to combine competitive returns with social and environmental impact.

23 years

See DWM’s company timelineof successful impact investing

23 years

of successful impact investing

70 countries

See where DWM has investedacross five continents in our global portfolio

70 countries

across five continents in our global portfolio

200+ companies
funded

Read about DWM’s debt and equity investmentsthrough debt and equity in nine developmental sectors

200+ companies

funded through debt and equity in nine developmental sectors

Global on-the-
ground presence

Meet DWM's worldwide teamwith U.S. headquarters in Connecticut, offices in New York, and team members in 13 countries in Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, North America, and South America

Global on-the-ground presence

with U.S. headquarters in Connecticut, offices in New York, and team members in 13 countries in Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, North America, and South America

DWM is a 2022 ImpactAssets 50 impact investing firm. DWM earned A+ in Strategy & Governance and A+ in Direct Inclusive Finance from United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), 2020.

DWM is a 2022 ImpactAssets 50 impact investing firm.
DWM earned A+ in Strategy & Governance and A+ in Direct Inclusive Finance from United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), 2020.

ImpactAssets - 2022 Global 50 Impact Investing Firm - 2022-03-15
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ImpactAssets- 2021 Global 50 Impact Investing Firm - 2021-11-04
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How we create impact

DWM’s commitment to social and environmental impact is inseparable from our perspective as investors. Every facet of our investing is aligned with our goals for sustainable development.

Learn about our impact and returns
Learn about
our impact
and returns

Where we invest

See the full list of investment countries
See the full list of
investment countries
DWM’s history of investing across the globe
DWM’s history of investing
across the globe

How we invest

DWM’s mission-aligned investing drives us toward both rigor and innovation. We aim for competitive, risk-appropriate returns with a solutions-oriented approach across the capital structure.

Read about DWM’s debt and equity investments
Read about DWM’s
debt and equity
investments

We’re serious about assessing and documenting impact

2022 IMPACT REPORT
INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION REPORT
OPERATING PRINCIPLES DISCLOSURE

DWM’s history and people

There was no investing firm quite like DWM before DWM. Today, our deeply experienced global team shows what sustained impactful investing can do.

Explore DWM’s history, people, careers and more
Explore DWM’s
history, people,
careers and more

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