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LeapFrog Investments

LeapFrog Investments is a private equity investment company in emerging markets financial services, focusing on investments for emerging consumers in Africa and Asia. It has attracted over $1 billion from global investors since its inception in 2007, including funds from original investors JP Morgan, George Soros' Open Society Foundations and Pierre Omidyar's Omidyar Network. The investment firm benefited from former US President Bill Clinton's endorsement during his Global Initiative Conference in 2008. The company is headquartered in Port Louis, Mauritius.

LeapFrog has investments 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 2014, LeapFrog Investments announced $400 million USD raised for its second fund. OPIC, the U.S. government’s development finance institution, committed to invest up to $200 million USD in December 2015, the largest investment commitment by OPIC to any impact fund manager. In January 2016, Prudential Financial invested $500 million USD with the firm. LeapFrog makes "profit with purpose" investments in financial companies in high-growth markets such as Bima, a mobile insurance provider for low income customers in Asia, India and Africa.