<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><!-- generator=Zoho Sites --><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><atom:link href="https://www.isfa.lu/news/events/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>ISFA - International Social Finance Accelerator - News , Events</title><description>ISFA - International Social Finance Accelerator - News , Events</description><link>https://www.isfa.lu/news/events</link><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:46:03 +0200</lastBuildDate><generator>http://zoho.com/sites/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Announcing the Launch of the International Social Finance Accelerator]]></title><link>https://www.isfa.lu/news/post/announcing-the-launch-of-the-international-social-finance-accelerator</link><description><![CDATA[Our new social finance acceleration programme was officially launched on 12-Sep-2024 at the House of Startups in Luxembourg. The International Social F ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_SyzTS4p-T5qqAJLS0e3cSA" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_JG7wA41AR5GQZmdbieo0TA" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_ZzZmiDrpTu-tr2pzyARSJQ" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_KdIANiI_pxB1Y_lHxrev-g" data-element-type="image" class="zpelement zpelem-image "><style> @media (min-width: 992px) { [data-element-id="elm_KdIANiI_pxB1Y_lHxrev-g"] .zpimage-container figure img { width: 1200px !important ; height: 473px !important ; } } </style><div data-caption-color="" data-size-tablet="" data-size-mobile="" data-align="center" data-tablet-image-separate="false" data-mobile-image-separate="false" class="zpimage-container zpimage-align-center zpimage-tablet-align-center zpimage-mobile-align-center zpimage-size-original zpimage-tablet-fallback-fit zpimage-mobile-fallback-fit hb-lightbox " data-lightbox-options="
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</div><div data-element-id="elm_ZC--iVy1SOGH2YH9_kLHsw" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style></style><div class="zptext zptext-align-center " data-editor="true"><div style="color:inherit;"><p style="text-align:left;">Our new social finance acceleration programme was officially launched on 12-Sep-2024 at the House of Startups in Luxembourg.</p><p style="text-align:left;"><br></p><p style="text-align:left;">The International Social Finance Accelerator (ISFA) is a groundbreaking initiative designed to support promising social impact fund managers through their launch and initial operations, offering both financial support and technical assistance through personalised coaching and training workshops.</p><p style="text-align:left;"><br></p><p style="text-align:left;">This launch event was a chance for our team, represented by Stephan Peters and Laurence Hulin, to present an overview of the programme and discuss opportunities for collaboration and partnership.&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align:left;"><br></p><p style="text-align:left;">Thank you to our outstanding guests and speakers for joining the celebration and for contributing together to a more inclusive and sustainable society.</p></div></div>
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