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MicroVest Capital Management:

• Is the first private microfinance investment firm in the U.S.;

• Is a capital-mobilizing intermediary for microfinance “banks”;

• Is operated by a professional investment management team;

• Is governed by a strong private sector board.

MicroVest One's global investments reach viable, proven MFIs seeking capital to continue their growth.  Instruments include debt, subordinated debt, loan guarantees, equity (with an exit strategy), and quasi-equity sub-debt. Investments are made in existing financial institutions that:

• Provide financial services to low-income based enterprises, and

• Are profitable, growth-oriented, and well-managed.

Over the last 25 years, microfinance has emerged as a powerful development tool by raising the incomes of millions of families in the developing world through supporting self-reliant entrepreneurs often excluded from the formal financial sector. Unfortunately, a growing funding gap prevents hundreds of successful microfinance institutions (MFIs) from maximizing the number of loans made available to these entrepreneurs. That’s not only business lost, but families left trapped in poverty.

MicroVest is demonstrating that private investors can do more to reverse this trend while earning a strong social return.

MicroVest offers investors the opportunity to invest directly in an

instrument that facilitates the growth of microfinance institutions while

maintaining focus on the return of principal and fiduciary responsibility.

MicroVest Video

Gil Crawford Joins Microfinance Leaders at Google

On March 20, 2006, Google.org hosted an educational seminar entitled "Microfinance Funds Make A Return: Investing for Social Impact". The seminar invited leading microfinance experts to share insights about Social Impact Investing and its potential to alleviate global poverty and is now available for viewing online.

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MicroVest Literature

MicroVest I News - 1Q08 Investor Update

• Report from Management
• Portfolio Overview
• Spotlight MFI—PRESTANIC (Nicaragua)
• New Board Member and Staff

The Microfinance Minute - Summer 2006 Newsletter

• Industry Insights with Gil Crawford
• Dave Richards on Achieving Sustainable Poverty Reduction
• Eric Olson at the University of Chicago "Microfinance at a Crossroads" Conference
• Big Banks to Back Small Loans
• News: Industry Overview, Emerging Markets, Political Climate, and Technological Impacts

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