Elisabeth Fosseli Olsen is a Ph.D. researcher at the TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture at the University of Oslo, specializing in blended finance in development. Co-founder of Future Horizons AS, she brings over 20 years of consultancy experience in the development sector.
Impact investing is supposed to help bring private capital to the table to finance development objectives. But traditional forms of development funding — e.g., grants — are getting in the way.