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How does one of Europe's largest LPs invest in impact VC? 🤔 Why does the EU invest in impact VC? What sets apart the top impact VCs? Hear it from Anna Finizio from the European Investment Fund (EIF). Here are some key insights 🧠: - The EIF’s key screening criteria for VC impact funds are 1. Team, 2. Strategy, 3. Track-record 4. Impact vision 5. Independent governance - Impact funds are increasingly specializing and generalist funds need to find an edge somehow - Some of the market gaps in social impact that the EIF is looking to fund: 1. Underserved countries within the EU, 2. Thesis-driven social funds addressing specific social challenges in the society, and 3. Social impact funds with a diversity strategy regarding founders and investment targets, Read all about it here 🔍: https://lnkd.in/e3Bf5_UW #venturecapital, #impact, #sustainability

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Discover the crucial role impact investing plays in achieving #SDGs in our latest Special Report powered by Arowana Impact Capital. Download now for a comprehensive analysis of the current state and future prospects, featuring key players making a difference. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g7QShThv #LucidityInsights #ImpactInvesting #ClimateAction #SDGs2030 #SustainableFuture #InnovationForGood #SocialCapital #StartupImpact #EcoFriendlyTech #RenewableEnergy #GlobalChallenges #SustainabilitySolutions #GreenInnovation #SocialEntrepreneurship #ImpactfulInvesting #EconomicEmpowerment #ArtificialIntelligence #greenbusiness #greenfuture

The UVic Impact Investing Hub, in collaboration with Innovate BC and InBC, is working to map impact ventures in British Columbia, specifically early-stage companies and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their current and potential contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Are you a B.C. company creating impact? Complete this short survey (3-5 min) to share and validate your impact: https://lnkd.in/gxZviM-7 Results from this project will be consolidated and shared publicly on capitalcompass.ca, offering visibility to your company and a wide range of investors who are increasingly looking to identify impact ventures and using SDG as a framework. #impact #impactventure #SDG #UNSDG #britishcolumbia

🚀To achieve impact and success, it is essential to understand the core of your social venture and what makes it different. Social ventures are companies that aim to affect social or environmental change while remaining financially sustainable. Joyce Sou of the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing explains four critical techniques for social enterprises to attract donors and get investment. She emphasizes the need to acquire B Corp accreditation and register with the SVX platform. Visit the #SCIportal and dive into these techniques! Feel free to drop a comment sharing your experience with any of these techniques or let us know if you find them helpful! 📚💬: https://lnkd.in/dHbiv2ZC #SocialVenture #ImpactInvesting

You can still register to join us tomorrow to discuss how to bridge divides and mobilise more capital for a global just transition. We are co-hosting this event with the African Venture Philanthropy Alliance. Do come along! Wednesday 8 November  Time: 13:00-14:00 GMT  Location: Virtual    Baafour Otu-Boateng, our board member and Lead Expert will be in conversation with Jana van Deventer, Research Manager for Impact Investing at Krutham (formerly Intellidex), Hamdiya Ismaila, Founder and CEO at Savannah Impact Advisory, Urmi Sengupta, Senior Programme Officer for Impact Investment at MacArthur Foundation and Andrew Ahiaku, Head of the Financial Sector at Aceli Africa. The discussion will focus on how catalytic capital can help a transition to net zero in emerging and frontier markets.    What to expect:  ✅ Key insights from the Institute’s brand-new guide: “Bridging divides: A guide on using catalytic capital for a global just transition”   ✅ Practical examples highlighting different methods of deploying catalytic capital for a just transition   ✅ Successful models for effective partnerships between catalytic capital providers and local investors    You can find out more and register here: https://bit.ly/3Fq1jCI     #impactinvesting #catalyticcapital #blendedfinance #justtransition 

Still time to register to join the Impact Investing Institute and the African Venture Philanthropy Alliance for their global virtual event “Bridging divides: Catalytic capital for a global just transition” Wednesday, 8 November, 13:00-14:00 GMT. Baafour Otu-Boateng, board member and Lead Expert at the Impact Investing Institute will be in conversation with Jana van Deventer Research Manager for Impact Investing at Krutham (formerly Intellidex), Hamdiya Ismaila, Founder and CEO at Savannah Impact Advisory, Urmi Sengupta, Senior Programme Officer for Impact Investment MacArthur Foundation and Andrew Ahiaku - Head of the Financial Sector at Aceli Africa. The discussion will focus on how catalytic capital can help a transition to net zero in emerging and frontier markets.   What to expect:  ✅ Key insights from the Institute’s brand-new guide: “Bridging divides: A guide on using catalytic capital for a global just transition”  ✅ Practical examples highlighting different methods of deploying catalytic capital for a just transition  ✅ Successful models for effective partnerships between catalytic capital providers and local investors Save the date: Wednesday 8 November  Time: 13:00-14:00 GMT Location: Virtual    You can find out more and register here: https://lnkd.in/ewGeVyWd #impactinvesting #catalyticcapital #blendedfinance #justtransition 

At The Gathering for Social Investment, hosted by Connect Fund, we spoke to a few of the UK’s social investment leaders to explore what they think are the best aspects – and the biggest challenges – about the movement today. Here’s what Sung-Hyui Park, partner at Bates Wells, and Kamran Rashid, CEO of Impact Hub Bradford had to say. Head to our website to read our recent articles highlighting what impact leaders want to champion and want to change in social enterprise and social investment. Sung-Hyui Park | Bates Wells Kamran Rashid | Impact Hub Bradford #socialinvestment #socialenterprise #impactinvestment

I am so excited to lead this discussion, and to get under the hood of how corporations are mobilizing capital and so much more to invest in ways that achieve meaningful impact. Thanks so much Sophie Faujour and Nicolas Malmendier for creating the space for this important discussion. Let me know if you'll be at #BusinessofImpact

Latin America is witnessing a surge in impact investing, reaching a remarkable US$25 billion in 2021, with Mexico, Brazil, and Chile emerging as key demand drivers (source: WEF).   Excitingly, the Latin American Impact Investing Forum (FLII.org) is set to take place in Merida, Mexico from 27th to 29th February. This event will unite leading organizations dedicated to fostering impact valuation growth in LATAM. Our Founder, Samuel Vionnet, will be presenting his insights on the latest impact investing trends at the Forum.   We'd love to see some familiar faces in the audience. Will you be joining us? 🙌 🚀 🎯 #FLII2024 #ImpactInvestment #UniteToIgniteImpact #Impactsummit #FLIIConnect2024 #impactinvestment #venturecapital #socialimpact #sustainableinvesting #impactinvestor #impactdriven #impactinvesting101 #impactstartups #impactfulinvesting Edgar Eduardo Sacayon Madrigal, Andreza Souza, Pedro Tagliari, Noelia Pacharotti, Suzanne Andrea L., Marta Santamaria