Impact ecosystem

Despite the speculation, impact investing venture capital has matured beyond idealism into a commercially-driven approach that delivers strong returns while scaling urgent solutions, argue Alina Klarner and Christin ter Braak-Forstinger.

Small-scale social impact funds established in Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine have built up diverse investment portfolios, offering hope they can scale up further to tackle major local challenges.

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The Danish development finance institution has also introduced a new private-public initiative, the Danish SDGII Fund. It wants its new branding to reflect its international outlook and global partnerships.

The heads of the social impact investment arm of Ferd, the family-owned Norwegian investment company, discuss its diverse range of social impact investments and its desire to drive social innovation across Norway and the Nordics.

Impact investing consultancy Phenix Capital said uncertainties surrounding national net-zero targets and requirements around the world were among factors giving impact investors food for thought.

After laying the foundations, the MENA region is building an investable impact economy from the ground up, with resilient businesses that are ready to scale, says Safia Tmiri, executive director at Alfanar.

The cryptocurrency developer and its partners believe the product structure could also be used to fund other impact-linked areas.

The non-profit says in its latest report that impact investing techniques and strategies are entering the mainstream, with more outcomes contracts and the development of national-level impact wholesalers being key trends.

Miki Yokoyama, managing director of Aurum Impact, talks about the unique opportunity to drive family offices to invest into impact and what is holding them back.