ImpactVC

We’re thrilled to have celebrated the 2nd anniversary of ImpactVC’s launch yesterday at Nesta! It was fantastic to be surrounded by both familiar faces and new friends from our community. A huge thank you to everyone who’s been part of this journey – your support has been essential in building the home of impact venture. 🌎 A special shoutout to our brilliant speaker, Andrew Strait, Associate Director at Ada Lovelace Institute, who shared valuable insights on what impactful and responsible AI can look like in the venture ecosystem. 💡 We also announced some exciting things in the pipeline! 🚀 🌟 New UK Chapter Leads – Welcome Vishal Kothari, Carly Wickham, and Chloe Zhang! They’ll be driving in-person UK events for the community. ⚡ ImpactVC Unconference – Stay tuned for more details! 🏆 Impact Leader of the Year with EUVC – Nominations close next week, so don’t miss out! 📚 Resources to watch out for – "Impact as a Driver of Business Value Creation," published later this year. 📈 More training – Get ready for more opportunities to level up your impact journey. A massive thank you to all our members for playing such an instrumental role in what we’re building. If you’re a VC interested in joining ImpactVC, sign up and find out more about what we’re up to here: https://lnkd.in/eQTS7RMi Let’s keep the momentum going! ✨

🚨 We're looking for a research fellow to explore Impactful and Responsible AI with us - on a joint project between ImpactVC and VentureESG. The role is a great opportunity to dig into: 🌍 The ways we can draw on AI to deliver positive impact in areas like health, climate and financial inclusion ⚖️ The risks associated with AI use cases in these areas, building on responsible AI approaches more broadly ⚒️ Tools and templates we can produce to help VCs invest impactfully and responsibly in this area - and to help startup founders build their companies with these principles in mind Please check out the role below and share with folks you think would be great. #impact #vc #startups #ai #responsibleai

Introducing 🏆Impact Leader of the Year 🏆at the European VC Awards: This year, we're excited to be partnering up with Andreas and David at EUVC and Chris and Laura at Isomer Capital to bring impact onto the table at the European VC Awards 🌍 The Awards recognise the leading VCs in Europe across a range of categories - from GOATs to Newcomers, from Exits to Achievements of the year - with winners announced at the EUVC Summit in London in May 🥳 For the Impact Leader award we are looking for a firm delivering exceptional positive impact in the world alongside stellar financial returns 🌟 The winner may be an impact specialist or a generalist firm making strides in impact - with assessment across categories including financial performance, impact performance, impact practice, and ecosystem contribution. 🚨 Please do nominate the folks you see as showing leadership in impact using this (very brief) form: https://lnkd.in/ej5Qkyvs More information about the Summit and Awards here: https://lnkd.in/ePCksuRd #impact #vc #award #venture

🚨 We're looking for a research fellow to explore Impactful and Responsible AI with us - on a joint project between ImpactVC and VentureESG Really excited to dig into: 🌍 The ways we can draw on AI to deliver positive impact in areas like health, climate and financial inclusion ⚖️ The risks associated with AI use cases in these areas, building on responsible AI approaches more broadly ⚒️ Tools and templates we can produce to help VCs invest impactfully and responsibly in this area - and to help startup founders build their companies with these principles in mind Do check out the role below and share with folks you think would be great 🙏 #impact #vc #startups #ai #responsibleai

Introducing 🏆Impact Leader of the Year 🏆at the European VC Awards: This year, ImpactVC is partnering up with Andreas and David at EUVC and Chris and Laura at Isomer Capital to bring impact onto the slate at the European VC Awards 🌍 The Awards recognise the leading VCs in Europe across a range of categories - from GOATs to Newcomers, from Exits to Achievements of the year - with winners announced at the EUVC Summit in London in May 🥳 For the Impact Leader award we are looking for a firm delivering exceptional positive impact in the world alongside stellar financial returns 🌟 The winner may be an impact specialist or a generalist firm making strides in impact - with assessment across categories including financial performance, impact performance, impact practice, and ecosystem contribution. 🚨 Please do nominate the folks you see as showing leadership in impact using this (very brief) form: https://lnkd.in/ej5Qkyvs More information about the Summit and Awards here: https://lnkd.in/ePCksuRd #impact #vc #award #venture Ellie Philipp

The team is logging off for the break, filled with gratitude and excitement for next year! As we wrap up 2024, we want to take a moment to express our heartfelt thanks for the incredible work we’ve done together with our community. It’s been a busy year of co-creating activities, resources, training, and coaching with our members, all aimed at tilting the venture ecosystem towards impact. 💥 Looking ahead, we have so much planned for 2025! We’re excited to welcome new members, deepen connections through events and more localised chapters, and create even more opportunities for you to get involved in training and beyond. ✨ A massive thank you to our amazing community—especially our Chapter Co-Leads, Steering Committee members, working group members, faculty, partners, sponsors, and everyone in the broader ecosystem—for joining us on this journey. We greatly value your input and the collective strength of what we are building together. Together, we’re excited to continue shaping the global impact venture ecosystem in 2025! Finally, if you’re considering a change in the new year, we wanted to shout out these exciting opportunities with some fantastic organisations in the ImpactVC community: 💫 AENU - Analyst / Junior Associate (Berlin + home/remote). Application Deadline: 17 January: https://lnkd.in/e2Ukb3hD 💫 Resolution Foundation - External Members for their Investment Advisory Panel for new Workertech Fund. Application Deadline: 13 January: https://lnkd.in/eSpmf8Ed 💫 Norrsken VC - Investment Analyst (Stockholm + home/remote): https://lnkd.in/dzHNAsxz 💫 Partech - Impact Growth Equity Associate (Paris): https://lnkd.in/es53qmm7 💫 4P CAPITAL - Visiting Analyst (Remote-first, ideally based in Paris/Berlin/Frankfurt): https://lnkd.in/eVN-qSTC 💫 4impact capital - A number of roles available, Analyst, Associate, and Principal (The Hague/Amsterdam): https://lnkd.in/e-T_riW2 🌱 Opportunities for early-stage impact companies 🌱 ⚡ Impact Shakers Accelerator is open for applications until 22 December: https://lnkd.in/ed7YdQbE ⚡Bethnal Green Ventures’ Spring 2025 Tech for Good Programme is accepting applications until 5 January: https://lnkd.in/g_kTpznG Wishing you all a wonderful end-of-year break! We can’t wait to reconnect in 2025 and continue this exciting journey together! 🌟

We’re absolutely thrilled about what our ImpactVC Germany Chapter is building! 🎉 This movement is a fantastic reflection of the enthusiasm and expertise in the impact space within the German VC ecosystem. It's all about learning from one another, sharing insights, and forging collaborations that drive positive change. A massive shout out to our amazing Chapter Leads Elena Harumi Stark (AENU) and Natalie Milde (Future Energy Ventures) for sparking the fire 👏 And let's not forget our brilliant Steering Committee members: Alina Bassi (Ananda Impact Ventures), Imtiyaz Basharat 伊迪 (HEARTFELT_), Elzan Godlewski (kopa ventures) and Laurent-Frederic Lohmann (4P CAPITAL). Your passion, energy, and expertise are what make this community thrive! ✨ We can’t wait to see where this journey takes us together and what 2025 will bring! 🚀 #ImpactVC #impact #venturecapital

We had a fantastic experience training an exceptional group of fund managers in the inaugural Canadian-focused impact in VC training programme. Over five weeks, 17 fund managers engaged deeply to better understand how to embed impact into their investment process, tailored specifically to the Canadian context. We covered areas such as: 🎯 Creating an impact investment thesis 📈 Assessing impact as a driver of enterprise value 💫 Managing impact risk and returns 📐 Impact measurement, data, and reporting We're thrilled to have collaborated with such an inspiring and collaborative cohort and partner. This group is truly shaping the future of the impact venture ecosystem in Canada. We look forward to seeing how they apply their newfound knowledge and skills to drive positive change in their respective fields. Thank you to everyone involved for making this training programme a success ✨ #ImpactVC #ImpactVenture #Training

🌎 Calling impact focused VCs, and impact curious ones! You don’t want to miss this 🌎 📅 When: Thursday, 5th December, 19:00 - 21:00 CET 📍 Where: Berlin 📝 RSVP here: https://lu.ma/57ultlms Come in from the cold to enjoy delicious food, warming drinks, and inspiring conversations with like-minded peers. It’s the perfect chance to make new connections, reconnect with friends, and share ideas to further accelerate impact in venture capital. A big thanks to our Chapter Co-Leads, Elena Harumi Stark (AENU) Natalie Milde (Future Energy Ventures) and our incredible ambassadors — Laurent-Frederic Lohmann, Elzan Godlewski, Imtiyaz Basharat 伊迪 and Alina Bassi — for bringing this event to life. 💫

🌟 Philipp Essl, Advisor and Leadership Coach at ImpactVC, will be speaking at the Sigma Squared Summit 2024 this weekend! 🌟 The Sigma Squared Society empowers over 1,000 founders tackling the world’s biggest challenges. At ImpactVC, we recognise the incredible journey of impact founders. While the rewards are significant, the path can be challenging, requiring self-care and support. 💪 Philipp will join and share more our new leadership coaching initiative for impact founders, aimed at enhancing leadership performance.🌍 Curious to learn more? Reach out to Philipp if you want to explore coaching and discover how to unlock your potential as an impact leader! ✨ You can read more about why we launched coaching, and three key areas where we think coaching can be a game-changer in blog linked in the comments ✨ #ImpactLeadership #Coaching #SustainableChange