Impact Expansion

Hi All, hope you have had the opportunity to relax with your friends and families over the summer. I wanted to share this great news with you ! #ImpactExpansion #GlobalImpact #Sustainability #SocialImpact #GIIN #ImpactInvesting #PositiveChange

🌍 Proud Moment for Impact Expansion! 🌍 We are thrilled to announce that Impact Expansion has been included in the prestigious 2024 GIIN | Financial cohort of Global Impact funds! 🎉 This recognition highlights the commitment and passion of our entire team to fostering innovative solutions that contribute to a more sustainable and equitable world. We are incredibly proud to be part of this global community working to build a new Business Model—one that prioritises respect for both people and the planet. 🌱 As we join forces with like-minded leaders in the impact investing space, we look forward to creating lasting change and driving positive impact together. Let's continue to pave the way for a brighter, more sustainable future! https://lnkd.in/ehZAN34A #ImpactExpansion #GlobalImpact #Sustainability #SocialImpact #GIIN #ImpactInvesting #PositiveChange Francois de Borchgrave, Erick Rinner, Charles-Antoine Janssen, Jérôme Fournier Le Ray, Karen De Vits, Ladislas de Guerre, Emmanuel Floret, Marthe Vander Stichele, Yanis Ouali, Elvire Perrin

A new article on Impact Expansion's final closing https://lnkd.in/e93qwFyB Thanks Thomas Loeillet for this great paper ! Jérôme Fournier Le Ray Ladislas de Guerre Elvire Perrin Erick Rinner Charles-Antoine Janssen Francois de Borchgrave Karen De Vits Yanis Ouali Marthe Vander Stichele Emmanuel Floret

We, at Impact Expansion, are thrilled to announce the successful final closing of our Fund at its hard cap of €150m 🚀 🚀 🚀 , with the backing of great investors including the European Investment Fund (EIF), SFPIM, our cornerstone backers, as well as many others including SWEN Capital Partners, BNP Paribas Fortis, PMV, Ethias, finance&invest.brussels, and sophisticated family offices and entrepreneurs focused on achieving financial performance alongside generating positive societal impact which is so much needed! We are grateful to all of them 🙏 And this is not all! We are also proud to announce that we closed our 4th investment and 1st one in Belgium 🚀 , in BeliVert, a fast growing company active in the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency related solutions 🤩 . Thanks Thomas Watteyne and Frédéric Dargent, we look forward to our strong partnership! Francois de Borchgrave, Charles-Antoine Janssen, Erick Rinner, Jérôme Fournier Le Ray, Karen De Vits, Ladislas de Guerre, Emmanuel Floret, Marthe Vander Stichele, Yanis Ouali, Elvire Perrin #impactinvesting; #impactperformance; #sustainability

Closing à 150 M€ pour Impact Expansion https://trib.al/Kqkxb8F

Impact Expansion has announced the final close of its first impact fund, raising €150m from a range of investors including the European Investment Fund (EIF), SWEN Capital Partners, BNP Paribas Fortis Private Equity, Ethias, Securex, Belgium’s sovereign wealth fund SFPIM, and several family offices. The fund will provide growth capital to profitable SMEs in Western Europe that offer solutions to major gaps across the three themes of healthcare, upskilling and inclusion and climate and nature, as investor relations and impact manager Elvire Perrin explains to Karolina Adamkiewicz.

Le dernier fonds de l’investisseur à impact belge et leader mondial KOIS a récolté 150 millions d’euros. 🗣 “C’est la fin d’un marathon”, témoignent Francois de Borchgrave et Charles-Antoine Janssen. Aux côtés de leur équipe, le duo est parvenu à réaliser un tour de force dans les conditions de marché actuelles. 💪 Les deux hommes viennent en effet de clôturer la levée d’un nouveau véhicule de soutien aux pépites européennes qui font rimer rendement financier avec atteinte d'objectifs #sociétaux et #environnementaux. 💰 Au total, quelque 150 millions à déployer ont été récoltés auprès de grands noms de l’économie belge. On peut citer ici l’exemple de BNP Paribas Fortis, Ethias, Securex, la banque vdk bank ou encore le fonds de pension de VIVAQUA Hydralis. L'ensemble des invests régionaux (Wallonie Entreprendre, finance&invest.brussels, PMV) ont également participé, ainsi que le bras financier de l'État belge (SFPIM) ou encore européen (FEI). Du côté des familles entrepreneuriales, Michel Moortgat ( CEO de Duvel Moortgat) et Bernard Moortgat, les Périer-D’Ieteren et Michele Sioen sont de la partie, tout comme les familles à l'origine de Degroof Petercam ou encore des familles actionnaires d’AB InBev, d'Ackermans & van Haaren et Bekaert par exemple. Impact Expansion I, de son petit nom, a déjà investi dans quatre entreprises, dont la belge BeliVert, spécialisée dans l'énergie. 👉 Un article de Simon Souris à lire ici: https://lnkd.in/gtA3Tct4 #investissement #impact #entreprises #environnement #climat #société #LEcho #journalisme

Part of the Impact Expansion Team participated to ChangeNOW in Paris and met with impressive entrepreneurs with amazing ideas and companies and inspiring individuals such as Marion Chaygneaud-Dupuy and Amandine Roche. The energy to change the world and the planet is here! Jérôme Fournier Le Ray, Erick Rinner, Ladislas de Guerre, Elvire Perrin #impactinvesting, #sustainablefinance, #changingtheplanet

Our current European framework (EU SFRD) carries too much risk of green and impact washing. That’s why wee need to define impact investing. Now!    Impact Expansion decided to join the #UnitedForImpact initiative 🇪🇺 The movement gathers 32 referent impact funds from 14 countries, representing a large part of the European impact private equity market at various investment stages.    Why?    In 2018 EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR) introduced articles 6, 8 and 9 funds in 2018 to support « sustainable investments » but this framework now lacks clarity. The Commission recently launched a wide consultation to assess #SFDR, and proposed to draft a more precise product categorisation including a new category specifically targeting impact solutions. We support this proposition.    It may seem like a technical debate, but it is not !    Capital should be massively reoriented towards impact-driven companies aligning business performance with the resolution of major environmental and/or social challenges. Sustainability is no longer optional;impact should be the new paradigm.    A well-defined framework and precise definitions are essential to foster the EU capital market and achieve our continent’s sustainable development objectives.    Impact investing is at the heart of sustainable finance. We call on European authorities to make it happen at a large scale.    Join us!   European Commission; Ursula von der Leyen; Mairead McGuinness; John Berrigan; Impact Europe  

It was an honour for Francois de Borchgrave and Elvire Perrin, from Impact Expansion to participate to FASE insightful webinar “More Impact for Lunch” alongside @Thierry Wolff, from one of our major investor, the European Investment Fund (EIF) and Rasmus Hougaard, CEO of one of our portfolio companies, Potential Project! #impactinvesting #impactthatmatters #impactentrepreneurship