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🔔Only 9 days to go until the 14th PYM Impact Days! Join these impact investors in creating the future you want to see. This year Impact Days is all about collaboration and co-creation for collective action.  Gain insights from wealth holders’ stories, learn from experts, deepen your knowledge, and improve your strategy for investing in future transformation. 👇Buy your tickets through the link in the comments. #impactinvesting #impact #ancientwisdom # transformthefuture

Calling all conscious investors (and those aspiring to be)! The 14th annual PYM Impact Days theme is 'Ancient Wisdom For Future Transformation', bringing together impact investors for connections and conversations that will create the future we want to see. Gain insights from wealth holders’ stories, learn from experts, deepen your knowledge, and improve your strategy for investing in future transformation. All taking place in a breathtaking location that taps into the beauty and inspiration of nature. 👇Buy your tickets through the link in the comments. #impactinvesting #impact #ancientwisdom #transformthefuture

Impact Investors: We want to hear from you! As an investor in purpose-led businesses, you know that impact measurement is everything. But what kind of impact evidence matters most to you when making those crucial decisions? 💼🌱 At Ithaca Impact, we're shaping our 'Get Set for Impact' program to empower female founders to deliver the impact data you need. Now, we're asking for your input! This is your chance to influence how companies present their social and environmental outcomes—help us ensure they meet (and exceed!) your expectations. ✨ Take our short survey and share your insights on the impact evidence that counts. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gUMSNxVV We'd welcome your insights and those of your peers Kerry Series Gavin Keeley Wayne Gerard Steve Baxter Fee Lal Stefan Knight Mark "Z" Zmarzly 🦄 Piers Grove OnImpact Media Advance Queensland Tim Pullen John Graham #ImpactInvesting #impactinvestors #PurposeLed #ImpactEvidence #impactmeasurement #vc #FemaleFounders #GetSetForImpact #VC

Impact investing at the buyout stage, interview with Christian Melby from Summa Equity by August Soliv, Author of Impact Supporters 👇 Why it matters.👇 Summa Equity is leading the way in impact investing at the buyout stage, focusing on scaling companies that generate positive societal impacts. Christian Melby, Partner and CIO, highlights Summa’s strategy to invest in SMEs solving global challenges. With €5bn AUM, Summa’s investments span Resource Efficiency, Changing Demographics, and Tech-Enabled Transformation. By prioritizing growth over financial engineering, Summa aims to inspire more funds into impact investing. The firm’s commitment to impact-weighted accounts (IWAs) ensures transparency, making them a trailblazer in the impact PE landscape. Read the full article on EUVC Insights! 🔽 https://buff.ly/3yckwrh #venturecapital #startupfunding #Europe #EUVCInsights

Wow. That's the only word I can think of to describe this year's ImpactPHL Total Impact Summit (https://lnkd.in/ecaV8bSt). I am somewhat of an outlier at the event, which supports impact investors, fund managers, foundation and nonprofit leaders to learn from one another and build community. I attend every year to get to get an annual dose of optimism with integrity from some of the people who control money. This year did not disappoint! In my experience, it's pretty unusual to see an opening plenary to a room full of financial professionals discuss how important it is to be transformed internally in order to change what's happening out in the world. Or, to see a closing panel that challenges everyone in the room to confront their own power and how it can be exploitative. Many of the conversations in between were equally as inspiring, motivating, and hard. Super grateful for the realness of that. If you aren't following what Cory Donovan and his team are doing, check them out. #impactinvesting

“You are what you do, not what you say you will do.”- Carl Jung “You are what you do, not what you create your social media perception is you do”-me ✅ true #impactinvestors have intentional goals to correct social misalignment by investing capital directly into a strategy that will be successful for the community and the investor. #sharedvalues ✅ the cottege industry developed to exploit #esg with speaking events and social media marketing “make believe” has no value to true #impactinvestors ✅ if you read in social media about any big #WallStreet bank #chiefimpactofficer doing anything except photo opportunities its probably fiction. #communitybankscare ✅ almost all real #impactinvestments are made by individuals and families (not family offices) who have been successful in business, have gratitude for their lives, prudently manage their wealth, compassion for citizens less fortunate, and a vision of a better American future for generations to come. These are Ellavoz.com clients and co-investors and we do #socialimpact #investing while others do lunch and talk.

Where do go to learn what's working in your industry? Deborah Keller is with Impact for Breakfast It’s is an organization working to share best practices in impact investing with its nearly 4,000 members in 35 chapters around the globe. 70% of their members are impact investors. See if there’s a chapter near you or join the online group at https://lnkd.in/gzgCvNy3 Building the connective tissue in an ecosystem is so important but can be a thankless, long-haul job that can be difficult to monetize. Thankfully, Impact for Breakfast was founded and funded by Artha Impact (Rianta Capital) which has insisted on keeping it free to join. Biggest need right now: Impact Investing speakers and experts to share their practical experience. I’m thinking of great speakers like Robert Rubinstein, Natalie Au, Piet Klop, Wilson T., Joakim Von Scheele Fohlman, Karl Yang, Samuel Seongeun Lee, etc. Would love to see a chapter set up in the greater Salt Lake City area - maybe we could pull one together - Sorenson Impact, Skyler Meine, Steven R. Fox, Lindsay Hadley, Maak Impact, Julie Ramos, Brad Dickson, Stephanie Howe, Jeramy Lund, Ron Heffernan

The Women-Led Impact Investor Challenge has KICKED OFF - what impact are we going to create together this time? Watch the video below to get excited with us, and let us know: what are you most excited for about this challenge?💡 #SpringIntoImpact #ImpactInvestor #InvestorRecruitment #ImpactInvesting #Impact #ImpactInvestments

Dear FBN Friends, We’re excited to invite you to our upcoming webinar, “Getting Started on Impact Investing,” on Wednesday, 17th at 3 PM CET. This session will provide insights into the world of family investing, helping you make informed decisions that can create positive impact in the world while delivering financial returns. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn and connect with like-minded individuals. We hope to see many of you there! #familyoffice #familybusiness #impactinvesting

Calling all investors! We're excited to announce that the Financial Times (FT), in collaboration with the GIIN, has published a landmark list of 100+ impact investors. This searchable list highlights their impact assets under management and their strategic focus across key sectors and regions. This initiative marks a significant milestone for impact investing, providing a useful resource for investors to align their portfolios with impactful and sustainable solutions. With the Financial Times as the list’s platform, we are marking an important milestone for impact investing as a tool to tackle the world’s most pressing problems. The list, and the GIIN's impact investing market data and analysis from which it was derived, bolsters impact investing’s legitimacy, sparking conversations across the financial sector and encouraging participation in future initiatives of this nature. We are grateful to the Impact Investing Institute for their pivotal role in achieving this milestone for impact investing. We also want to acknowledge the valuable contributions of all of our collaborators, including African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA), AVPN, Investing in Women, Latimpacto and the Canadian consortium of impact investors. Explore the full package on the FT Wealth Management website, which includes an op-ed from GIIN Co-Founder and CEO Amit Bouri and trend analysis reporting by journalist Sarah Murray: https://lnkd.in/ekzvrZZE #ImpactInvesting #SustainableFinance #FinancialTimes #InvestingForImpact #GlobalGoals #ImpactInvestorList2024