Impact investing is rapidly growing all over the world, and across a variety of asset classes pushed by investors who are determined to generate social and environmental impact as well as financial returns.
But is this impact-driven financial stream also reaching start-ups which are tackling the world’s most urgent societal challenges? Positive impact start-ups seem to be still relying heavily on investments coming from individuals or firms not necessary aligned with its purposes or visions. In cases where the alignment is clear, challenges on how to track the real positive impact of nascent businesses arise. Measuring, for example, positive climate impact alongside financial return is not yet common sense among the impact investor community. In case you are looking for insights from experts in this area and from inspiration from climate positive ventures, then join us on June 13th, 2019 from 6pm to 9pm.