Driving positive change with Impact-Linked Finance
Roots of Impact is the expert and enabler for Impact-Linked Finance. As a pioneer in this field, we believe in aligning capital with incentives to drive change for people and the planet. Our mission is to empower entrepreneurs to unlock their full impact potential by managing Impact-Linked Funds, providing advisory and education to catalytic funders and investors, and enabling practitioners across the globe to use Impact-Linked Finance effectively. FIND OUT WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER IMPACT-LINKED FINANCE and join our upcoming IMPACT-LINKED FINANCE COMMUNITY HUB
We mobilize capital to optimize positive impact
We strongly believe in creating tangible impact by tying capital directly to positive outcomes. For this, our team designs and implements effective Impact-Linked Finance transactions and combines them with cutting-edge capacity-building and advisory. Our collaborators are renowned public funders, philanthropists, and impact investors across the globe. In our shared programs, we advance private-sector innovations and empower enterprises to optimize their impact. In addition, our team shares its deep expertise by supporting other practitioners in using Impact-Linked Finance. LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT WE DO!
We place impact at the core of all we do
We care deeply about impact and consider impact assessment imperative to understanding when exactly innovative finance solutions are needed and how they can be optimized. To embed impact at the core of finance, we fairly balance risks and returns in our solutions and provide impact incentives that are fully aligned with the entrepreneurs‘ missions. Read more about IMPACT-LINKED FINANCE and JOIN OUR COMMUNITY
We engage in education & research
As a field builder, we are passionate about providing cutting-edge research and education to support more effective impact finance. This is why we kicked off the Social Finance Academy (SFA) and the Initiative for Blended Finance (IBF). SFA aims to guide entrepreneurs on their impact journeys by empowering them to access impact-aligned investment and professionalize their impact management. The IBF strives to be a global competence center for an effective application of blended and innovative finance. Find out more about the SOCIAL FINANCE ACADEMY and THE INITIATIVE FOR BLENDED FINANCE.
We continuously learn and evolve
Eight years after introducing Social Impact Incentives (SIINC) and four years after defining the practice of Impact-Linked Finance (ILF), we have gathered solid evidence that ILF can live up to its promise of „better terms for better impact.“ To advance the market, we share our learnings, practical experience and conviction that Impact-Linked Finance is not a product but a structuring approach able to shift the impact finance paradigm. DIVE INTO OUR ILF LEARNINGS.
We work with great partners & practitioners
Positive impact is never created in isolation. Therefore, we collaborate with many thought-leading and like-minded partners in our projects, programs and Impact-Linked Funds. We also strive to empower other practitioners to use Impact-Linked Finance and benefit from our deep experience and expertise. Check out who are OUR MAIN COLLABORATIONS and consider our MASTERING ILF SERVICES.
We have a fantastic, mission-driven team
Our multicultural and diverse team is passionate about creating impact together and combines long-term experience and expertise in venture capital, corporate finance, development and innovative finance, public policy, impact entrepreneurship, investment readiness and impact measurement & management. Are you curious to get in touch? FIND OUT WHO’S BEHIND ROOTS OF IMPACT.
