IMPACT BY DESIGN
We turn your ambitions into results with our impact by design expertise
Impact by design is about using capital deliberately and strategically to enhance positive outcomes. It embeds impact creation from the outset, ensuring that positive outcomes are generated through intentional design. Impact by design seeks to advance direct, indirect, and systemic outcomes across the entire spectrum of capital, spanning philanthropy, blended finance, and impact investment. This includes actively supporting organizations and funds receiving capital to strengthen their capability to deliver, measure, and scale impact.
We have developed a distinct set of impact-by-design solutions and methodologies and embedded these in our approach to deploying capital. These include a proven assessment and selection process, innovative financial structures, and targeted capacity-building support for portfolio organizations and funds. Many of these solutions are redefining how capital has traditionally been used.
Quite literally, design matters to ensure that these solutions work as effectively as possible. We understand how value is created. Building on over a decade of experience in Impact-Linked Finance, we’ve developed a leading track record in uncovering high-potential opportunities and unlocking their impact and business value. This is what makes the difference.
Our effective impact-by-design approaches
The solutions we offer include:
- Evergreen Philanthropic Investing: Turning philanthropic capital into catalytic investments for early-stage impact enterprises, recycling returns to fuel ongoing value creation.
- Family Engagement Strategies: Investing in high-potential enterprises in the family’s sector, leveraging deep engagement and family networks to amplify impact.
- Mission-first Capital for Innovation: Seeding and scaling high-impact disruptive technologies, guided by stewardship governance to unlock their full potential.
- Blended Funds with Impact Enhancement: Combining capital stacks with different risk/return profiles, technical assistance (TA), and impact incentives. Catalytic funders help de-risk and amplify impact, while commercial investors drive scale.
- Impact-Linked Finance: Driving accountability and aligned incentives by tying investment terms or fund manager compensation to predefined impact targets.
How we turn your ambitions into results
We help our clients and partners translate ambition into positive outcomes for people and the planet through a suite of services:
- We design effective financing solutions: We develop fit-for-purpose financing solutions that incorporate impact by design and drive their market adoption.
- We manage high-impact funds and facilities: We manage financing vehicles that mobilize resources, align incentives, and accelerate impact spanning diverse sectors, topics, and geographies.
- We advise on tailored capital strategies: We help investors, philanthropists, and catalytic funders design and implement strategies that maximize social and environmental outcomes across the full spectrum of capital.
