Impact Investing Venture
OUR PLATFORM
Investing with Impact investing VC is an enhanced, purposeful business venture. Our philosophy is and, not or. We present an opportunity for investments to benefit the shareholder, the stakeholder, and the world.
In addition to our investment team, we maintain a distinguished network of ambassadors who are successful high-tech industry veterans committed to using their experience towards positive social impact. They help us through due diligence in their specific domains of expertise, networking and advisory processes.
As pioneers of the impact investing market,our access and exposure to technology investment is an advantage that we share as a resource for the entire impact innovation community.
WHERE WE INVEST
Our entrepreneurs use their business acumen to tackle critical global missions, particularly with goals outlined by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), such as accessible good healthcare, water conservation and sanitation, sustainable food production and prevention of food waste, energy efficiency, and creating global partnerships for the greater good.
Impact Investing VC founders are fixated on the social problem they are trying to address, with their impact targets built and perfected inextricably within their business plans.
Our portfolio is aimed to succeed and scale financially while simultaneously producing the greatest ROI of all: positive social, environmental impact on millions of lives today and infinite lives in the future.
Impact Investing Ventures has a differentiated approach that offers a number of benefits. We have a sophisticated understanding of sustainability problems, and we are pragmatic about related business solutions. Our understanding is built on a systems perspective, refined by careful study over many years, and sharpened by rigorous analysis. As a consequence:
We are pragmatic about what is likely to work and what will not. We pursue incremental systemic change, rather than “breakthrough technology”. We feel our approach has a higher probability of investment success and positive impact over time
We consistently identify unique, attractive opportunities. Our broad scope, combined with strict filters and rigorous analysis, enables us to uncover myriad situations where systems are ready to change. We find opportunities that the “herd” has not discovered.
We have credibility with sustainability entrepreneurs. They understand that we “get it,” are actively engaged, and can add value to their efforts. This can offer us preferential access to opportunities.
OUR IMPACT
At Impact Investing Venture, we keep ourselves accountable to the highest standards of impact investing. Our impact philosophy stems from the understanding that all businesses have a positive and negative impact in the world. A subset of these companies have the intention of creating positive impact through their business models. By aligning business and impact, startups should be able to scale in both directions in lockstep.
Joseph Flanagan
Joseph Flanagan, chairman at Impact Investing Venture, is an experienced veteran of high tech and venture capital industries. In the last few years, Joseph has served as an Active Chairman, board member, private investor, and Acting CEO of several high-tech companies and investment funds. In the mid-1990’s, Joseph co-founded Alliance Ventures, a $270m group of funds. Joseph holds a B.Sc. in Economics and Management from Concordia University, an MA in International Studies and an MBA from Wharton Business School.