The Investing for Impact Toolkit aims to assist newcomers or early-stage investors for impact by providing an insight into ‘what works’ in the European impact ecosystem created by the European Venture Philanthropic Association EVPA. It contains strategies and best practices for applying the venture philanthropy approach.

Investor Guide to Impact

Evidence-based advice for investors who want to change the world by the Center for Sustainable Finance & Private Wealth at the University of Zurich.

EVPA conducts every two years an "industry survey" and provides independent statistics on investing for impact across all actors. Our aim is to better understand practitioners’ strategies and practices, so that we can identify and share the latest trends with you. The knowledge acquired through this data collection is fundamental to developing new initiatives and to fully unleash the impact potential that lies in the investing for impact community!

The report defines the concept of impact-linked finance and juxtaposes it with blended finance, impact investing and result-based finance.

Catalytic capital is critical for enabling impact investing to continue to drive deep impact, reach new sectors and geographies, and mobilize the trillions of additional private sector investment needed annually to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The fundamental uses of capital have remained basically unchanged for centuries. The key approaches are equity investments and loans and many variations thereof. This report by Village Capital supported by the Mac Arthur foundation outlines novel ways to use capital such as revenue share models.