An increasing number of mainstream investors, attracted by the idea of doing good while achieving positive financial returns, are entering the impact investing market. On the other hand, traditional grant-making foundations are increasingly giving grants in a long-term and sustainable way and starting to look into how they can put their endowments at use. Between these two types of capital providers, a group of venture philanthropy and social investment funds are mixing the two approaches, adopting for the past fifteen years the so-called venture philanthropy approach, combining financial support with capacity-building and a focus on impact measurement and management.
Investors for impact support and catalyze innovative solutions to social and environmental problems, taking on risks that no other actor is willing to take.