Impact Europe (formerly known as EVPA) is a community of more than 300 organizations, covering a full range of venture philanthropy and social investment activities, including venture philanthropy funds, social investors, grantmaking foundations, impact investing funds, private equity firms, professional service firms, philanthropy advisers, banks, and business schools.
Working with C3, Impact Europe embarked on a series of key activities and events between 2022 and 2024 to build a European space for catalytic capital. It aimed to exchange best practices and bring awareness of the deployment of catalytic capital through practitioner gatherings and case studies, while reaching out to a wider audience through a consultation to collect diverse voices and perspectives from beyond the typical community of capital providers. Insights from these activities fed into a white paper on catalytic capital and a ‘’Is your capital catalytic?” quiz, which helps capital providers evaluate and enhance their catalytic capital deployment.
In 2025, Impact Europe entered the next phase of the C3 partnership to strengthen and expand the European catalytic capital ecosystem. Work in this phase aims to deepen collaboration among catalytic capital providers, provide targeted training for newcomers, and generate new knowledge materials to address remaining gaps in the field. Key activities include interactive workshops, ongoing data collection and analysis, and dissemination of insights through briefings, case studies, and thought leadership articles.
By engaging both active catalytic investors and first-time deployers, Impact Europe aims to increase catalytic capital flows, foster peer learning, and cultivate a sustainable European community of practice that accelerates adoption and shapes the future of investing catalytically in Europe.
“Investors for impact in Europe are early pioneers of deploying catalytic capital to transform society for the better. With the Catalytic Capital Consortium’s support, we are building on our community’s experience to mobilize investors from across the full spectrum of capital and deliver the positive change at scale we so desperately need for people and planet,” said Roberta Bosurgi, Impact Europe CEO.
For more on Impact Europe: https://www.impacteurope.net/