Advancing Practice and Community
Supporting a strong community in the field of catalytic capital that can grow the volume and pace of deployment as well as the impact of catalytic capital.
Catalytic Capital Community of Practice
C3 is working to grow and strengthen the global community of practice around catalytic capital. In addition to supporting research, frameworks, investment tools, and related resources, C3 is fostering greater engagement and connectivity among investors and other stakeholders to advance the use and effectiveness of catalytic capital worldwide.
Our Catalytic Capital Community of Practice spans the full spectrum of investors and ecosystem actors working across regions and sectors. Programming is primarily delivered by C3’s network partners, which are established impact investing networks that provide tailored knowledge, resources, training, convenings, and other activities to members and ecosystem actors. C3 also directly facilitates a global investors community of practice, which brings together a curated group of experienced catalytic capital investors to share experiences and deals, and inspire collaborative solutions.
Alongside this, C3 supports three thematic groups on climate, the SME sector in Africa, and equity and inclusion in the U.S., creating space for deeper peer exchange among seasoned catalytic capital providers on shared investment priorities across these areas.
Bridging Capital Gaps
How do we increase the world’s supply of catalytic capital and help investors deploy it as strategically and powerfully as possible?
That question is among C3’s activating principals, driving our support for catalytic capital research, tools, strategies and collaborations. Many of these come together through our partnerships with regional investor networks and the creation of communities of practice that can help narrow capital gaps in different sectors and geographic markets.
A sampling of capital gaps analysis, commentaries, and regional communities of practice follows below, and you can find more analysis in our Research & Learning section.
- by Anna Goldstein and Alban Yau
- by Alison Lingane and Julie Menter
- Africa (AVPA + Open Capital)
- Asia (AVPN)
- Europe (Impact Europe)
- Latin America (Latimpacto)
- Global (Toniic Training)
Network Partners
C3 is supporting regional impact investing networks around the world to deepen catalytic capital programming and activities that help investors accelerate deployment of catalytic capital. Click on each network logo for more.
Global Investors Community of Practice
The global investors community of practice connects leading established catalytic capital investors deploying at scale across markets with their peers to share learnings and deepen their practice. Lessons learned from this group also help inform other C3 programming and elevate best practices for the field. For example, C3 conducted a series of Learning Labs with seasoned investors that generated in-depth guidance notes and commentaries on particular aspects of catalytic capital transactions.
C3 worked in partnership with Courageous Capital Advisors (CCA) and FSG to develop a series of guidance notes focused on the seeding, scaling, and sustaining roles of catalytic capital. The guidance notes are the product of C3 Learning Labs and reflect the insights of the seasoned catalytic capital investors, who joined in-depth conversations with their peers to discuss key challenges and opportunities.
Investors who participated in C3 Learning Labs authored a series of blogs that reflect their own experience in deploying catalytic capital, as well as their view of the ongoing development of the field. Blogs were produced in collaboration with ImpactAlpha.
- by Osaruyi Orobosa-Ogbeide
- by Yasmin Saltuk Lamy and Prerna Choudhury
- by Rebekah Saul Butler
Banner Photo: Rhia Ventures.
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