This 2026 study is a joint effort between C3 and All for Impact that maps existing and emerging catalytic capital for African SME intermediaries and identifies pathways to mobilize and scale it. The report draws
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This new guide, authored by C3’s Harvey Koh, lays out a framework for investors to take a more strategic approach to catalytic capital deployment, by deeply understanding the capital gaps they seek to address. It
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Catalytic capital plays a vital “sustaining” role for funds, initiatives, and enterprises that take on the world’s most difficult challenges. This is the third and final guidance note to emerge from the C3 Learning Lab
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Drawn from C3 Learning Labs on “scaling,” this guidance note considers how catalytic capital helps funds, managers, and strategies grow beyond their initial success to eventually become commercially investable.
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This is the first in a series of guidance notes emerging from C3 Learning Labs with seasoned catalytic capital investors. It identifies some of the challenges investors may face when deploying catalytic capital in a
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Still wondering about the how, when, and why of catalytic capital? You’re not alone. C3 addresses some of the key questions about the sector and why it is so critical to achieving social and environmental
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