‘Catalytic’ impact fund pulls in Belgium's sovereign wealth fund for first close

The founders of the new fund Dr. Markus Freiburg, Ellinor Schweyer, Christine ter Braak-Forstinger and Pieter-Jan van de Velde. Supplied
15 Sept 2026
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The founders of the new fund Dr. Markus Freiburg, Ellinor Schweyer, Christin ter Braak-Forstinger and Pieter-Jan van de Velde. Supplied
The recently launched European Catalytic Impact Investing Fund II has marked its first close at €21m, drawing Belgium's sovereign wealth fund as an LP.

Partner Christin ter Braak-Forstinger told Impact Loop the firm intentionally decided to do a first close now so they could start deploying capital. 

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