Impact Investing

Bankruptcies

The impact startups that went bankrupt in 2025 – and what they can teach us

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt5 jan

Johannes von Borries, managing partner, UVC Partners. Press photo

Deep Tech

UVC Partners bets big on this emerging industry: 'A small green premium is acceptable'

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt20 feb

Some of the founders mentioned in this article. Full names below. Credit: Press photos/Impact Loop design

Dealflow

Gene-edited bananas, gas-sniffing satellites, virtual engineers: a week in impact funding

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt13 mars

Lexi Novitske in Greenland. Photo: Lexi Novitske

INTERVIEW

"I finished the trek with a broken leg": Impact Investor Lexi Novitske on her brutal Arctic journey

Av Frey Lindsay25 juli

Impact Investing

Expert: Why impact valuation is catching on

Av Frey Lindsay29 juli

Leif Johansson speaks at a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden April 14 2026. Credit: TT

Family Offices

A family dynasty just saved Europe's biggest green steel project – is this a new trend in climate finance?

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt16 apr

Stefan Nilsson (left) and Martin Backman. Press photos/Impact Loop

Impact Investing

Foxway founders launch investment firm – and they're not backing 'hype' startups

Av Jenny Kjellén17 dec

Laurence Méhaignerie, co-founding partner and president at Citizen Capital. Image supplied

Opinion

Opinion: Defence investment is necessary. But let's not call it sustainable.

Av Laurence Méhaignerie 16 mars

Some of the investors featured in this article. Full names below. Credit: Press photos/Impact Loop design

Venture Capital

The 10 impact VCs that raised the largest funds in 2025 – and where they’re placing bets now

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt8 dec

Venture Capital

Rubio Impact Ventures lands €70m for new fund – and it’s not stopping there: 'Impact investing is coming of age'

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt4 nov

Impact Investing

Impact investor opens Paris office as it kicks off second fund

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt11 mars

Colesco Capital's Karin Huizinga (left) Robin Van den Brandhof, and Danny Vroegop. Credit: Press photos/Impact Loop design

climate tech

Colesco takes over Article 9 impact debt fund from Polestar: ‘A pivotal moment’

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt18 dec

Teampact team (front) with investors and pro athletes in the background. All names listed at the bottom. Press photos/Impact Loop design

Venture Capital

Teampact closes €20M fund with pro athletes as LPs: 'Fundraising is an Olympic sport'

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt18 nov

Catharina Schröder, Spintop Ventures, Anna Ljungdahl, Industrifonden and Erik Engellau, Norrsken Launcher. Photo: Impact Loop.

Impact Investing

'Momentum is building': VCs on the state of impact investing in 2025

Av Camilla Bergman16 okt

Pelle Mattisson, CEO Latour Future Solutions. Credit: Jonas Borg

Investments

Latour, backed by Swedish noble family, acquires stake in flood protection company Noaq

Av Johann Bernövall22 dec

Impact Investing

Skype founder Zennström: 'Impact' is about European security, not just climate

Av Mattias Karén9 apr

Bankruptcies

The impact startups that went bankrupt in 2025 – and what they can teach us

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt5 jan

INTERVIEW

"I finished the trek with a broken leg": Impact Investor Lexi Novitske on her brutal Arctic journey

Av Frey Lindsay25 juli

Goparity founder Nuno Brito Jorge (left) with Marta Abbad, former COO of Bolsa Social, and its founder José Moncada. Supplied

Impact Investing

Exclusive: Impact investing platform Goparity acquires Bolsa Social – and moves into equity deals

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt13 jan

Revaia's new partner Jean-Patrice Bellier (centre) and founding partners Alice Albizzati (left) and Elina Berrebi (right). Press photos/Impact Loop design

Impact Investing

Europe’s largest women-led VC appoints new partner to launch first impact fund

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt4 dec

Thomas Davin, Global Innovation Director Unicef. Photo: Christian von Essen

Impact Investing

'It is unconventional': Why Unicef sets out to be a bridge between investors and impact founders

Av Christian von Essen7 apr

Two of the partners working on Africa II – Arul Thomas (left) and Ravi Sharma. Press photos/Impact Loop design

Impact Investing

Lightrock set to secure anchor investment for new $200m Africa fund

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt17 mars

Carbon Equity team, with founder and CEO Jacqueline van den Ende at centre. Press photo

Impact Investing

Carbon Equity launches €50m fund as it shifts to direct investing: 'A natural evolution'

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt18 dec

Impact Investing

Impact investor opens Paris office as it kicks off second fund

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt11 mars

Europe

EU just announced €800 billion in defence funding – what does it mean for impact firms?

Av Frey Lindsay5 mars

Venture Capital

Teampact closes €20M fund with pro athletes as LPs: 'Fundraising is an Olympic sport'

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt18 nov

Nicolas Celier, co-founder of Ring Capital. Photo supplied/Impact Loop mockup

Venture Capital

‘It will survive Trump’: Nicolas Celier says impact 'backlash' just gives investors more fuel

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt11 nov

Kelley Luyken, fund investor and impact lead at Aurum Impact. Photo supplied

Exclusive interview

'The term impact is losing its meaning': Why this family office wants clearer standards to prevent impact washing

Av Mattias Karén30 apr

Climate Change

Europe’s climate-health crisis: can impact investors fill the funding gap?

Av Frey Lindsay31 juli

Rebecca Mikula-Wright, chair of NZAM’s steering committee. Press photo

Asset management

Net zero investor coalition relaunches after BlackRock exit

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt25 feb

Some of the founders and investors mentioned in piece. Names below. Credit: Press images/Impact Loop design

Friday dealflow

A week in impact: new funds, fresh deals, and a fake pop-up yoga store

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt16 apr

Metafuels' co-founder Saurabh Kapoor. Photo: Metafuel.

climate tech

Bootstrapped during COVID, now €22m strong: Inside Metafuels' secret sauce for greener jet fuel

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt25 aug

The impact-focused heirs mentioned in the piece. Full names below. Press photos/Impact Loop design

Family Offices

Wealthy heirs are pushing British family offices into nature investing. Here are three to know

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt15 dec

Virginie Morgon, founder of Ardabelle Capital and former chief executive of Eurazeo. Credit: Wikimedia/Creative Commons

Exclusive interview

Exclusive: Former Eurazeo CEO targets over €500m for European climate fund

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt21 apr

Impact Investing

'Momentum is building': VCs on the state of impact investing in 2025

Av Camilla Bergman16 okt

Investments

Latour, backed by Swedish noble family, acquires stake in flood protection company Noaq

Av Johann Bernövall22 dec

Exclusive interview

Forget Silicon Valley – Europe should back startups in these emerging markets, says impact investor

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt2 feb

The team at Trio Impact Invest. Credit: Karolinska Institutet Holding AB/Press photo

Impact Loop exclusive

New Swedish VC fund makes its first investment

Av Johann Bernövall19 feb

Lightrock partners Arul Thomas (left) and Lizzie Biney-Amissah (centre), and Norrsken22 managing partner Natalie Kolbe. Credit: Norrsken/Lightrock/Impact Loop design

Impact Investing

'It's not as simple as flying down, writing a cheque and going home': How Lightrock and Norrsken de-risked impact investing in Africa

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt14 apr

Philippe Crête, managing director of natural capital, FAM (left) and Karel Nierop, head of products and solutions at Triodos IM.

News

Impact investors launch $300m natural capital fund – but it doesn't depend on carbon credits

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt16 apr

Ryan Kohn, who heads up Point Nine, with four of its prominent backers (names in the article). Image credit: Press photos/Impact Loop design

News

Point One launches to direct 0.1% of business revenues to clean energy: ‘Almost nothing changes everything’

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt18 mars

Romain Ciarlet, vice chairman and CEO of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. Press photo

Impact Investing

Monaco Foundation doubles down on impact investing as others retreat: 'We need to act urgently'

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt23 mars

Camilla Dolan, founding partner, Eka Ventures. Credit: Eka Ventures

New fund

Eka Ventures closes $107m impact fund with backing from string of UK foundations

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt13 apr

Impact Investing

'It is unconventional': Why Unicef sets out to be a bridge between investors and impact founders

Av Christian von Essen7 apr

Impact Investing

Eurazeo ex-CEO: Decarbonisation is a ‘battle’ for European competitiveness — with €7 trillion at stake

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt7 apr

Impact Investing

Carbon Equity launches €50m fund as it shifts to direct investing: 'A natural evolution'

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt18 dec

Pablo Díaz-Varela, ESG risk director at Clarity AI. Press photo/Impact Loop design

ESG

REPORT: 40% of Article 9 funds will no longer qualify as 'sustainable' under incoming EU rules

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt19 mars

Exclusive interview

Forget Silicon Valley – Europe should back startups in these emerging markets, says impact investor

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt2 feb

Impact Investing

From Sida to scale − here are 5 pathways to finance for climate startups

Av Christian von Essen16 apr

The investors interviewed for this piece. Names below. Credit: Press photos/Impact Loop design

Impact Investing

VC funding for climate tech went off a cliff in 2025. What happens next?

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt11 dec

Impact Investing

Asterion Ventures looks beyond France as it lines up new €100m fund

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt14 jan

Some of the investors representing the funds included in the deep dive. Photos: press and collage by Impact Loop

New fund

DEEP-DIVE: All 23 European impact funds that brought in money this quarter: themes, LPs, and who to contact

Av Camilla Bergman16 apr

Impact Loop exclusive

New Swedish VC fund makes its first investment

Av Johann Bernövall19 feb

Deep Tech

UVC Partners bets big on this emerging industry: 'A small green premium is acceptable'

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt20 feb

Dealflow

Gene-edited bananas, gas-sniffing satellites, virtual engineers: a week in impact funding

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt13 mars

Per Franzén, CEO and managing partner, EQT Group. Credit: EQT/Press photo

Impact Investing

EQT appears to have launched successor to €3bn impact fund

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt24 mars

Impact Investing

Monaco Foundation doubles down on impact investing as others retreat: 'We need to act urgently'

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt23 mars

New fund

Eka Ventures closes $107m impact fund with backing from string of UK foundations

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt13 apr

Impact Investing

Foxway founders launch investment firm – and they're not backing 'hype' startups

Av Jenny Kjellén17 dec

Ledningsgruppen för Demea Invest. Michel Chabanel, Stéphane Villecroze, Sophie Paturle, Fabrice Vidal och Antoine Troesch. Foto: pressbild.

Impact Investing

New European impact investment company – VC giants join forces

Av Frey Lindsay14 jan

A handful of the newly added investors in Impact Loop's exclusive database. Photos: press and collage by Impact Loop VC

Venture Capital

Europe’s ultimate impact VC database adds 100 new funds, passes 300

Av Diana Demin22 jan

Impact Investing

Impact investors launch Europe’s only ‘culture-first’ VC fund – and they're hiring

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt9 jan

climate tech

Bootstrapped during COVID, now €22m strong: Inside Metafuels' secret sauce for greener jet fuel

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt25 aug

Yann Marteil, Matthieu de Chanville, Sébastien Guillaud and Thierry de Panafieu, co-founders of Shift4Good.

Impact Investing

Vroom! French VC raises €220m to electrify transport sector – starts search for 12 new impact startups

Av Frey Lindsay27 jan

Parts of the Blue Earth Capital team. Photo: Blue Earth Capital.

Impact Investing

This global investor just won Impact firm of the year: 'Proud to be recognised'

Av Frey Lindsay4 mars

Sten Tamkivi, Catharina Sandberg, Alessandro Zaccaria and Christian Andersson. Graphic: Impact Loop.

Impact Investing

The impact investors going into defence tech (and those staying out of it)

Av Frey Lindsay11 apr

Impact Investing

EQT appears to have launched successor to €3bn impact fund

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt24 mars

The partners from some of the firms featured in this article. Names below. Credit: Press photos/Impact Loop

New fund

Impact VCs off to strong start in 2026 with €1.5B in new funds

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt30 jan

Impact Investing

Exclusive: Impact investing platform Goparity acquires Bolsa Social – and moves into equity deals

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt13 jan

Impact Investing

Europe’s largest women-led VC appoints new partner to launch first impact fund

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt4 dec

Catharina Schröder, founder and CEO of Schröder Invest. Image supplied

Column

Why the impact narrative fails with institutional investors – and what needs to change

Av Catharina Schröder 6 apr

Europe

105 investors and founders in open letter to Von der Leyen: Buy European clean tech!

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt29 jan

Impact Investing

Lightrock set to secure anchor investment for new $200m Africa fund

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt17 mars

Impact Investing

New European impact investment company – VC giants join forces

Av Frey Lindsay14 jan

Venture Capital

Europe’s ultimate impact VC database adds 100 new funds, passes 300

Av Diana Demin22 jan

Europe

EU just announced €800 billion in defence funding – what does it mean for impact firms?

Av Frey Lindsay5 mars

Johannes Weber, founding partner, Ananda Impact Ventures. Supplied

Column

Johannes Weber: Impact investing without integrity is just investing

Av Johannes Weber19 jan

Some of the partners mentioned in this article. Full names below: Press photo/Impact Loop design

Venture Capital

The impact VCs actively fundraising – or closing funds – in 2026

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt22 jan

Some of the VCs featured in the article. Full names below. Credit: Press photos/Impact Loop design

Impact Investing

Europe’s 30 most active impact VCs

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt22 dec

Left to right: Ring Capital's Marie-Capucine Lemétais (GP), Pierre-Alexis de Vauplane (GP), Sara De Benedetti (Principal), Laure Tallon (Associate), Anthony Guillen (Partner), Maxime Dejardin (Analyst). Supplied

Venture Capital

Ring Capital closes €217m growth buy-out fund to back ‘high-performing’ impact companies

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt8 dec

Some of the foundation managers and investors in our deep dive. Full names in the bottom. Photo: press and graphics by Diana Demin, Impact Loop

Impact Investing

Looking for patient capital? 15 foundations actively investing in impact VCs

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt19 mars

Norrsken Evolve team; Rebecka Löthman Rydå bottom, centre. Credit: Norrsken

Venture Capital

Norrsken’s new Evolve fund is a €57m bet on European resilience

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt18 aug

New fund

Impact VCs off to strong start in 2026 with €1.5B in new funds

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt30 jan

Opinion

Opinion: Defence investment is necessary. But let's not call it sustainable.

Av Laurence Méhaignerie 16 mars

Venture Capital

The 10 impact VCs that raised the largest funds in 2025 – and where they’re placing bets now

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt8 dec

Europe

105 investors and founders in open letter to Von der Leyen: Buy European clean tech!

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt29 jan

Venture Capital

Rubio Impact Ventures lands €70m for new fund – and it’s not stopping there: 'Impact investing is coming of age'

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt4 nov

ESG

REPORT: 40% of Article 9 funds will no longer qualify as 'sustainable' under incoming EU rules

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt19 mars

Venture Capital

‘It will survive Trump’: Nicolas Celier says impact 'backlash' just gives investors more fuel

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt11 nov

Impact Investing

Impact investors launch Europe’s only ‘culture-first’ VC fund – and they're hiring

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt9 jan

Exclusive interview

'The term impact is losing its meaning': Why this family office wants clearer standards to prevent impact washing

Av Mattias Karén30 apr

Impact Investing

Meet Europe’s 30 most active impact VCs in 2025

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt22 dec

Venture Capital

Ring Capital closes €217m growth buy-out fund to back ‘high-performing’ impact companies

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt8 dec

Impact Investing

Asterion Ventures looks beyond France as it lines up new €100m fund

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt14 jan

Venture Capital

Norrsken’s new Evolve fund is a €57m bet on European resilience

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt18 aug

Impact Investing

Skype founder Zennström: 'Impact' is about European security, not just climate

Av Mattias Karén9 apr

Venture Capital

The impact VCs actively fundraising – or closing funds – in 2026

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt22 jan

Impact Investing

VC funding for climate tech went off a cliff in 2025. What happens next?

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt11 dec

Impact Investing

Looking for patient capital? 15 foundations actively investing in impact VCs

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt19 mars

Robin Lauber, head of Infinitas Capital. Press photo

Family Offices

Swiss family office launches new investment arm – and plans to list in Stockholm

Av Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt6 mars

New fund

DEEP-DIVE: All 23 European impact funds that brought in money this quarter: themes, LPs, and who to contact

Av Camilla Bergman16 apr