What spreadsheets and tomatoes have in common

Serial entrepreneur and former SEIF Award winner Oliver Marchand has a passion for spreadsheets. According to him, they are critical in growing a successful company and relevant for a wide range of topics like meeting notes, financial planning and marketing. Building on his experience with Carbon Delta an MSCI company, CEO and co-founder, Oliver held a […]
Build the world you want to live in

Norwegian-based Katapult Accelerator has a deep belief in exponential technologies, helping impact focused startups scale faster while solving global challenges. Earlier this year, we talked to Managing Partner & CEO, Haakon Brunell, about impact entrepreneurship and technology as a key driver for change. The interview was originally published in the 2019 SEIF Awards brochure. The […]
Why we need Tech for Impact

We live in fascinating, yet demanding, times when it comes to technology and global development. Better solutions are needed for both social and environmental challenges, as outlined by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Technology not only has the potential to solve some of these challenges but often, also the scalability needed to meet their magnitude, […]
What happened 2019? Tech for Impact, a growing team and exciting new developments

With new developments, a growing team and countless, inspiring, interactions with many amazing impact driven entrepreneurs, we can really say a lot of great things happened this year. We can’t wait for 2020 and all exciting things ahead. But first, let’s reflect a bit on what happened the past 12 months. For the SEIF Awards, […]
Impact investing and the next generation of wealth owners

Focusing on the next generation of wealth owners, this interview was originally published in our whitepaper Small Sized Impact Investing Fund – Challenges and Opportunities available for free download here. Launched in February 2017, the Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth is based on the expertise of the “Impact Investing for the Next Generation” research and training […]
7 tips on how to become a successful impact entrepreneur

Impact driven entrepreneurship is all about doing something good at the core of your business, alongside maintaining your financial revenue. The worldwide growing demand for better and sustainable solutions creates great potential for impact entrepreneurs to develop successful businesses. But how do you become a successful impact entrepreneur? We created this list based on our collection of tips from […]
How to Engage Family Offices in Impact Investing

How can we further support and encourage family offices to engage in impact investing? The need for effective impact investment opportunities is growing, where women and the next generation of asset owners (NextGen) have been the strongest supporters. Impact investing challenges the long held view that social and environmental issues should only be addressed through […]
Business Growth with Neumühle co-founder Andreas Fehr

Neumühle develops durable pieces with a social and ecological impact, bringing design and functionality into harmony. Last year, co-founder Andreas Fehr was selected to join the first batch of social entrepreneurs to take part in the Innosuisse training for impact entrepreneurs in the growth stage. Read on to learn more about their mission, what helped […]
How to scale-up your impact startup

Are you facing a growth step and wonder how to bring your business model to the next level, creating the basis to open up new markets? No doubt is there a lot to consider at this stage, ranging from a scalable high-impact business model, growth & internationalization strategies, partnership strategies, impact management, legal structures, organization, […]
ZUG IMPACT SUMMIT – OCEAN. HEALTH. CONSUMPTION.

The 4th annual Zug Impact Summit is coming up 16-17 September, this year with a particular focus on ocean, health and consumption. We took the opportunity to talk to SIIA Board Member, Michael Mosimann, abut the Swiss Impact Investment Association (SIIA) and the upcoming summit. In the context of our recently published whitepaper, we were also interested to hear […]