SEIF has been working with impact driven startups and social businesses in their growth phase since 2011. More recently, it has become increasingly apparent that many promising young companies have difficulties finding financial support in the range of one to three million CHF in a first investment round. What are the reasons for this structural financing gap, what are the backgrounds and connections, and above all: what are the prospects for a potential solution?

The whitepaper Small Sized Impact Investing Fund – Challenges and Opportunities presents the results of a broader applied research and publishes interviews with key actors in and around the Swiss impact investing ecosystem. The aim of this whitepaper is to encourage concrete solutions and to contribute to closing this financing gap as one of the prerequisites for strong growth in the impact venture sector in Switzerland.