Like a school bus that shapeshifts into a robot to save the day, transformers are heroic. The transformers on our guest list are heroes, too – we flip ordinary euros into solutions for people and the planet. We turn SDG shortfalls into funded scalable innovations and sustainable impact enterprises.
Our transformers come from corporations, impact funds and financial institutions. They transform mindsets, business models, regulatory contexts, the way we fund (and the way we fund funds). We do this because those capital providers have a key role to play in deploying capital collectively and driving transformative change.
By holding the two events Business of Impact and Capital Ideas concurrently, we want to break siloes and form new connections across the continuum of capital. Collaboration across all stakeholders is how we can deliver on the most ambitious impact plans, accelerate journeys to purpose and navigate the perils of political instability in a fragmented global economy.
Transformers: impact funds, VC, PE and family offices; financial institutions and their funds, accelerators and impact venturing departments; investment/sustainability/ESG/CSR leaders from banks and financial institutions.
Transformations: accelerating the mobilisation of impact capital; launching new partnerships among likeminded capital providers; reassessing governance models and shifting investment mindsets to put problems first; assessing and diminishing roadblocks for financial institutions and large asset managers.