HOPE. ACTION. LEVERAGE.
Tesdorpfsvej 35B - 2000 Frederiksberg - Denmark
The One Initiative conducted in spring 2019 a survey to analyze the Nordic market of impact investment. The aim was to get the needed data, overview and insights to understand what impact solutions are the most promising with the eyes of investors.
All kind of investors in the Nordic – from business angels and family offices all the way up the supply chain to VC’s and institutional funds – participated in the first Nordic survey on impact investing.
This has become the first quantitative and qualitative analysis ever on how Nordic investors approach impact investments.
The first key findings were from ‘Impact Report Nordic Investors’ was presented to the world 20 June 2019 during the Nordic Impact Business Summit. The final report was published in September 2019 and launched at several occasions world wide in the second half of 2019.
Download ‘Impact Report Nordic Investors 2019’ here or flip through it below.
Impact Investments are made with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. It is growing in the Nordics. 92% of Nordic investors, both private and institutional, perceive impact investing as a good way to solve shared societal challenges.
However, as an investor you do not have to compromise your financial return when seeking a positive impact on the world. 83% of Nordic investors, investing in impact, expect their impact portfolio to deliver at or above the market rate of return.
Some investment opportunities are more attractive to investors than others. Nordic investors focus their capital mostly in their local market, and on sustainable development in areas of renewable energy, healthcare, industry innovation and smart cities. Despite SDGs being widely implemented in the Nordic society and business environment, few investors seriously use them to develop their impact investment strategy.
Since this is a new field of financing and an immature market there are still challenges and obstacles to overcome before we see impact investment go mainstream. 67% of Nordic investors ask for more data on past performance of impact portfolios. However, 70% are not yet measuring or reporting on the impact of their own portfolio.
HOPE. ACTION. LEVERAGE.
Tesdorpfsvej 35B - 2000 Frederiksberg - Denmark
The session will be streamed from this website.
Whenever you face a business challenge, you have three options to tackle it. A) pretend it doesn’t exist and hope it goes away, B) deal with and cure the symptoms, or C) understand why you need this challenge to grow personally, and then solve it on both levels.
Aleksander Tõnnisson at .Cocoon Ventures are advocating to look beyond the face value of challenges. They have tools to see what’s lurking behind seemingly impossible business challenges.
The panelists will talk about how due diligence can be tedious, time-consuming, and potentially nerve-racking to a startup founder. And how it isn’t easy on investors either. Is the alternative to invest in blind faith? And what is emotional due diligence?
Aleksander Tõnnisson, Founding Partner & Mentor, .Cocoon Ventures [EST]
Pasi Joronen, Family Office Founder, Polkuni [FI]
Margus Uudam, Founding Partner, Karma Ventures [EST]
The session will be streamed from this website.
Impact Investments are made with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.
And It is growing in the Nordics.
In 2019 The One Initiative conducted the first survey on the matter targetting early stage investors on the approach, activities, results and more from investing in sustainable solutions. It shows among many other things that 83% of Nordic investors, investing in impact, expect their impact portfolio to deliver at or above the market rate of return.
This year The One Initiative has done a follow up on that market analysis and will launch ‘Impact Report Nordic Investors 2020’. After the presentation of the key findings the panel will reflect on and debate the report.
Kai Hockerts, Professor in Social Entrepreneurship, Copenhagen Business School [DE]
Stine Jersie Olsen, Head of Investor Activities, Growth & Impact/Danske Bank [DK]
Juan Alvarez de Lara, Board member – European Business Angels Network, Co-chairman – EBAN IMPACT INVESTING committee [ES]
Birgitte Frost Mathiesen, Managing Partner & Director, Den Sociale Kapitalfond [DK]
Dean Hand, Research Director, The Global Impact Investing Network [US]
The session will be streamed from this website.
20 June 2019 The One Initiative hosted the first Nordic Impact Business Summit in the Old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen. The first selection of Nordic Top 50 Impact Companies were matched with almost 150 investors and business developers; not only from the Nordics, but also from Europe, US, Middle East and Asia.
In this session we look at what have happened the last 18 months. Have the impact startups succeded? And has the investor market matured for more impact investments?
We are setting the scene for the day.
Richard Georg Engström, Founder & Executive Director, The One Initiative.
Isabella Palmgren, CEO & Founder, Mimbly [SE]
The session will be streamed from this website.
We end the day and look into 2021 and beyond. What can we expect in the Nordic and global environmental impact ecosystem in the years to come? How will we manage and measure impact? And what could The Internet of Impact look like?
Richard Georg Engström, Founder and Executive Director, The One Initiative.
Mike McCreless, Head of Investor Collaboration, Impact Management Project [US]
Sissel Hansen, Founder & CEO, Startup Guide & Impact Index [DK]
Karl H Richter, Executive Director, EngagedX [DE]
The session will be streamed from this website.
We now share the acknowledgement of the climate challenges in the world. But what is the burning platform when it comes to life science and impact? Is life science taking a certain position? Can this sector help other industries in achieving a sustainable and equal transition and also improve the opportunities for a good life? Meet some of the people working in the frontier of this evolution.
Frederik van Deurs, CEO, Green Innovation Group [DK]
Anne Færch Jørgensen, PhD & Owner, Færch & Døtre [DK]
Francisca Peixoto, Investment Manager, LifeLink Ventures [ES]
Ole Kjerkegaard Nielsen, CEO, Go-Pen [DK]
Robert Celik, Growth & Partnerships Lead, Genecis – Bioindustries Inc.
The session will be streamed from this website.
With crisis comes the opportunity for change. “When things are breaking down, look for what’s breaking through” evolutionary futurist Barbara Marx Hubbard said. Indeed the greatest evolutionary leaps can occur as old systems crumble. We will focus our discussion on some of the key breakthroughs for planetary evolution, from economics to environment.
Alan Laubsch, Founding Partner, Planet Positive Ventures [US]
Ingmar Rentzhog, CEO & Founder, WeDon’tHaveTime [SE)
Rieki Cordon, Facilitator & Token Architect, Hypha / SEEDS – Regenerate Money
The session will be streamed from this website.
Impact Unicorns. Zebra startups. Green Swans. Tardigrades. Who are the lighthouses in the global impact ecosystem? Impact VIP’s – do they exist? And do we need them?
What do the archetypes look like when we talk about the startups, the founders, the business models, the investors, the advocates, the policy makers… that can lead us into a sustainable future?
Bill Gates & Ursula von der Leyen couldn’t come, so we have invited some main players in the Nordic and global ecosystem of impact startups and investors to discuss this.
Mette Fløe Nielsen, Managing Director, MIL Invest [DK]
Tove Rådelius, Investment Manager, Norrsken VC [SE]
Julia Zhou, Co-founder & Chief Development Officer, Tidal Impact [UK]
Mikkel Hesselgren, Senior Vice President Fund of Funds, Vaekstfonden [DK]