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Maximize your impact through purpose-driven investing and entrepreneurship
The Impact Investor Challenge (IIC) is a comprehensive, multi-week program for:
Spring facilitates a cohort of impact-curious investors along with a cohort of impact founders to navigate the fundraising process. Activities include weekly learning sessions, pitching opportunities and networking events.
At the end of the program, the investor cohort awards one collective investment to their top choice of impact startup from the founder cohort. Our 2022 Women Led IIC Winner walked away with $293K in investments from their cohort. Whether you’re an impact startup founder or an investor new to impact investing, that’s compelling. Want to know more?
The outcomes our impact entrepreneurs and investors experience
Catalyze your launch into impactful investing
Begin to hone in on who you are as an investor
Join a supportive, like-minded investment community to share knowledge
Start connecting your capital to entrepreneurial solutions
Get funding ready and possibly receive investment
Deepen your understanding of what investors are looking for
Join a supportive community and connect with potential investors
Polish up your pitch and assets for potential investors
What we achieve together
Teach investors of all experience levels the essentials of impact investing
Increase the availability of early-stage capital for impact-driven entrepreneurs
Create opportunities for aspiring impact investors to invest in impact
Foster strong relationships between like-minded investors and entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs, you are welcome to apply for as many challenges as you are eligible for. Each cohort has a unique theme and/or geographic location. Learn more here.
Investors, we accept your applications on a rolling basis. Upon receiving your application, our program team will reach out to book a discovery call and support you in selecting a cohort that aligns with your goals.
“I was really impressed by Spring’s Impact Investor Challenge. The quality of the companies that applied, the range of guest speakers, and the engagement of both the investors and the top five startups were quite unique. Some of the relationships that were built over the course of that program have endured and will likely continue to build over a lifetime.”
Founder and Managing Partner of Active Impact Investments
“We used the knowledge we gained to successfully raise and close our pre-seed round. The Impact Investor Challenge was a great opportunity for our company to learn about raising a fund by working directly with angel investors and benefiting from the targeted programming delivered by Spring and their partners. Being a part of the program also raised our company profile and winning the $100,000 investment was amazing, not only for the investment but for the validation it provided to other investors, which was critical in helping us raise our first round.”
Co-founder & CEO of Open Ocean Robotics, Winner of the 2019 Impact Investor Challenge
“I am proud of the amount of growth that could not have happened without the Impact Investor Challenge. I have been given the opportunity to stretch in our understanding of impact initiatives and impact measures, to understand the workings of an impact investor, and to compare best practices with four other companies creating change in their respective industries.”
Founder of Heal Mary, 2021 Impact Investor Challenge Winner
Select the Investor or Entrepreneur path to learn more and apply
It takes a community to catalyze change and fuel the innovation the world needs. If you are interested in being part of the impact investing movement as a partner of our programming, reach out to us today!
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