Our philosophy
We recognise single ventures, investors, or interventions are unlikely to create systemic change alone. Our focus is not on claiming outcomes, but on contributing to the conditions that enable positive social and environmental change to emerge over time.
SYSTEMS APPROACH
Role in the system
Founders4Impact is an early-stage fund that provides catalytic capital and capacity-building support to founders working within complex systems. Our role is to support ventures as they navigate structural barriers, strengthen their foundations, and engage more effectively with the broader systems around them. We are one actor among many trying to collectively shift the dial.
IMPACT
Integrating impact into decisions
Impact is centred in our investment process. From early conversations and due diligence through to portfolio engagement and exit planning. We focus on understanding a venture’s intent, its role within a broader system, and the potential risks and unintended consequences of its approach.
MEASUREMENT
Learning through measurement
We do not start with standardised impact frameworks or predefined metrics as we know that one approach does not fit all. Instead, we work closely with each venture to understand what they are trying to achieve and develop context-specific ways of learning about progress over time. So rather than using measurement to claim attribution, it is used as a learning tool, combining qualitative and quantitative insights to inform decisions.
COLLECTIVE CHANGE
From principles to practice
We focus on contribution, over attribution, to help guide how we invest and engage. This lens prompts us to look beyond individual ventures and consider how their solutions interact with the broader systems around them.
We ask how our capital, relationships, and approach help cultivate the conditions for collective change, rather than isolating impact to a single actor or intervention and making claims about outcomes
