Impact Capital Managers

?? Don’t miss out! Applications for the ICM Mosaic Fellowship close on December 2nd at 11:59 PM ET! Designed for graduate students, the fellowship is a unique opportunity to jumpstart your career in impact investing, offering hands-on experience with some of the leading impact-focused investment funds alongside a competitive stipend. This year’s host funds include: ? Altura Capital ? Apis & Heritage Capital Partners ? Arborview Capital ? Arctaris Impact Investors ? Blackhorn Ventures ? Clean Energy Ventures ? Cleveland Avenue CAST US Fund ? Closed Loop Partners Infrastructure Fund ? Closed Loop Partners Leadership Fund ? Closed Loop Partners Ventures Group ? Congruent Ventures ? DBL Partners ? Earth Foundry ? Generation Investment Management ? HCAP Partners ? Impact America Fund ? Impact Engine ? Lime Rock New Energy ? Nuveen, a TIAA company Private Equity Impact ? Pangaea Ventures ? Quona Capital ? Rebalance Capital ? Renovus Capital Partners ? Rethink Food ? Second Horizon Capital ? Shift Capital ? Spring Lane Capital ? The Builders Fund ? Ecosystem Integrity Fund ? Virta Ventures Apply today to be part of a transformative program! https://lnkd.in/eMCJ5Dw6

Yesterday, we held our annual Fall Convening at Morrison Foerster's offices in New York. We are honored to have hosted our network of 140+ GPs alongside allocators and friends in the field. We spent the day connecting and collaborating?in?breakout sessions and plenary conversations focused on topics including public policy, impact measurement, fundraising strategies,?and more. As always, a big thank you to our amazing network for an engaging and fruitful convening.

We had a blast bringing together our members, friends and partners in the space for a reception at SOCAP Global! The Impact Capital Managers (ICM) community gathered at the Press Club in San Francisco for a night of connection, purpose-driven conversation and, most importantly, fun. ? A huge thank you to our co-hosts—Arctaris Impact Investors, Better Ventures, Citi Impact Fund, and Goldman Sachs Asset Management—for helping make this event so special. Together, we’re pushing the industry forward one conversation at a time. ? Thanks to everyone who joined us for such a memorable night. Looking forward to building on the energy and inspiration sparked at SOCAP this week at our Fall Convening! Emma Sissman Ryan Alam Katie Andresen Wes Selke Uche Osuji Tee T. Elizabeth Taylor Patrick Mullen Rick Moss Letitia Ferrier Webster Lyndsey Boucherle Nicole Lau John Goldstein

We’re honored to welcome our newest member The Artemis Fund to the ICM community! The Artemis Fund is named after the goddess of the hunt and champion of women and wild things. Artemis believes technology has the potential to sustain prosperity for all, but it’s not possible without diverse perspectives.?Artemis?leads seed rounds for diverse tech founders with wild ambitions in fintech, commerce, and care tech, building the economy of the future.? ? Welcome Diana Murakhovskaya, Stephanie Campbell, Adrienne Mangual, Rachel Mackey, Juliette Richert, and the rest of the Artemis team!??

This Friday, we're reflecting on an inspiring few days in Amsterdam at our very first EU convening, capped by The Global Impact Investing Network Forum last week. Together, we gathered our network and partners to deepen our commitment to driving impact, forging connections across borders, and tackling the unique challenges facing private capital impact funds. Here are some highlights: ?? ICM State of the Network:?We shared insightful data from our network survey to shed light on trends in the field, sparking ideas on how ICM can strengthen best practices across geographies and collaborate more deeply. ?? Member Perspectives:?Moderated by Amy Nelson, we heard from Christoffer Dahlberg, Martijn Lopes Cardozo and Itaru Shiraishi on how our network is helping to scale the industry with authenticity and integrity. ?? Breakout Sessions:?We explored critical themes, from the transatlantic policy landscape to scaling fund capacity to enhancing impact measurement. Thanks to our session leaders, including Amee Parbhoo, Florian Schalliol, Maya Chorengel, Clare Murray, Jen Braswell and Caitlin Rosser, who brought their invaluable perspectives to each session. ?? GP Perspectives:?Thanks to Kristin Sikorski Koch, Amie Patel and Shally Shanker for sharing their candid thoughts on the current fundraising landscape in a closed-door, member-only session. ?? Allocator Perspectives:?We wrapped up with insights from limited partners, including Marta Hervás Melgarejo, Xenia Loos, and Willem Huidekoper, CFA. The discussion highlighted the nuance, art and science involved in allocating for impact. ?? Network Reception:?On Tuesday, Michael Smith and his wife Nati Smith opened their home to toast to the progress and future of impact investing alongside Ulrike Kostense (Beyrich), CAIA, Perry Teicher and Nik Engineer. From all of us at ICM, a big thank you to our members, panelists, and partners for bringing their energy, candor and expertise. We’re excited about what’s next for ICM—expanding our private capital impact investing network in Europe, North America and beyond!??? ????

Breaking: The Mosaic Fellowship application is now LIVE! The ICM Mosaic Fellowship is part of our commitment to advance the pipeline of diverse, skilled talent in the private capital impact investing industry. The program provides top-performing graduate students of underrepresented and diverse backgrounds the opportunity to spend a summer as a Summer Associate at one of ICM’s member funds— leading private capital funds investing for positive social & environmental impact and superior returns. Learn more about our participating host funds:?Altura Capital,?Apis & Heritage Capital Partners,?Arborview Capital,?Blackhorn Ventures,?Builders Fund,?Clean Energy Ventures,?Cleveland Avenue,?Closed Loop Partners?(Infrastructure, Leadership, and Ventures),?Congruent Ventures,?DBL Partners,?Earth Foundry,?Ecosystem Integrity Fund, Generation Investment Management,?HCAP Partners,?Impact America Fund,?Impact Engine,?Lime Rock New Energy,?Nuveen, a TIAA company?Private Equity Impact,?Pangaea Ventures,?Quona Capital,?Rebalance Capital,?Renovus Capital Partners,?Rethink Food,?Second Horizon Capital,?Shift Capital,?Spring Lane Capital, and?Virta Ventures. Apply: https://lnkd.in/gPhXZVpM

ICM is pleased to welcome Virta Ventures to the ICM network. Virta Ventures?is an early-stage climate tech firm founded by Russell Sprole, leveraging his 15 years of climate tech operating experience and prior investing experience.?The firm is focused on equity-light B2B business models that are digitizing and decarbonizing energy, transportation, the built environment, industrials and agriculture. Welcome Russell S., Patricia Tang, and the rest of the Virta Ventures team!

Join us this Friday for the first Mosaic Fellowship application session for the 2025 cohort! First-year grad students are eligible to apply. In the session, we’ll cover key components of the Fellowship and host a Q&A with Kendall Bedford, Mosaic alum and Impact Investor at SustainVC, as well as Juan Zavala, CFA, CAIA, founding member of ICM's Talent and Diversity Working Group and Principal at New Markets Venture Partners. Register here: https://lu.ma/tsif385r

Have you read our recent report, Paths to Partner: Empowering Emerging Leaders for Firm-Wide Success? If not, check out this great article from ImpactAlpha that covers our impact investing talent development efforts and the trends included in the report. The article highlights innovative career development models of ICM member funds SustainVC, Impact Engine and HCAP Partners, as well as perspectives from leading impact investors Amy Nelson and Elizabeth Wills Chou on how they built successful careers in the space. Thanks to Roodgally Senatus for covering this important publication. And, of course, thank you to the report's authors: Adrianna Alterman, Emma Sissman, Kendall Bedford, Nicole Calandra and Rachel Mavrothalasitis. You can read the article below or check out the full report on our website.

We are excited to welcome Mad Capital to the ICM network! ? Mad Capital provides tailor-fit private credit to mid-sized regenerative organic farmers in the U.S., bridging the transition financing gap by offering the long-term capital needed to convert degraded farms into beautiful, profitable, and regenerative operations. Mad Capital is actively working with over 117,297 acres of U.S. farmland across 16 states, of which 18,470 acres are currently transitioning to organic. ? Please join us in welcoming?Brandon Welch, Philip Taylor, Ph.D., Cameron Ramey, and the rest of the Mad Capital team to the ICM community!