I still remember the critical question of an early-day supporter of Impacc: “Are you sure you will find enough initiatives to support?” At the time, we had two businesses in the pipeline, and it wasn’t a given that startups in Africa would be open to our approach of...

Welcome back to a new edition of our Newsletter, this time from Ethiopia where I met up with the entire Impacc team (we are a dozen by now, spread across three countries with a tremendous mix of expertise and passion – it’s always such an energizer to leave Zoom...

407 is my lucky number right now. 407 jobs have been created by our Ventures since the beginning of the year, and I can't tell you how happy I am about that. When we founded Impacc at the end of 2019, we had the idea of investing in sub-Saharan startups so they could...

Welcome back - and welcome to a newsletter about our fundraising platform, which I have announced on and off in the past and which has since become a B2B platform connecting companies in the North with start-ups in the South. Our B2B-Platform opens up new sources of...

Here I am again, this time directly from Africa, so this newsletter is about news from the ventures: the first candidate from our new cohort is funded, and our first generation businesses are establishing themselves in the market. Things are moving! MORE SEEDS THROUGH...

I've been looking forward to writing this newsletter for months, because we can finally introduce our new cohort of green start-ups that we plan to fund this year. Actually, I wanted to do this already in December, but something took precedence - namely saying "thank...

I don't know if you feel the same way, but I am a bit tired of all those year-end-reviews. So this is the shortest newsletter ever, and I only have one thing to say: Thank you! Thank you - to our “angel investors” who believed in Impacc at a time when it was yet...

New cohort of social ventures soon to be announced ­ When Jochen and I founded Impacc almost two years ago, we wanted to rethink development aid and use the tools of business for social change. We wanted to create a movement that not only combats poverty in Africa,...

The summer months have seen some exciting developments at Impacc. I am writing with fresh impressions from Ghana, where I have been blown away by our new investment candidate and am more convinced then ever by our approach.­Our portfolio is growing: we are overwhelmed...

It is high time that I get you up to date again on all the latest developments at Impacc: I used a moment of calm in Covid-19 numbers to work in Africa where our team has grown, and funding is secured. And in Europe, spreading the word has brought first results.