Our investment approach

We believe that building a culture of learning, discovery and a willingness to fail is vital to our success. We aim to design solutions around the needs of beneficiaries, enterprises, intermediaries, policymakers and investors, and to do that we must be constantly learning.

To build solutions to tough social challenges we must be proactive. This involves starting with the social issue, considering sustainable enterprise solutions, then designing routes that bring together the needs of enterprises and investors. We want to transform the broader investment ecosystem delivering long-lasting change to people’s lives.

We need to listen and understand when it is most appropriate to use investment to help address social challenges, and how we collaborate with partners to tackle those issues. We understand in a fast-moving environment, where we can add value is constantly evolving and we must adapt to that.

We need to understand and engage with the social sector, the financial sector and government to understand social issues, connect investment to organisations with a social purpose and shape the broader environment that can help social impact investment succeed. We have built a team with multi-sector skills and experience.

We believe an important part of our role is to move first and learn by doing. One way we achieve this is by encouraging staff to take ownership of our mission and back their ideas.