Open Value Foundation has launched Catalytic Ventures, an impact investment club designed to bring together business angels, family offices, and foundations through a collaborative model for investing in high-growth social enterprises.
Catalytic Ventures brings together investors who participate jointly in investment opportunities through a deal-by-deal model. By combining due diligence, shared learning, and co-investment, the club enables direct investment in highly scalable social enterprises, encourages collaboration among different investor profiles, and contributes to strengthening the impact investing ecosystem.
The initiative focuses on highly scalable social enterprises, with particular emphasis on organizations generating more than €250,000 in annual revenue. It targets investments ranging from €100,000 to €250,000 per company. Its geographic focus spans Spain, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia, using instruments including equity, convertible loans, and participating loans.
Catalytic Ventures has already completed its first two investments, marking the beginning of its commitment to backing businesses that combine commercial growth with meaningful social impact. The club is also on track to complete three additional investments before the end of the year.
First Investments
The club's first investment was B de Bocata, a social enterprise that elevates the traditional sandwich into a gourmet culinary experience while placing employment inclusion at the heart of its business model, demonstrating that social impact and profitability can go hand in hand.
Its second investment was Filantrópico, a not-for-profit social enterprise that roasts and distributes specialty coffee in Madrid, creating employment opportunities for people with disabilities while paying fair prices to smallholder coffee farmers in developing countries.
These first investments reflect Catalytic Ventures' commitment to supporting enterprises that address social and environmental challenges through innovative, sustainable, and scalable business models.
Catalytic Ventures was established by Open Value Foundation, a family foundation specializing in hybrid models that combine strategic philanthropy with impact investing. The club represents the next step in the foundation's evolution toward mobilizing greater private capital to accelerate the growth of social enterprises and expand their capacity to create lasting impact.
Interest in investing in impact-driven businesses continues to grow, yet there is still a need for platforms that make these opportunities more accessible. Catalytic Ventures was created to connect purpose-driven investors, foster shared learning, and mobilize more capital toward social enterprises capable of achieving both scale and transformative impact." Mónica Vásquez del Solar, Director of Catalytic Ventures.
About Open Value Foundation
Open Value Foundation is a family foundation specializing in hybrid models that combine strategic philanthropy with impact investing. Its mission is to support businesses and initiatives that create sustainable economic opportunities for people in vulnerable situations by combining financing, strategic support, and a long-term vision.
About Catalytic Ventures
Catalytic Ventures is the impact investment club established by Open Value Foundation. It brings together business angels, family offices, and foundations to co-invest in high-potential social enterprises through a collaborative deal-by-deal model, promoting co-investment and shared learning to accelerate business solutions that generate meaningful social impact.
https://openvaluefoundation.org/catalytic-ventures/
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