Every year, global investors channel over $1 trillion into enterprises tackling urgent challenges in health, education, poverty, climate, and more. These organizations—impact enterprises—often seek capital from investors aligned with their mission. But raising impact capital isn’t the same as traditional fundraising: it requires navigating unique expectations, tools, and relationships.
How Is Impact Capital Different?
Financial Complexity: Investors use specialized tools and deal terms.
Double Duty: Entrepreneurs must prove both business viability and measurable impact.
Diverse Goals: Some expect market-rate returns; others accept flexible returns for deeper impact.
Blended Capital: Many deals involve multiple investors sharing risk.
Impact capital is powerful and increasingly available—but finding the right investors and negotiating the right deal can be daunting. That’s where the Raising Impact Investment Capital Specialization comes in.
This five-course series bridges your vision and your next investment. It takes entrepreneurs, investors, and learners step-by-step from “Where do I start?” to “Here’s the best deal for my venture.” Each course builds on the last, guiding you through understanding the marketplace, strengthening your ask, and creating practical tools—financial models, pitch decks, outreach strategies, and contract terms—you can put to work immediately.
Applied Learning Project
Each course in this specialization is accompanied by a summative quiz, which will allow you to evaluate your learning and leverage the template models, pitch decks, outreach strategies, and contract terms in each course. Applying these examples to your own ventures is both intended and encouraged.
