News and Views

  • England’s blended finance wholesaler receives glowing review, but social investment ecosystem remains fragile

    Quadrennial review praises Access for its success in providing wider access to social investment but highlights challenges as mobilising new sources of funding beyond dormant assets proves increasingly urgent.

  • Private impact fundraising nosedives from 2022 to 2024 – latest PitchBook report

    Analysis of 5,000 impact funds investing in private markets shows a record US$1tn in impact assets under management, but capital flows dropped by nearly half in two years, aligning with wider negative trends in impact investing.

  • Davos 2026: Beyond Greenland, tariffs and Trump – the impact-focused discussions

    Prosperity within planetary boundaries, nature-based solutions, the blue economy and development finance were also on the agenda at this year’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. Here's all you need to know from Davos 2026.

How to unlock VCs’ full impact potential

As Trump’s USA takes its eye off social impact, Europe’s venture capitalists stand at a decisive moment in history, concluded discussions at the latest FASE Impact Fire Talk. But capital strategies must evolve to unleash VCs’ true transformative power.