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Webinar series on impact investing dedicated to the Italian market

Webinar series on impact investing dedicated to the Italian market
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EVPA and EBN invite you to a new webinar series on impact investing dedicated to the Italian market

EVPA and EBN join forces in support of impact-driven, innovative entrepreneurs seeking access to finance. The combined strengths of the two networks and their members working together have the potential to catalyse business innovation support, impact incubation and investing for impact to benefit people and the planet.

The two networks will therefore put in place a series of initiatives aimed at bringing together EU|BICs and investors for impact to better support European entrepreneurs in tackling today societal and environmental challenges with their innovative solutions.

The webinar series (14 September - 26 October)

On 14 September, EBN and EVPA contribute to the opening session of the webinar series “Impact Investing: dal dire al fare” (translation: ‘’Impact Investing: from saying to doing’’) hosted by the Italian EU|BIC AR-TER.

This webinar series of six online sessions will present facts and figures, business models and investment strategies, and actors of the Italian impact investing ecosystem, in conversation with its protagonists and their business support actors.

The opening session: “Presente e futuro dell’impact investing” (in Italian)

14 September from 10:30 to 12:30

During this first session, EBN and EVPA will shed light on the European dimension of the impact investment sector. We will present how Business Support Organisations (BSOs) and impact investors can contribute together to shaping a more inclusive, impact-oriented, sustainable, and environmental-friendly entrepreneurial ecosystem. The two networks specifically aim to mobilise their Italian members to join the initiative and take part in the “Reverse Pitching” sessions of the webinar series.

Click here for more information and to register

Four Reverse Pitching sessions: “Impact investing in pratica”(in Italian and in English)

Tested successfully for the first time in 2019, EBN and EVPA are organising again their “Reverse Pitching” initiative. Investors forImpact present their investment strategies and impact assessment frameworks to EU|BICs, in order to help them better prepare entrepreneurs to access new funding opportunities. Reverse Pitching sessions have a national focus, facilitating connections and collaboration between EBN and EVPA members in specific countries.

Reverse Pitching session 1 (in Italian)

21 September at 12:00

  • FONDAZIONE SOCIAL VENTURE Giordano Dell’Amore
  • LITA.CO ITALIA

Registration opening soon

Reverse Pitching session 2 (in Italian)

28 September at 12:00

  • A|IMPACT
  • SOCIAL FARE SEED

Registration opening soon

Reverse Pitching session 3 (in Italian)

5 October at 12:00 – organised with Forum Finanza Sostenibile

  • Fondo SI - SEFEA IMPACT SGR S.p.a.
  • Fondo Finance & Sustainability

Registration opening soon

Reverse Pitching session 4 (in English)

12 October at 12:00 (TBC) – organised with EVPA

Speakers will be announced soon!

Final session: Impact investing in Europe (in English)

The webinar series will conclude with a session, which will bring our insights together, and give a wider perspective of the European impact investing landscape.

26 October (TBC)

Speakers will be announced soon!

Target

  • Incubators and accelerators (Rete IN-ER and Italian BICs linked to EBN)
  • Investors part of the ACRI network and other networks such as Forum Finanza Sostenibile
  • Innovative start-ups and SMEs with a potential focus on social impact
  • Social cooperatives seeking for capitals to develop specific projects and/or activities
  • Public authorities interested in developing projects linked to social finance and impact investing