Investing into Impact Businesses and Social Enterprises

There is often a mismatch between the opportunities impact investors and donors are pursuing and what is available.
This disconnect is often related to perceptions about the market/beneficiary size and access, competitive advantage, financial model and plans, intended impact, how to scale, and more.
Funding
The Impact Amplifier Foundation was formed to specifically focus on funding social innovators in Africa and develop ecosystem solutions to the challenges confronting the continent. The public sector, charities and now social enterprises make up a tapestry of support for many social and environment issues in Africa. Although increasing in activity, the funding for and scale of the solutions to healthcare, housing, food security, job creation, energy and water access, climate adaptation and mitigation are grossly inadequate in relation to the size of the problems.
The Foundation does not have the ambition to resource all these challenges, but instead focuses on developing ecosystem solutions that can be a catalyst for increasing activity, support and coordination. The vast majority of social and environmental solutions being implemented in Africa are not done in collaboration, coordinated, nor within a clear framework and understanding of what is needed and who is already implementing solutions. As such, the existing resources allocated in a given sector or geography are often inefficiently being applied or wasted.
Because of Impact Amplifier extensive work with social innovators, impact investor, donors and the public sector it is uniquely suited to develop ecosystem solutions and models for others to utilize. The Foundation is both a donor and a doer, implementing some solutions internally and financially supporting other innovators to build ecosystems that work.
All donations from the Foundation are done via calls for applications. Please see the open calls page for current opportunities.
Investing
In addition to being a direct funder, Impact Amplifier also supports businesses to align their vision and plans with those of investors through its unique investment readiness process.
Post completing Impact Amplifier’s acceleration process it raises grant, equity or debt-based funding for social enterprise from a broad range of local and international impact investor.
Impact Amplifier’s entrepreneur clients typically meet the following criteria:
- Clear growth potential
- Demonstrable social / environmental impact
- Competent and experienced management team with relevant track record
- Proven concept / post revenue
- Investment requirement between $80,000 – $10 million
- Based in Africa
Recent work
Online Investment Readiness – Sahara and Leap Africa
Scaling Digital Skills
Building Resilience and Impact Assessments
Assessing Impact Of Climate Change Businesses
Capacity Building Programme For Entrepreneurs and Intermediaries
Ethical Supply Chain and Impact Assessment: South African Design
Online Investment Readiness – Future Females
Social Innovation Accelerator and Fund
Investment Readiness Programme for Social Entrepreneurs and Inclusive Businesses
South African Food Ecosystem Impact Assessment
Bridges For Music Academy Assessment
Scaling Climate Adaptation Businesses
More Services We Offer

Accelerating Impact Businesses
Impact Amplifier offers a range of acceleration and training programmes focused on getting impact businesses ready for investment.

Impact Strategy and Measurement for Large Companies and Institutions
Impact Amplifier supports high growth impact businesses to access funding from both local and international investors.

Ecosystem Solutions for the Impact Economy
The “Impact Economy” is comprised of multiple businesses and organisations across a broad spectrum of sectors.