As part of a first closings Bonventure raised nearly €20 million in December 2020. The Munich-based impact investor is now closing its fourth fund with €50 million. The goal of this Fund IV is to simultaneously achieve a positive social impact and a financial return.
Bonventure: Making positive impact understandable
The high-impact fund measures the social impact of the financed companies through an impact analysis and reports on it through ongoing impact reporting. In this way, Bonventure aims to make the positive impact of the companies concretely understandable. The fund focuses its investment on seven themes along the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)On the ecological side, these include climate protection measures, resource conservation through sustainable consumption, and renewable energies. On the social side, Bonventure focuses on innovative business models in care and healthcare, inclusion, education, and equal opportunities.
The first investments have been launched
At the time of final closing, the new fund had already financed the first three companies: Sira Childcare, Comgy and ChargeXSira's mini-daycare centers are designed to help reconcile work and family life, Comgy aims to make energy saving easier for tenants and property managers, and ChargeX is developing affordable and scalable charging infrastructure for the transport transition.
Angela Lawaldt, Managing Partner at Bonventure, on the future prospects for impact companies:
"The market for impact companies is developing very positively. The companies are professionally positioned, and work on the global challenges of our time is gaining momentum and is more important than ever. The pandemic has also shown that impact companies are particularly resilient to crises."
