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Impact Shakers
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Impact Shakers invests in diverse-founded, pre-seed and seed-stage impact startups headquartered in Europe (including the UK), focusing on Climate Tech, Inclusion Tech, and Impact Infrastructure. The firm believes entrepreneurship is the best vehicle for change, and that tackling complex societal and environmental problems requires more diverse entrepreneurs — unlocking underused problem-solving potential. Through its venture accelerator model, Impact Shakers selects 6–8 companies per year, investing €150k–€250k in equity and hands-on support, with potential follow-on of up to €1.5M, while embedding impact measurement, founder wellbeing, and inclusive scaling as core values. Founded in 2018 as an ecosystem builder, Impact Shakers evolved from running 30+ accelerator and incubator programmes for diverse founders into a full investment platform. It launched the Impact Shakers Microfund in 2022 as a community-driven friends-and-family vehicle, and in 2024 closed the first tranche of its €20M Impact Shakers Ventures I fund. The firm's mission is to catalyse a systemic shift — levelling the playing field and changing the entrepreneurial narrative by working with both founders and investors across the complete lifecycle of impact businesses.
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“It became clear pretty quickly that if we wanted to build a more inclusive startup ecosystem, we would need to add capital to the mix. We started with a friends and family instrument and are working our way up the capital ladder with this first impact venture fund.”
“We want Impact Shakers to ignite a profound shift, catalysing 10x investments into diverse impact founders. We are on a mission to show everyone what we see within our ecosystem every day — that supporting talent that might not look like the current Google search of successful founders will not only create more impact for all, but will also be the most financially rewarding path going forward.”
“In fewer than 18 months, we have made 13 investments, with four more in the pipeline for this year, and backed 23 exceptionally diverse founders. We have deployed almost €4m in pre-seed funding and catalysed another €10m from others.”
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humara | Pre-seed | — | 2026-05-06 |
| Bel Community | Pre-seed | — | 2026-04-15 |
| Solence | Pre-seed | — | 2025-07-10 |
| Voda: The LGBTQIA+ Mental Health App | Pre-seed | — | — |
| Evela Health | Pre-seed | — | — |
| BitaGreen | Pre-seed | — | — |
| Circular Library Network | Pre-seed | — | — |
| Faircado | Pre-seed | — | — |
| GeoTag by TAZAAR | Pre-seed | — | — |
| Vested Impact | Pre-seed | — | — |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Victrix | 1 |
| Trividend | 1 |
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