MAIF Impact

What is MAIF Impact?

MAIF Impact is a Corporate Venture Capital Fund headquartered in Paris, with an investment focus on early-stage and impact start-ups primarily at the Seed or Series A stages. They are sector agnostic, emphasizing that a clear impact must be integral to the company’s business model.

With an ability to invest anywhere from €300,000 to €2,000,000, MAIF Impact aims to support companies that can demonstrate robust economic models and have ambitious development plans, intending to help them grow their entrepreneurial project and achieve their impact objectives.

This fund prioritizes investments in projects that can maintain economic sustainability to maximize their impact and places impact search at the heart of their investment strategy. This approach means engaging with companies that have been created to generate a positive social, societal, or environmental impact.

MAIF Impact’s underlying vision stresses the importance of ‘impact first’ with five thematic investment focuses including education & fundamental rights, adaptation of cities to transitions, promotion of circularity, regeneration of biodiversity, and responses to the climate emergency.

They aim to support these themes alongside three transversal progress axes: equality of opportunity, inclusion, and diversity. Aside from financial support, MAIF Impact extends technical, strategic, and organizational expertise to entrepreneurs, nurturing a conducive ecosystem through their portfolio and extensive partner network.

Their team, led by president Hélène Hannoir and fund manager Simona Chiavassa, utilizes rigorous criteria for prospective investees, like intending a strong and measurable impact, existing for over two years with a sustainable business model, and seeking funding of at least one million euros.

MAIF Impact fosters collaboration within its investment entourage and promotes an engaged network of partners ready to advance societal and environmental innovation.

What they say:

We invest in impact start-ups, mostly in Seed or Series A. We are sector agnostic, but impact must be a core composant of the business model.