2025年影响力报告

Main partners Other Impact partners Dealroom.co is the foremost data provider on startup, early-stage andgrowth company ecosystems in Europe and around the globe. ImpactCity The Hague is a leading European ecosystem fororganisations that combine 'doing good and doing business'. Wefacilitate innovative entrepreneurs in starting and scaling up their Knowledge partners Microsoft Entrepreneurship for Positive Impact provides supportmission-driven companies working towards the UN SDGs, helpingthem to expand their businesses and amplify their influence through Foreword “For ten years, ImpactFest has been the place where the supply and demand forimpact capital come together. At this tenth edition, we look at global trends inimpact investing. We see a decade in transition; from 2015 to today. And we look The Netherlands still has all the right conditions to play a leading role in Europe intechnological innovation and impact. And The Hague, as the city of peace and justice,plays a key role in building a livable and just world, anchored in strong networks and At ImpactCity The Hague, we continue to focus on companies working on sustainableinnovation. At the same time, we are addressing todayʼs societal challenges in the areas of Over the past decade, the field of impact and the Sustainable Development Goalshave changed significantly. Around 2015, most impact capital was directed towardgoals such as emission reduction, carbon neutrality, and climate action, with a I am proud of the impact ecosystem that has been built over the past ten years in TheHague with many partners and entrepreneurs, and I look forward with confidence tothe next decade - in which, despite growing pressures, we will continue to innovate and Today, we increasingly view sustainability and impact through the lens of security,resilience, and independence. Rising geopolitical tensions, scarcer resources, andvolatile prices have shifted this focus. This shift exposes deeper vulnerabilities:dependence on governments for energy, food, and water; growing pressure on Saskia BruinesAlderman for Economic Development atthe City of The Hague Every entrepreneur or professional working in impact recognizes this growingpressure. What once was an agenda driven by environmental and social challengesand innovation is now inseparably linked to economic resilience, national security,and crisis preparedness. This trend is also visible in the latest figures from theState of Impact, showing that investments in sectors and companies working on Key takeaways A decade in review, a decade ahead Capital is concentrating aroundtechnologies with cross-industryapplications, while sectors Impact investing grows long termbut faces a sharp funding slowdown The past decade marked the turning point whencleanenergy and electrification became both economicallyviable and self-propelling. Solar, wind, and batterycosts plummeted, makingrenewables cheaper thanfossil fuelsand enabling record investments ofover $2 Over the past decade,impact companies haveincreased in value 28-fold, reaching a total of$3.6trillion. ImpactVC funding is projected to growthreefoldcompared to ten years ago, with 2025expected to reach$33 billion, a 24% decrease from2024. This year has already fallen behind all years Food securitysolutions are set to raise abouthalf asmuch capital as last year($1.9B vs $3.7B), even asglobal pressures make themincreasingly vital. Circularstartups are expected to attract only afraction of previous funding, whilesustainablematerials continue to perform strongly,enabled by Yet,decarbonizing the last 10–20% of emissionsremains a monumental challenge, requiringbreakthroughs incarbon removal, green fuels, and heavy industry transformation.Looking ahead, thenext decade will hinge on scaling these technologies, North Americacurrently accounts for60% of globalimpact VC funding, twice that ofEurope, whoseshare has dropped from a 40% peak in 2023 to28%this year.So far,eight new impact unicornshavebeen created in 2025, bringing the cumulative doubling annual clean energy investment to $4.5trillion, and channeling financing more equitably to theGlobal South. Digital tools, from AI-enabled Notable roundshave also gone to companiesstrengthening supply chains in critical materials likesteel, cement, and rare earths. Meanwhile, fundingforwater-related and blue economysolutions isreverting to pre-pandemic levels, with under 1A decade in review, a decade ahead 2Investment overview3Spotlight themes4Geographic analysis5Impact in the Netherlands From clean innovation to critical infrastructure A decade ahead A decade in review Clean energy and electrification is now in most cases economicallybeneficialandself-propelling Some solutions still need to be scaled to decarbonize the last 10% of theenergysystemandtargetothersegments ●Cost ofsolardown~77%,windinstallation down~58%,batterycellprices down~84%in the past decade. Solar and wind arenow on averagecheaper than fossi