At Venture Catalyst, LLC, we provide strategic consulting services to mission-driven asset owners seeking to align their investment portfolios with their values and impact objectives. Our clients—ranging from nonprofit organizations and public entities to development finance institutions—face the challenge of integrating financial and social return considerations into their investment strategies. We help them navigate this complexity by designing tailored investment policy statements (IPS) that embed impact as a core investment principle. By engaging stakeholders, including community and board members, partners, and asset managers, we ensure that our clients’ impact priorities are effectively communicated and integrated into their decision-making processes.
We support institutional investors in adopting and operationalizing leading impact investing frameworks, such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the GIIN’s IRIS+ and Impact Management Project (IMP), and other relevant methodologies. By incorporating these frameworks into portfolio construction and manager selection, we enable our clients to measure and track their impact outcomes alongside financial returns. Our expertise also extends to impact reporting and governance, helping organizations develop transparent metrics that demonstrate accountability and effectiveness in achieving their social and environmental objectives.
Beyond policy design and impact measurement, we assist mission-driven asset owners in identifying and investing in fund managers who align with their values, particularly those from overlooked and underrepresented backgrounds. This includes conducting due diligence on emerging fund managers to help clients diversify their portfolios while catalyzing systemic change in the investment industry. By sourcing and vetting impact-oriented general partners in the venture capital space and helping fund managers to design new public-market investment products, we enable our clients to support innovative investment strategies that generate meaningful and sustainable impact.
Ultimately, our consulting services empower mission-driven asset owners to move from intent to action—ensuring that their capital not only delivers strong financial returns but also drives positive societal change. Whether our clients seek to refine their impact strategy, implement new measurement tools, or deploy capital toward high-potential impact fund managers, Venture Catalyst, LLC provides the expertise and guidance to turn their vision into reality.