Israeli and Jewish Entities
8200 Impact - 8200 Impact is the first acceleration program in Israel for social technology (social impact) startups, that aim to solve significant social problems through technology in a wide spectrum of fields: Disabilities, promoting gender equality, the elderly, education, parenthood and more.
Access Israel - Access Israel’s mission is to promote accessibility and inclusion to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities and the elderly.
Beyond Family Office - Beyond strategically shifts capital from traditional to value-aligned investments, allowing their clients to make an impact in the areas close to their hearts without sacrificing on return.
Hackaveret - Hackaveret: Israel's Center for Social Innovation nnurtures, strengthens, and expands innovative ideas and social ventures, to ensure that they can make maximum impact and improve the well-being of at-risk populations.
INLET - The Israeli Network of Life-Enhancing Technologies enhances the lives of people with disabilities and the elderly around the world through Israeli technology.
Israel Forum for Impact Economy - The Israeli Forum for Impact Economy (IFIE) is a multi-sector group of Israeli leaders committed to ensuring continued economic growth and prosperity through the adoption of an impact-driven economy.
Israel Venture Network - Through several programs, IVN has created a track record in helping marginalized populations in Israel start businesses and create job opportunities for Youth at Risk, People with Disabilities, the Ultra-Orthodox, and Arab citizens, among others.
Jewish Funders Network - Jewish Funders Network is an international community of private foundations and philanthropists whose mission is to promote meaningful giving and to improve philanthropy in the Jewish world.
JLens Investor Network - JLens explores a Jewish lens on investing, and serves as the bridge between the Jewish community and the values-based impact investing movement.
Ofek Credit Union - Ofek Credit Union is an alternative to Israeli banks, and provides its members fair and low-cost financial services and serves as a platform for economic and social change.
Ogen - Ogen, formerly known as the Israel Free Loan Association (IFLA), is a non-profit social lending enterprise, providing affordable credit to disadvantaged segments of the Israeli public.
Presentense - PresenTense, an Israel based non-profit, promotes an inclusive society, one where diverse communities are equally represented in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Israel.
ROI Community - ROI Community is an international network of over 1,300 Jewish activists, entrepreneurs and innovators in their 20s and 30s who are enhancing Jewish engagement and fostering positive social change globally.
Social Finance Israel - SFI works to create measurable change in people's lives by deploying innovative financing tools to solve social problems, all while developing the Impact Investing sector in Israel.
SparkIL - A peer-to-peer lending platform supporting social impact businesses in Israel’s geographic and socio-economic periphery.
Start-Up Nation Central - Start-Up Nation Central is an independent non-profit that builds bridges to Israeli innovation. While not specific to the impact sector, SNC does cover several impact-oriented segments of Israeli high tech.
Tech For Good - TechForGood leads cross-sector alliances with their partners - entrepreneurs, investors, multinational and national corporations, NGOs and governments - to support the business opportunities in solving global challenges.
Tmura - Tmura receives donations of equity from Israeli and Israel-related high-tech companies and, upon a liquidity event, allocates the proceeds to education- and youth-related charities in Israel.
UpStart - UpStart partners with the Jewish community’s boldest leaders to expand the picture of how Jews find meaning and come together.
(Mostly) Israeli Impact Investors:
Arc Impact - Arc invests in promising startups in sectors of impact, including educational technology, workforce training, healthcare, and assistive technologies, and supports sector development through philanthropy.
Bridges Israel - The fund is invested in Growth Businesses benefiting underserved populations, and impactful Impact Tech opportunities.
Dynamic Loop Capital - Dynamic Loop Capital is the operation running Sir Ronald Cohen's family venture capital investments in socially responsible and disruptive tech companies.
Elah Fund - Elah Fund identifies and partners with Israeli companies with the potential to become global market leaders, generating outsized returns for our investors while integrating quantifiable ESG best practices for the benefit of all stakeholders.
Firstime Ventures - Firstime Ventures invests in companies that are building a sustainable & accessible future for all.
Gandyr Investments - Gandyr invests in sustainable companies with an Israeli emphasis within the industrial, technology, real-estate and renewable energy domains. Each investment is examined based on its financial indicators and ESG metrics that consider the expected social & environmental impact.
GoodCompany - Good Company invests in technology startups which generate massive impact, created by Israel’s top founders.
J-Impact - J-Impact Fund is a collective community of selective investors and business leaders bound by common values across the globe from different industries, working together to gain access to investment opportunities and achieve a greater goal.
Kapor Capital - Though not operating in Israel, I can’t compile any list of impact VCs that does not include my heroes in this space. Oakland, CA-based Kapor Capital, founded by Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein, believes that startups can leverage information technology to solve real world problems and tangibly improve the lives of millions through innovations in the fields of education, finance, health, work, justice and more.
Kinneret Impact Ventures - Kinneret Impact Ventures is the first Israeli Agritech and Climatech specialized VC Fund established by the farming community in collaboration with industry and academia to target emerging Agritech, Foodtech, Watertech, and Climatech startups. It invests in companies that will generate a positive impact on society and our planet.
Pitango - While not a traditional impact fund, Pitango, the largest VC fund in Israel, make this list because Cecile Blilious, a godmother of Israeli impact investing, serves as Head of Impact & Sustainability.
Value Squared - Value Squared invests in public equities with positive impact to create squared value for their clients. Their investments integrate standard financial evaluation with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) analysis.
Zora Ventures - ZORA backs world-class Israeli tech companies with $1+ billion potential and game-changing solutions toward the UN SDGs.
Corporate ESG Consultants:
Good Vision - Good Vision, of the Fahn Kanne-Grant Thornton Group, plans and manages corporate responsibility processes in businesses.
Several large Israeli accounting and consultancies, such as BDO, offer ESG-related consulting.
Philanthropic Impact Advisory Firms:
Ira Friedman Consulting and Advisory - A leading expert in Israel's impact investing field and innovative philanthropic models.
Israel Impact Partners - IIP partners with foundations and philanthropic leaders to help optimize and scale up the NGOs whose missions matter most to them.
Weave Impact - Weave Impact is an advisory firm guiding its clients in creating and implementing social impact investment strategies in Israel.
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