CRASH COURSE OR PITCHING SESSIONS

4 November 2025

Join us for a high-energy day of hands-on learning and bold innovation. Dive into the crash course designed to introduce key impact and sustainable investing strategies, showcase real-world impact cases, and offer space for personal reflection and peer exchange. Or discover the next generation of changemakers as startups and scaleups pitch their solutions to drive social and environmental progress. Whether you're here to learn, invest, connect, or be inspired, there’s a session waiting for you.

You can not attend both programs, you need to choose either to join the Crash Course or the Pitching Session.

CRASH COURSE

Join us for an inspiring and hands-on journey into the new reality of Impact Finance. This course is co-organised by Impact Finance Belgium (IFB), the Solvay Impact Institute, and IMPACTips.

This event is designed to introduce key impact and sustainable investing strategies, showcase real-world impact cases, and offer space for personal reflection and peer exchange, all within the broader context of Impact Week. In this dynamic event, we’ll dive into the evolving world of Impact Finance, unpacking key concepts and showcasing diverse investment strategies through concrete cases.

What's in it for you?

Discover the Power of Impact Finance
Get a fresh, accessible introduction to how finance can be a force for good, and why it’s gaining momentum across the globe.
Explore Two Powerful Sustainable Finance Strategies
Learn how different approaches, like sustainable and impact finance, are shaping the future of purpose-driven investing.
Dive into Real-World Impact
Through compelling case studies, see how theory turns into action:
- Sustainability-driven investments
- Impact Funds
- Catalytic Capital
Reflect & Position Yourself
Try out a practical self-assessment tool to understand where you stand on the impact spectrum—and how to sharpen your practice moving forward.

Whether you're a seasoned investor, a sustainability professional, or simply curious about how impact finance can do more good, this session is for you!

OR

PITCHING SESSIONS

Next Wave of Impact

A Stage for Belgium’s Scaling Impact Entrepreneurs

As part of Belgian Impact Week, we’re shining a spotlight on the Next Wave of Impact — a curated showcase of ambitious, impact-driven scale-ups that are ready to accelerate their growth. Selected entrepreneurs will pitch live on stage to an audience of investors, partners, and changemakers who are actively looking to back ventures with both financial and societal returns.

Join us for an exclusive afternoon at the Belgian Impact Week, where we bring the next generation of top-tier, impact-driven entrepreneurs to the stage. These entrepreneurs are not just dreamers — they’re doers. With proven traction, clear scaling strategies, and bold impact ambitions for the future, they are ready to connect with investors who want both financial and societal returns.

Expect high-quality pitches, direct engagement with founders, and a room full of peers who believe that capital can be catalytic. This is your chance to discover, connect, and invest in the ventures that will shape the future of impact.

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What’s in it for you as an Investor?

Join us for an exclusive pitching session where you’ll:

🔓Gain early access to top-tier, impact-driven scale-ups

🌱Meet founders who are prepared, credible, and ready to accelerate

💡Connect with a like-minded community of impact investors

This is where capital fuels catalytic impact. Don’t miss the chance to back tomorrow’s leaders today!

What’s in it for you as an entrepreneur?

By stepping onto the Next Wave of Impact stage, you will:

🎤 Pitch to the right audience — curated impact investors and partners actively looking for ventures to back.

🌍 Gain visibility & credibility — be showcased as one of Belgium’s leading impact-driven scale-ups.

🤝 Unlock connections — meet investors, peers, and allies who can fuel your next phase of growth.

Who we’re looking for

We’re inviting entrepreneurs who are:

🌱 Impact-driven at the core — your venture delivers measurable social or environmental value.

📈 Proven & ready to grow — you have a solid track record (revenues, traction, or partnerships) and a clear plan to scale.

💡 Investor-ready — you are actively seeking funding and prepared to engage with investors.

🚀 Ambitious & scalable — your solution has significant growth potential in Belgium and beyond.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to see you apply and join the Next Wave of Impact at Belgian Impact Week.

Important Dates

6 October: Application Deadline
10 October: Selection Announcement
16 & 21 October: Preparation Sessions
4 November: Pitching moment.

Program Overview

13.00 - Networking Lunch & Registration

14.00 - Deep Dive into Impact & Sustainable Finance

16.00 - Coffee Break

16.30 - Interactive Exchanges

17.30 - Networking Drink

18.30 - End

Detailed Crash Course Agenda

Program Overview

13.00 - Networking Lunch & Registration

14.00 - Round of pitches (6-8 pitches)

15.45 - Time to match

17.15 - Wrap up

17.30 - Networking Drink

18.30 - End

Detailed Pitching Sessions Agenda

Previous Edition

Impact Finance Belgium (IFB) is an independent and not-for-profit organization. IFB's goal is to mobilize more, and more effective impact-driven investment, capital and funding to seed and accelerate solutions addressing the needs of people and planet, also where it matters most. The aim is to increase the part of Impact Investing in Belgium to 10% of the Belgian AUM by 2030.