The Killer Whales in the Room: What Is Stopping Early-Stage Impact Ventures from Scaling?
What becomes possible when organisations name the problems everyone knows but nobody says aloud?
Early-stage impact ventures are developing solutions to some of the world’s most urgent challenges, yet many remain unable to scale. This interactive session brings together innovators, investors and ecosystem partners to name the “killer whales in the room”: the present-day barriers that continue to circle ventures as they seek capital, evidence of impact and the partnerships needed to grow.
Through candid, founder and investor centred discussions, participants will explore what is stopping early-stage impact ventures from scaling and work together to surface practical solutions. The conversation will focus on navigating the investment landscape, evidence-based impact reporting, and building partnerships across the ecosystem.
The session will close with concrete connections and next steps: each participant will share one thing they can help others in the room with, and one thing they would like help from the room with, when it comes to tackling the challenges that were surfaced as part of the session.
This programme is jointly hosted by 1000 Ocean Startups, Uplink and ClimateLaunchpad.