The Next Generation of Capital: Investing where it matters
The Next Generation of Capital: Investing Where It Matters
Moderator: Vanessa Kacherginsky, CEO, Israeli Forum for Impact Economy
Speakers:
Alina Shkolnikov, CPO , PollyLabs
Sacha Guggenheim, Director, Crescendo Partners
Rabbi Noah Farkas, President and CEO, Jewish Federation of Los Angeles
Capital is changing.
Across the world, investors, family offices, philanthropic funds, and next-generation leaders are looking for ways to connect financial return with values, identity, and impact. At the same time, Israel offers a growing range of opportunities to generate social, environmental, and economic value across resilience, climate, health, education, employment, technology, and regional development.
Yet the relationship between global Jewish capital and Israel still relies largely on donations and grants. Impact investments, guarantees, loans, catalytic capital, and blended finance remain underused.
This professional meetup will explore how capital is moving along three interconnected axes: from mainstream to impact, from one generation to the next, and from the diaspora to Israel, as well as from Israel to the world.
The central question is not only how to bring more capital to Israel, but how to build a relationship of mutual value, one that connects capital, innovation, expertise, networks, identity, and impact.
📅 What We’ll Cover
From Mainstream to Impact
What encourages investors and family offices to integrate impact into their broader investment strategy?
From Generation to Generation
How is intergenerational wealth transfer changing the way families think about the purpose and management of capital?
From the Diaspora to Israel, and Israel to the World
Why is Israel still viewed mainly as a destination for philanthropy, and what unique value can it offer global investors and families?
From Individual Deals to Market Infrastructure
What is missing today? Stronger pipelines, blended capital structures, guarantees, due diligence, trusted intermediaries, and shared investment platforms.
This will be a practical, professional conversation focused on the barriers currently holding back the market and the infrastructure needed to create a more consistent flow of capital into impactful opportunities in Israel.
The goal is not to raise donations or present individual deals, but to explore what it would take to build a scalable market based on mutual value.