Impact Seed is a Perth based social enterprise catalysing business and investment to support communities, environment and culture to thrive, sustainably.
Western Australia's Leading Impact Advisory
Founded in 2015, Impact Seed’s vision is to catalyse systems-change across finance, business and entrepreneurship by integrating social, cultural and environmental impact as key outcomes alongside financial metric for organisations, and to support ventures and investment.
We work with corporates, not-for-profits, foundations, entrepreneurs and investors, supporting strategic design of impact outcomes, development and growth of enterprises founded upon these outcomes, and supporting pathways to investment for them.
As a proudly West Australian based advisory our focus is on
place-based projects that aspire to create deep-impact here in WA, leveraging our state’s greatest strengths: natural and geographical advantages, resource rich public and private investment sectors, entrepreneurial and innovation talent, and deep traditional Aboriginal knowledge of how to care for Country on which we all depend.
Impact Management
Perth based, we support leading corporates, not for profits and impact ventures with ESGi and community investment strategies, outcomes and evaluation consulting.
Enterprise Development
We specialise in providing bespoke enterprise development support for WA's impact entrepreneurs, with a focus on regional WA and culturally competent support for First Nations enterprises and Native Title holders.
Impact Investment
We build pipeline for and convene with impact investors, coinvest through our Loan Fund, provide investment readiness and execution support. Based in Perth, and focused on Western Australia, our team have deep networks, capability and knowledge across WA.
We're supporting both impactful enterprises and investment
Impact Seed is Western Australia’s only advisory dedicated to impact investment and social enterprise development and sector building.
All impact investment and ventures are founded upon achieving social, cultural, environmental and sustainable economic returns, and our team has led some of Western Australia’s key impact projects.
These include the whole-of-sector outcomes measurement framework with the WA Government in partnership with WACOSS, development of the $20M WA Impact Fund, the 2019 mid-term review for Woodside’s 10-year $20M Development Fund, development of Cerberus Frontier’s Emerging Markets Fund ESGi strategy, strategy review for CBH’s community investment fund, as well as review of the social investment indicators for Rio Tinto globally. We have also undertaken enterprise feasibility, commercialisation and impact strategies and evaluation for numerous enterprises, projects and partnerships from startup to growth stage, notably Noongar Land Enterprise Group, Wide Open Agriculture, and the the landmark Pilbara Cultural Land Management Project (now Pilbara Ranger Network) comprising 12 Traditional Owner groups since 2021.
How we do it
Impact Mgt
We help corporates, government, and enterprises to design, deepen, evaluate and communicate their impact and outcomes; Impact Seed specialises in the development of impact and community investment strategies.
Impact Investment
Impact Seed is WA’s only social enterprise and impact investment deal-focused intermediary and market builder – aiming to fund organisations and initiatives that balance ‘doing good’ with financial return.
Enterprise Development
We provide enterprise start-up and development support and funding pathways for social enterprises including entrepreneurs, with a focus on regional, Aboriginal Native Title holders and Traditional Owner groups.
Programs+Resources
We deliver programs that build impact enterprise and impact funder capacity and capability. As part of our startup programs, we have created a range of free tools and resources here to guide ventures along their establishment journey.
Since 2022, Impact 2 Innovate’s landmark multi-year program has been building the impact investment and enterprise ecosystem through a comprehensive program of bespoke and fully funded support for funding stakeholders and impact driven enterprises. i2i is the only program focused on the development of the ecosystem that supports a thriving social enterprise and impact investment sector in Western Australia.
Impact Enterprise Growth Program
Fast track your impact business or social enterprise growth with individualised support valued at up to $50,000. Be it through mentoring, strategic planning or access to our deep WA cross-sector networks including corporates, government and impact funders, Impact Seed’s Impact2Innovate (i2i) program can help.
Unlike most accelerators or business/enterprise development programs, i2i provides customised support, meeting your business/enterprise at whatever stage it’s at, and helping it get to where you want it to go. Types of support range from mentoring, business development, strategic planning, social impact evaluation, grant application wrap around support, and investment readiness.
Investor Network
For 10 years, Impact Seed has been bridging the gap between impact funders and enterprises; building the Impact Investment market right here in Western Australia through education, bringing like-minded funders together and connections to actual investible enterprises and projects. Through our 2025 field building work we provide bespoke support for funders to increase participation and growth of impact investment for a better WA:
Collaboration – to connect and work with a values-aligned group and to catalyse ‘more’ as a result of coming together
Field Building – supporting development of the ecosystem and its stakeholders
Pipeline – visibility and access to diverse impact projects and enterprises you may be interested in
Lighthouse Stories – Developing case studies to educate and advocate different investment and philanthropic models to stakeholders and partners
Latest News
Check out our news page for our recent newsletters, and Impact Seed in the news.
May 2025 – A Changing of The Guard – The Next Chapter in the Impact Seed Story; And Launching Our 2025 Enterprise/Investment Program.
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