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 (nor Pilbara Ranger Network) comprising 12 Traditional Owner group, from 2021-now.
How we do it
Impact+ESG
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 provided startup and growth support and advice to Western Australian social enterprises/impact ventures, as well as bringing together catalytic funders and investors for impact, such as foundations, grant makers and impact lenders. 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.
Enterprise Growth
Impact 2 Innovate specialises 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 Funders
We build pipeline for and convene with impact funders and investors, coinvest through our Loan Fund, and provide investment readiness and execution support. Based in Perth, and focused on Western Australia, our team have deep networks, capability and knowledge across WA.
Latest News
Check out our news page for our recent newsletters, and Impact Seed in the news.
Feb 2025 – Kicking off Impact Seed’s 10th anniversary year with exciting news of two new appointments including Chuck Berger (formerly CEO of the Kimberley Development Commission as our new Executive Director – Investment; and Heidi Mippy to the Impact Seed board. Heidi is a Noongar and Thiin-Mah Warriyangka woman with cultural ties to the South West and Upper Gascoyne regions of WA.)
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