Impetus has invested in 23 charities and social enterprises. We are actively working with fifteen of these organisations and eight have "exited" our portfolio after the pre-defined investment period.
| Charity/social enterprise | Area of work |
| Current Investments | |
| Camfed International | Tackling poverty and AIDS in Sub Saharan Africa through education of rural women |
| Fairtrade Foundation | Poverty reduction in the developing world through fairer trade |
| IntoUniversity | Providing learning centres where young people are inspired to achieve |
| Street League | Using sport to re-engage and progress disadvantaged people into education and/or employment |
| COUI - Teens & Toddlers | Inspiring young people to get the skills, qualifications and self belief needed to succeed in education and life |
| Blue Sky Development & Regeneration | Reducing reoffending through employment |
| Resurgo Trust | Helping unemployed young people into work |
| Kainos Community | Positive engagement and personal development of prisoners |
| Prison Radio Association | Using radio to engage, educate and inform prisoners |
| Prisoners' Education Trust | Targeted skills and qualifications for offenders |
| Shannon Trust | Peer mentoring programme focused on literacy skills |
| Family Links | Improves emotional well-being and parent/child relationships |
| I CAN | Provides effective early intervention for children with speech and language difficulties |
| Ripplez | Delivers the Family Nurse Partnership - an interactive and structured home visiting programme for first-time teenage mothers |
| Education Endowment Foundation | Raising the educational attainment of disadvantaged pupils in English schools |
| Past Investments | |
| Speaking Up (now called VoiceAbility) | Disability support |
| St Giles Trust | Offender resettlement |
| Acumen Development Trust | Tackling long-term unemployment through skills development |
| Leap Confronting Conflict | Youth conflict resolution |
| beat | Eating disorders information and support |
| Naz Project London (NPL) | Sexual health support to BME communities |
| Keyfund Federation | Skills development for disadvantaged young people |
| FRC Group | Skills development and training for the long-term unemployed |
Impetus is the best investor of funds in the not-for-profit sector, by a mile. Of that, there is absolutely no question.
Chris Mathias
Founder of Arbor Ventures and Impetus donor