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Catalytic capital means initial investment - or investor groups - that accept a potentially lower risk-adjusted returns in order to prove a concept and encourage further investment by others.
Catalytic capital means initial investment - or investor groups - that accept potentially lower risk-adjusted returns, in order to prove a concept and encourage further investment by others.





Latest revision as of 09:43, 30 November 2023

Sustainability - investment - loan markets.

Catalytic capital means initial investment - or investor groups - that accept potentially lower risk-adjusted returns, in order to prove a concept and encourage further investment by others.


"At its core, catalytic capital aims to unlock impact and draw in additional investment that would not otherwise be possible, resulting in the strengthening of communities and seeding and growing social innovation using multiple tools and approaches.

Its usages... have included the use of subsidies, guarantees, blended finance structures, and concessionary risk-tolerant investment.

The flexibility of this capital and the differing interactions that stakeholders have with it is a key challenge in talking about catalytic capital..."

(Source - Big Society Capital)


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