[2025] List of top conferences for Impact VCs around the world 📋
Impact Supporters Issue #42. Thanks for being here. If you have comments or feedback drop me a message.
Disclaimer from August Solliv: Everything that I write here is my own opinion and my research, and is not affiliated with any current or former employments i.e. it’s my evening and weekend work 😉
Greetings, Impact Supporters! 🌍 It’s August Solliv 👋 Today I am bringing back a concept from last year - presenting you for the top conferences for Impact VCs to attend around the world. Make sure you have checked them all out for your list of the year 😉 I have divided them into three categories:
Impact generalist conferences
Vertical-specific impact conferences
Generalist VC conferences
You can find them all below ordered chronologically including the city they will take place in this year. You’ll see the summer and winter months are pretty dull 😅
Impact generalist conferences
❄️ January:
💖 February:
🍀 March: HelloTomorrow (Paris)
🌸 April: ChangeNow (Paris), SF Climate Week (San Fransisco), Phenix Capital Impact Summit Europe (Amsterdam)
🌷 May: Hack Summit (Lausanne)
☀️ June: Super Climate (Berlin), London Climate Action Week (London)
🌊 July:
🏖️ August:
🍂 September: The Drop (Malmö), NYC Climate Week (New York), AVPN Global Conference (Hong Kong in 2025)
🎃 October: Impact/Week (Barcelona), GIIN Forum (Berlin in 2025), GSG Global Impact Summit (Undefined), IMPACT FESTIVAL (Frankfurt), SOSV Climate Tech Summit (Online - undefined)
🌧️ November: COP30 (Belem in 2025), Impact Europe (Malmö in 2025)
🎄 December: Building Bridges (Geneva)
Vertical-specific impact conferences
❄️ January:
💖 February: World Water Tech Innovation Summit (London)
🍀 March: World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit (San Fransisco), MIT Energy Conference (Boston), Blue Invest Day (Brussels)
🌸 April: Energy Tech Summit (Bilbao in 2025)
🌷 May: World Circular Economy Forum (Sao Paulo in 2025), Rethinking Materials (London)
☀️ June: Global Fashion Summit (Copenhagen)
🌊 July:
🏖️ August:
🍂 September: World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit London (London)
🎃 October: HealthTech Innovation Days (Paris), Carbon Unbound (London), Enlit Europe (Bilbao in 2025)
🌧️ November: , Pollutec (Paris in 2024), Smart City Expo World Congress (Barcelona)
🎄 December: Health Tech Forward (Barcelona in 2025)
Generalist VC conferences
❄️ January: GoWest (Gothenburg)
💖 February: The Tech Arena (Stockholm)
🍀 March: START Summit (St. Gallen)
🌸 April:
🌷 May: EU-Startups Summit (La Valetta in 2024)
☀️ June: VivaTech (Paris), NOAH Conference (undefined), SOUTH Summit (Madrid), Founders Forum (London), SuperVenture (Berlin)
🌊 July:
🏖️ August: TechBBQ (Copenhagen)
🍂 September: Bits & Pretzel (Munich), France Digitale Day (Paris), IPEM (Paris)
🎃 October: Sifted Summit (London), TechCrunch Disrupt (San Fransisco), Ugly Duck (Luxembourg), WVC:E (Paris)
🌧️ November: Slush (Helsinki), SuperInvestor (Monte-Carlo in 2024), WebSummit (Lisbon)
🎄 December:
I hope this list of conferences is useful and let me know if I missed some key ones! 🤩
And of course quick disclaimer: this is not to incentivize anyone to fly around the world to do impact VC - I primarily go to local conferences that I can take the train to and only when needed travel to conferences further away.
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