Community Impact Report 2017
At Impact Hub, we pioneer a just and sustainable world where business and profit are used in service of people and planet. A WE ARE A GLOBAL NETWORK OF ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITIES FOR IMPACT home to the innovators, the visionaries and the entrepreneurs who are creating tangible solutions to the world s most pressing issues. From Accra to Sao Paulo and Baltimore to Yerevan, we provide access to connections, resources, knowledge, talent, spaces and investments to turn ideas into action and move from intention to impact. We support the development of ecosystems that drive collaboration & entrepreneurial innovation around the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), through our locally rooted Impact Hubs as well as partners and allied networks.
Around the world We nurture vibrant collaborative communities,... 1,200 MAKERS (Staff & Volunteers) 16,000+ MEMBERS WHO ARE Public Servants Intrapreneurs Investors and Funders Students Academics Start-Up Support Providers Career Shifters Activists Artists Nonprofit Professionals Business Professionals Start-up Professionals Freelancers Entrepreneurs IN 2017 45 % 31 % g of members worked on a joint project or activity with other members started a new project or organization together with another member EACH MEMBER received an average of 3 HOURS/MONTH of mentoring, advice or feedback from other members - a total of approximately 400,000 hrs OF PEER SUPPORT provided by the community...because collaboration is key to solve the pressing issues of our time,...
We create and run locally rooted, globally connected places,... With more than 11,000 EVENTS IN 2017 Impact Hubs engaged a broader community of 250,000 PEOPLE 100+ CITIES 50+ 5 COUNTRIES 1 GLOBAL NETWORK REGIONS In total, Impact Hub members served 21 million CUSTOMERS & BENEFICIARIES and globally reached 150 million PEOPLE...because they inspire interconnected grassroots movements with incredible potential,...
...and we accelerate impact through programming... 78 % of program participants* found Impact Hub crucial in gaining VISIBILITY & CREDIBILITY, * who find this type of support important Delivering 200 acceleration programs, annually, we are among the world s largest impact accelerators. r 61 % 54 % 53 % said they accessed NEW CLIENTS or BENEFICIARIES, and obtained FINANCIAL CAPITAL and INVESTMENT whilst also expanded into NEW GEOGRAPHIC AREAS during 2017
Inspire of members say Impact Hub supported them in developing new ideas and connect enable 63 % 83 % 67 % of members say that Impact Hub makes them feel being a part of a larger community and network and of members say Impact Hub supported them in gaining visibility and credibility and 70 % on learning about new issues and trends 76 % partnered and collaborated with other members 62 % say Impact Hub helped them develop new skills and capabilities...because that same potential is best supported by inspiring, connecting & enabling people to take entrepreneurial action for sustainable impact.
We support our members on their entrepreneurial journey EXPLORATION & INTEREST INTENTION FORMATION from intention to scale 14 % 5 % 2 % 6 % Beginning 2017 End 2017 22 % STARTUP INITIATIVE 30 % 21 % IDEA DEVELOPMENT 9 % 2 OUT OF 3 members who started with simply an idea for a venture SUCCEEDED TO REALIZE THEIR PROJECT during 2017 Beginning 2017 End 2017 RUNNING OPERATIONS 31 % Beginning 2017 End 2017 36 % SCALING 20 % 7 % THE ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY 1 OUT OF 4 established member ventures GREW IN SIZE AND IMPACT by scaling to new regions or fields
Our members created... BLENDED VALUE ORIENTATION 2,400+ NEW VENTURES and 5,200+ NEW JOBS in 2017 r 42 % social returns 42 % financial returns 16 % environmental returns 63 % of members achieved DOUBLE-DIGIT REVENUE GROWTH in 2017 76 % of members increased the NUMBER OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES offered
Impact Focus Of Our Members Our work enables impact-driven ventures and organizations to: Grow from intention to scale, Build new partnerships between unlikely allies, and Create direct positive impact, all through the lens of the global Sustainable Development Goals: A (SDGs displayed in size relative to the percentage of members addressing them) Endorsed by: The United Nations Office in Geneva acknowledges Impact Hub as a driver of community engagement, helping not only to foster but also to extend the efforts directed to tackle the SDGs via entrepreneurial and innovative solutions.
Impact Focus of Our Members in Africa & The Middle East TOP 4 SDGS IN THE REGION AND PERCENTAGE OF MEMBERS ADDRESSING THEM 30 % 30 % 29 % 28 % IN 9 CITIES Accra Bamako Bujumbura Dakar 1 Dar es Salaam 1 Dubai Harare Johannesburg Khartoum Kigali Lagos Lusaka 1 1 under development
Impact Focus of Our Members in Asia Pacific TOP 6 SDGS IN THE REGION AND PERCENTAGE OF MEMBERS ADDRESSING THEM 32 % 27 % 16 % 16 % 16 % 16 % IN 11 CITIES Almaty 1 Hong Kong 1 Jakarta Kuala Lumpur Kyoto Manila Phnom Penh Shanghai Taipei Tbilisi Tokyo Yangon Yerevan 1 under development
Impact Focus of Our Members in EUROPE TOP 4 SDGS IN THE REGION AND PERCENTAGE OF MEMBERS ADDRESSING THEM 28 % 20 % 29 % 17 % IN 41 CITIES Amsterdam Athens Bari Basel Belgrade Bergen Berlin Bern Birmingham Bratislava Brno Bucharest Budapest Donostia Dresden Florence Geneva Inverness serving Highlands&Islands Islington Istanbul King s Cross Lisbon Madrid Malaga 1 Milan Moscow Munich Odessa Ostrava Prague Reggio Emilia Rome Rotterdam Ruhr Stockholm Syracuse Trento Turin Vienna Vigo Zagreb Zurich 1 under development
Impact Focus of Our Members in LATIN AMERICA & the CARIBBEAN TOP 4 SDGS IN THE REGION AND PERCENTAGE OF MEMBERS ADDRESSING THEM 32 % 27 % 20 % 17 % IN 16 CITIES Antigua Barranquilla 1 Belo Horizonte Bogota Brasilia Buenos Aires 1 Caracas Curitiba Florianopolis Managua 1 Manaus Medellin 1 Mexico City Monterrey Port-au-Prince Recife San Jose San Salvador Sao Paulo Tegucigalpa 1 under development
Impact Focus of Our Members in The usa & canada TOP 4 SDGS IN THE REGION AND PERCENTAGE OF MEMBERS ADDRESSING THEM 32 % 28 % 23 % 18 % IN 14 CITIES Austin Baltimore Boston Boulder Honolulu Houston 1 M inneapolis-saint Paul Montreal New York City Oakland Ottawa Salt Lake City San Francisco Santa Barbara Seattle 1 under development
Our strategic focus What s #Next for the coming years Mobilize and connect local communities for global action, Accelerate globally interconnected programs and initiatives on the Sustainable Development Goals with partners and allied networks, Pioneer the future of business and society by encouraging and supporting collaboration, as well as increasing accessibility of support services and infrastructure, A in the pursuit of achieving measurable progress towards a just and sustainable world!
Impact Hub is proud to collaborate with leading organizations from a variety of sectors to amplify our collective impact: Supported by:
#scalingimpact Displayed member data and information is based on the Annual Global Member Survey conducted in February/March 2018. The final sample contains a total of 3,078 responses from 77 Impact Hubs after elimination of double counts, reductions based on local response rates and corrections of individual outliers. Results have been independently analyzed and compiled by the Social Entrepreneurship Center / Vienna University of Economics in coordination with Impact Hub GmbH. Displayed network key performance indicators are based on internal data collection (status June 2018). All rights reserved. The material may not be reproduced or distributed, in whole or in part, without prior written permission of Impact Hub GmbH. However, reproduction and distribution, in whole or in part, by current Members of the Impact Hub Association and by non-profit, research or educational institutions for their own use is permitted if proper credit is given, with full citation, and intellectual property rights are acknowledged. For further information, please contact: branding@impacthub.net