Investor Profile: Investing For Purpose — Thesis, Cheque Size & How to Apply

Investing For Purpose funding exists to close a gap Greek founders know well: capital for companies delivering social and environmental impact, not just financial return. For founders asking how to get funding from Investing For Purpose, usually shortened to IFP, the starting point is a business set up to deliver measurable environmental, social or educational impact alongside strong financial returns. Based in Athens and backed by the European Investment Fund (EIF).

Thesis and investment focus

Investing For Purpose aims to bring about a paradigm shift in investing in Greece and beyond, engaging investors willing to commit patient, long-term capital and matching them with companies generating positive impact returns for society and the environment. Its three main focuses are climate and the environment, diversity and inclusion, and education. It seeks businesses where impact is designed into the model, not added as a reporting afterthought.

Sectors, stages and cheque size

Investing For Purpose works with social and environmental impact companies in Greece, across sectors serving its climate, inclusion and education themes. Its model differs from a conventional fund: IFP sources, evaluates and selects promising impact companies, works with their management to develop a financing structure and terms, then presents the opportunity to its investor community, who decide whether to invest directly. Neither a standard stage focus nor a standard cheque size has been publicly disclosed, so founders should expect financing to be structured case by case.

Fund size and track record

A total fund size for Investing For Purpose has not been publicly disclosed, and none is claimed here. What is public is its record through the investor-community model: through that community, IFP had completed nine financings of Greek purpose-driven companies by its partnership announcement with TITAN Group in May 2025. Its site now presents it as an Athens-based venture capital fund backed by the European Investment Fund (EIF), an evolution from its original investor-community initiative.

Notable portfolio

No investee company names for Investing For Purpose could be verified from public sources, so none are listed here. The most concrete public example of its work is institutional: TITAN Group joined IFP to access a large, diverse pool of Greek purpose-driven companies seeking funding, selecting those relevant to its core business and sustainability strategy. That partnership shows the kind of company IFP serves.

Partners and programmes

Investing For Purpose is built around its investor community of banks, corporates, angel investors and family offices, investing in line with shared values around sustainability and inclusivity. Its partnership with TITAN Group, announced in May 2025, is its most visible programme-style tie-up: TITAN gains access to IFP's pipeline and provides selected companies with mentorship to help them grow and multiply their impact. TITAN's own venture initiative, of up to €40 million, is separate from IFP. European Investment Fund (EIF) backing is the other institutional pillar.

How to apply for funding from Investing For Purpose

Start at investing-for-purpose.com, which sets out the fund's approach and purpose-driven mandate. No public pitch form could be verified on the site, so the practical route is a direct approach making the impact case as rigorously as the commercial case: what measurable environmental, social or educational outcome the business delivers, for whom, and how that outcome scales with revenue. Frame the financing ask with a suitable structure and terms.