Impact centred funding
Phae exists to support and enable entrepreneurs to scale for impact, and contribute to a bigger picture of meaningful change. Not only ROI.
We believe it’s not just about survival odds, rapid growth, maximising margins, or cutting losses.
It’s about the fundamental question of how to materialise impact and turn your vision and purpose into a viable and thriving business.
Solving the Risk Capital & Financing dilemma
Conventional funds, some impact VCs, financiers like banks, and other "risk" capital providers are fundamentally designed to prioritize their own financial return. The focus is on reducing their own downside risk, often at the expense of what most entrepreneurs need to truly thrive - and craft success.
This means they may be ready to sacrifice your venture’s impact, entrepreneurial success, or the long-term viability of your business. All of this is driven by fixed expectations around profit margins and time-to-ROI, which rarely align with the realities of building lasting, impactful change of pioneering businesses in continuously shifting markets.
Phae Capital is for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, who do not cater to the returns of LP interests. Instead, we look at capital as a means to cater to entrepreneurial success and support their possible pathways to impact. This means we assist in identifying alternative funding methods, and partners that have a mutual and truly long-term interest in a shared cause.
It is not about survival or cutting losses, but active participation in facilitating funds that make pioneering businesses thrive, the same way nature has done successfully for 4.5 bilion years.
Phae is derived from Hyphae - the individual parts that make up the mycelium, and connects vegetative organisms as an ecosystem’s neural network.
Mycelium allows all biological ecosystems to manage the collective resources to thrive, distributing nutrients and water for growth, and support vulnerable plants, all to facilitate bio-economic resilience by aligning systemic interdependencies.
Marcello Malpighi's Anatome Plantarum (1675–1679)
In our pursuit to empower mission driven entrepreneurs, Phae is set to build a fund based on systems investment.
A fund designed based on biomimicry principles supporting circular ecosystems that are aligned on a shared mission.
We're entrepreneurs first.
And we put entrepreneurs at the center.
We have a combined 30 years of building products and services that tackle major impact challenges worldwide. What we’ve learned is wat it takes to succeed: balancing short-term urgencies, day-to-day operations, long-term impact, and the right fundraising strategy — all at once.
Too often, trying to juggle all stalls growth and leaves bold visions unrealized — visions that could be creating meaningful change.
That's why we're here: to help you lead from your strengths and focus on your vision.
Start your application with Phae.
Help us understand where you're at — your goals, your timeline, your funding needs, that help us scope an approach to make the best of your time.