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Everyone has ideas for making the

world a better place. But where does

one go to make them happen?

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Impact Hub Network

An innovation lab. A business incubator. A social

enterprise community center. Impact Hub offers its

members a unique ecosystem of resources, inspiration,

and collaboration opportunities to grow the positive

impact of their work.

Impact Hubs make up a global network of collaborative

spaces, entrepreneurial communities, and capacity

building programs that inspire, connect and enable

impact.

From Amsterdam to Johannesburg, Singapore to San

Francisco, Impact Hub is a rapidly expanding, diverse

global network of over 11,000 members in 60 cities in 31

countries.

At a glimpse

OPEN

COMING SOON

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Impact Hubs operate in

60 cities in 31 countries

on 6 continents

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Valuable connections

made and over 300 000

hours of peer to peer

support provided in

2013

100K

11,000 Values-driven impact

makers seeding & scaling

ideas that might just

change the world

3,500 New jobs (FTEs) created

by our members in 2013

500 Highly skilled Impact

Hub founders and

team members

making the magic

happen

2.2MCustomers purchased

our members’

products and services

1 Rapidly expanding global

network to inspire, connect

and enable people to

sustainably and

collaboratively impact

society

54M People have been informed,

influenced or inspired by

our members’ activities and

campaigns

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Our purpose and impact aspiration

Stages of venture development

Number of

people

Intention Idea Start-up Running operations Scaling

1) Increase the number of individuals taking action

2) Build a collaborative community that tackles issues as a whole

3) Increase the relative number and success of individuals at later, high-impactstages

Increased engagement and effective support on the journey from intention to impact

“Inspire, connect and enable people to sustainably and collaboratively impact society.”

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Value proposition for our members

IV. Enable impact

ecosystem

• Impact Hub acts as a

neutral platform where key

actors from different

sectors feel confident and

supported to collaborate on

common issues and

challenges

III. Build a collaborative

community

• Hosting a diverse

community of

entrepreneurs,

practitioners, investors,

and organizations

II. Provide entrepreneurial

support

• Business skills training

• Incubation & acceleration

programs

• Networking opportunities

& events

I. Offer working

infrastructure

Key services offered by local Impact Hubs

• Inspiring collaborative

working space

• Essential business services

• Attractive spot for events &

meetings

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Scaling

ProgramsExamples of programmatic support from idea to scale

Stage of venture development

Impact

Intention IdeaStart-up

Running operations

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Stages of venture development

An “average” member is

34 years oldWorked 11 years in related industry

Has 3 years of entrepreneurship experienceHolds a university degree…

Impact focus

Average blend of returns as rated by our members

7%

4%

8%

24%

35%

17%

Who are our membersDiverse, locally-driven, collaborative community as a hotbed for impactful innovations

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Member storiesA few examples from thousands of member stories

Globally Agua Inc is working to

revolutionize wastewater treatment

and drinking water purification by

overcoming conventional water

treatment limitations, while raising

the standards for sustainability..

To date, Agua Inc has installed over

4M treatment plants around the

world

Member of: IH Boulder, IH Madrid

Website: www.aguainc.com

Video:

http://youtu.be/TAmcmCxAKkM

A grassroots organization to support

the sharing economy movement. By

sharing what we already have (cars,

homes, skills and time), everyone

benefits.

Consuming directly from people we

can trust is more affordable, more

social, and less wasteful.

2x revenue stays in the local

economy

75% people who share say they have

greater trust in their community

Member of: IH San Francisco

Website: www.peers.org

Video: http://youtu.be/UzdSKHA-FvI

South African/Dutch family business

that, with its factory in Lesotho,

produces cookstoves using African

components and African labour..

In order to make them affordable for

even the very poor, ACE uses a

micro financing model.

In ACE’s first production year

(2013), 25 000 stoves were produced

and exported across Africa.

Member: Amsterdam, San Francisco

Website:

www.africancleanenergy.com

Video: http://youtu.be/6Ybq9qIpTK4

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FTEs worth of

peer support

leveraged

Highly valuable

professional

connections made

What our members value about Impact Hub’s supportHigh levels of support in inspiring, connecting and enabling our membership

Would

highly recommend

Impact Hub

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What is the impact of our members?

750+new start-ups

founded

3,500+new full-time jobs

created

(4400 jobs in total)

41%year on year

increase of our

members’ median

revenue

2.2Mcustomers

purchased our

members’ products

and services

54Mpeople have been

informed,

influenced or

inspired by our

members’ activities

and campaigns

Aggregated effects on the broader society and economy

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How do we work as a network?Co-owned, distributed, and lean network structure

Locally embedded and globally distributed

• Impact Hubs are initiated, run and owned by a local entrepreneurial team and thus are deeply embedded in local communities and

contexts where we operate

• Impact Hubs share the same brand, identity, and core services (space, community, content)

• Key processes (e.g. onboarding new Impact Hubs) and initiatives (e.g. strategy development) are distributed across the network

Co-owned global network

• Local Impact Hubs co-own the key assets of the network (e.g. Brand, IP)

• All key decisions are made in the Impact Hub Association on the principle of “1 vote per Impact Hub”

• Delivery of shared services are executed by Impact Hub Company which is 100% owned by the Association

Innovation from the edges

• Key local best practices, lessons learned from failures, tools, programs and resources are shared and transferred effectively across

the network

• Time-proven methodology of collecting, codifying and sharing key local practices via thematic Communities of Practice

Impact Hub’s values

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Thank you.

www.impacthub.net