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Impact Engine
Chicago, United States
Impact Engine invests in companies that generate both financial returns and measurable social or environmental impact. The firm focuses on sectors that advance economic opportunity, environmental sustainability, and heal...
Portfolio
65+
Employees
30+
Founded
2011
AUM
≈ $250.0M
Investment focus
Stages
Stage agnostic
Industries
Clean TechnologyFinancial TechnologyHealthcare Technology
Geographic scope
Global
Fund details
Funds
Impact Engine Venture Fund I
Vintage 2015 • $10.0M
Impact Engine Venture Fund II
Vintage 2018 • $25.0M
Impact Engine Private Equity Fund I
Vintage 2019 • $31.5M
Impact Engine Private Equity Fund II
Vintage 2022 • $85.0M
Bernstein Impact Alternatives 2022 Fund
Vintage 2022 • $55.0M
Check sizes
Min: $500.0K
Typical: $25.0M
Max: $85.0M
Sources
Impact Engine
Impact Engine invests in companies that generate both financial returns and measurable social or environmental impact. The firm focuses on sectors that advance economic opportunity, environmental sustainability, and health equity, seeking businesses that can scale positive outcomes while delivering strong market performance.
Portfolio
65+
Employees
30+
Founded
2011
AUM
≈ $250.0M
Funds
Impact Engine Venture Fund I · Vintage 2015 • $10.0M
Impact Engine Venture Fund II · Vintage 2018 • $25.0M
Impact Engine Private Equity Fund I · Vintage 2019 • $31.5M
Impact Engine Private Equity Fund II · Vintage 2022 • $85.0M
Bernstein Impact Alternatives 2022 Fund · Vintage 2022 • $55.0M
Check Sizes
Min: $500.0K
Typical: $25.0M
Max: $85.0M
Stages
Stage agnostic
Industries
Clean TechnologyFinancial TechnologyHealthcare Technology
Geographic scope
Global
Sources
Showing 24 of 46 matched portfolio companies
Afresh provides a cloud-native AI platform that unifies demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and distribution‑center planning for fresh food categories. By ingesting POS, supplier, and shelf‑life data, it generates daily replenishment recommendations and real‑time dashboards that reduce waste, improve in‑stock rates, and streamline cross‑department coordination for grocery retailers.
Funding: $115.0M
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Funding: $115.0M
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The startup operates a clinical research healthcare company that provides approved treatments and disease detection services while conducting clinical trials. By facilitating access to professional medical care, it addresses the need for inclusive healthcare solutions for patients facing harmful diseases.
100+
7K+Approximate amount of employees
Funding: $7.5M
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Funding: $7.5M
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Array Behavioral Care provides psychiatrist‑led virtual behavioral health services that patients can access via secure video calls and online scheduling from any device. The platform integrates with electronic health records and payer systems, enabling hospitals, clinics, and employer health plans to expand mental health offerings, improve outcomes, and reduce costs.
Funding: $25.0M
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Funding: $25.0M
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The startup offers a cloud‑based platform that provides K‑12 students with a curated digital library of age‑appropriate e‑books integrated with comprehension quizzes and vocabulary drills. Adaptive assessment algorithms personalize reading difficulty and generate learning paths, while teacher and parent dashboards deliver real‑time analytics on fluency, comprehension and engagement, with offline syncing and secure data handling.
Borrowell provides Canadian consumers with a free, weekly‑updated Equifax credit score and full credit report via a secure web and mobile platform. The service uses soft‑pull checks and an AI‑driven recommendation engine to deliver personalized loan, credit‑card and mortgage offers from over 75 partners, along with credit‑education content and alerts. Revenue is generated from referral fees when users accept recommended financial products.
The startup provides end-to-end clean energy services for commercial and institutional clients through an efficiency-as-a-service (EaaS) model that requires no upfront capital investment. This approach enables immediate operating cost savings by facilitating the transition from legacy energy systems to energy-efficient and renewable technologies.
Funding: $82.0M
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Funding: $82.0M
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CancerIQ offers an integrated precision health intelligence platform that helps health systems identify high‑risk patients, deliver personalized cancer prevention pathways, and coordinate genetics services. The solution provides screening questionnaires, risk assessment, patient navigation, care‑plan management, real‑time clinical decision support, and access to a nationwide telehealth genetic counseling network, along with analytics to track outcomes and revenue.
Candidly provides a cloud‑hosted platform that lets robotics competition organizers define challenges, manage participant registrations, and run automated, sandboxed evaluation of code submissions. The system generates real‑time leaderboards, ingests telemetry via REST APIs, and offers role‑based access, secure data export, and integration hooks for reporting.
Funding: $20.5M
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Funding: $20.5M
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Carbon Direct offers a carbon management platform that utilizes software-based carbon footprint analysis, reduction strategies, and high-quality carbon removal portfolios to help organizations measure and mitigate their carbon emissions. The platform addresses the urgent need for effective solutions to reduce annual emissions and remove historical carbon dioxide, enabling clients to achieve their climate goals.
Funding: $60.8M
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Funding: $60.8M
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Circuit operates a fleet of all-electric shuttles that provide on-demand transportation services, facilitating first and last-mile connections to mass transit. By offering low-cost, eco-friendly rides, Circuit addresses urban congestion and enhances mobility access in underserved areas.
Funding: $11.0M
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Funding: $11.0M
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Climb Credit provides consumer loans tailored for tuition and related costs at accredited career‑focused training programs, offering fixed interest rates starting at 6.99% and flexible repayment terms up to 42 months. Prospective students can complete a five‑minute online application and receive an instant decision, while dedicated support staff assist throughout the funding and repayment process.
Funding: $125.0K
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Funding: $125.0K
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ClinifyHealth provides a cloud‑based platform that consolidates patient data from multiple sources into a single, secure view, enabling real‑time sharing and analytics across authorized clinicians. Integrated via HL7/FHIR APIs with existing EHR systems, it offers customizable dashboards, alerts, and a patient portal for record access, appointment scheduling, and secure messaging, helping hospitals, clinics, and patients improve care coordination and decision‑making.
Funding: $20.0K
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Funding: $20.0K
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Cloverly provides a digital platform that connects carbon credit suppliers with buyers, utilizing commerce software to streamline the procurement process and enhance market access. The company addresses the inefficiencies in the carbon credit market, enabling businesses to achieve their climate goals through transparent and reliable carbon credit transactions.
Funding: $23.1M
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Funding: $23.1M
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Core Education provides a unified platform that consolidates digital, financial, and revenue systems for nonprofit colleges and universities, delivering a single data foundation and real‑time analytics. The solution streamlines budgeting, enrollment, and retention processes while offering operating‑partner services to execute strategic initiatives and improve financial and growth outcomes.
Funding: $23.7M
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Funding: $23.7M
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Elvie designs smart, wearable breast pumps that are ultra‑quiet, tube‑free and Bluetooth‑enabled, allowing breastfeeding mothers to pump discreetly while multitasking at home, work, or on the go. The pumps provide hospital‑grade suction, customizable intensity settings, and app‑based milk tracking, with inclusive sizing and a two‑year warranty for reliable, comfortable use.
Funding: $12.0M
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Funding: $12.0M
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Footprint develops and manufactures plant‑based fiber packaging that replaces single‑use plastic in food and consumer goods. Their patented fiber formulations deliver oil, water, and oxygen barriers while being microwave‑, oven‑ and freezer‑safe, recyclable, compostable, and earth‑digestible, enabling retailers and CPG brands to meet sustainability goals without sacrificing performance.
Founded 2014
500+
Approximate amount of employees
Funding: $829.5M
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Funding: $829.5M
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Full Harvest offers an AI‑driven marketplace that instantly matches fresh produce buyers with growers, providing real‑time pricing, availability, and automated compliance with traceability regulations. The platform automates procurement workflows, reduces manual effort, and continuously learns to improve sourcing efficiency and reduce food waste across the North American supply chain.
Funding: $5.0M
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Funding: $5.0M
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GlacierGrid provides AI-powered energy management solutions focused on optimizing HVAC and refrigeration systems for commercial facilities. The platform delivers actionable insights and automated controls to reduce energy costs and operational expenses across industries like restaurants and retail. By unifying energy and asset management data, the company helps clients achieve measurable efficiency gains and sustainability targets.
Jetty offers renters and property managers a suite of financial products that replace traditional cash security deposits with low‑cost alternatives, report rent payments to credit bureaus to help renters build credit, and provide modern renters insurance. The platform integrates directly with property‑management software to automate approvals, payments, and reporting, reducing move‑in expenses and streamlining the leasing process.
Kaizen Health provides a logistics platform that connects healthcare providers with transportation services to facilitate patient access to medical appointments. By streamlining ride scheduling and reducing administrative burdens, the platform enhances resource utilization for healthcare systems and improves patient engagement.
Funding: $13.3M
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Funding: $13.3M
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KickUp provides a cloud‑based SaaS platform that consolidates professional development scheduling, coaching walkthrough tracking, and educator evaluation workflows for K‑12 districts. Its modular architecture (Foundations, Learning, Growth) delivers real‑time dashboards, AI‑driven analytics, and API integrations with SIS and HRIS systems to streamline data management and decision‑making.
Kin Insurance provides personalized home insurance policies through a streamlined digital platform that enables users to obtain quick quotes and coverage tailored to their specific needs. The company addresses the challenge of high insurance costs by offering affordable options and a self-service model, resulting in average customer savings of $980.
Founded 2016
500+
Approximate amount of employees
Funding: $475.9M
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Funding: $475.9M
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LearnLux provides enterprises with a scalable financial wellbeing platform that combines unlimited one‑on‑one guidance from certified financial planners with interactive budgeting, debt‑paydown, investing, and benefits navigation tools. The service integrates with HR systems to deliver personalized plans for employees worldwide, while offering analytics that link financial outcomes to productivity, retention, and cost metrics.
Funding: $7.1M
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Funding: $7.1M
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Mae connects expectant mothers with community-based doulas and dedicated care coordinators to provide personalized support throughout pregnancy and postpartum. The platform integrates with health insurance plans to facilitate access to evidence-based maternal health resources and education. This integrated approach aims to improve maternal health outcomes, including reductions in preterm birth and C-section rates.
Funding: $7.4M
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Funding: $7.4M
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