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The Global Impact Citizen Alliance offers you unparalleled opportunities to multiply your outreach, discover promising startups earlier, and help your portfolio startups grow faster and better.

BENEFITS

Enhanced Deal Flow

Early and direct contact to new impact startups worldwide:
less sourcing costs,
more pipeline quality

Boost for your portfolio

Global expansion support and increased visibility for your startups: connections to talent, partners and growth resources. Furthermore, the 17ACADEMY for boosting team skills.

Knowledge & Network Enhancement

Expanded cross-sectoral network to other investors. Operational insights and best practices from global innovators

Brand Enhancement & Fundraising Support

Systemized relationships in a new global impact club with access to potential LPs and strategic partners. International brand building.

WHY GLOBAL IMPACT NETWORKING?

Impact investing remains a fragmented ecosystem in most local markets, with pioneers often operating in isolation. When you’re the only one pushing for change, transformation feels impossible.

The solution is better coordination: By building international networks, we transform local minorities into a global majority. Scattered changemakers become a powerful movement when united across continents.

Together we’re architects of a new economic paradigm that balances profit with purpose.

WHY GICA?

GICA uses an advanced concept that was created by Europe’s most experienced impact-networking expert Alexander S. Wolf.
The new system establishes a “sharing culture” across the impact sectors – leveraging the swarm intelligence of impact actors worldwide to scale impact innovations.

• Fight Club for Impact: GICA is a mutual-support network of impact startups, investors and ESG leaders who connect as equal allies.

• Interactive Club-WebTV: A new hybrid networking format: Exchange, collaboration and entertainment through monthly, “GICA Glocal Congresses” – connecting impact hubs across continents

• Club App: Advanced, tailor made features for impact citizens: Mentoring, Swarm Support, Rapid Matchmaking (launching June 2025)

• Networking Training: GICA’s own “17ACADEMY for impact networking” boosts the skills of startup teams, investors and ESG leaders with a unique, app-based certification masterclass

• Tailor Made Services: GICA offers expert consultancy, project and hub development, strategy creation, and network building

• HQ Urban Tech Republic: GICA operates from .GUT hub at Berlin’s Urban Tech Republic (former Tegel Airport), the world’s largest development area for the impact economy

BENEFITS FOR YOUR PORTFOLIO

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Your GICA involvement will benefit your portfolio companies.
Engaging in a strong network will help them grow and succeed better.
The result: less effort and risks for you.

Increased Skills

• On-the job trainings like networking or negotiating for impact teams

• Practical networking on a professional level

• Peer-to-peer mentoring from experts

Global Access

• Accelerated entry into new markets through GICA’s local partnerships

• Support with cultural and regulatory navigation

• Connections to local champions in target expansion regions

Visibility & Recognition

• Presentation opportunities at GICA events

• Features in GICA communication channels

• Access to global partners and PR opportunities

Talent Acquisition

• Access to global talent pools committed to impact

• Support in building remote teams across GICA hubs

• Leadership development through the 17ACADEMY

Partnership Development

• Facilitated introductions to potential corporate partners

• Public-private partnership opportunities

• Cross-border collaboration with complementary startups

Capital Efficiency

• Shared resource utilization within the GICA network

• Reduced market entry costs through local partnerships

• Access to specialized facilities and infrastructure

BENEFITS FOR YOUR PORTFOLIO

Instagram Linkedin Youtube

Your GICA involvement will benefit your portfolio companies.
Engaging in a strong network will help them grow and succeed better.
The result: less effort and risks for you.

Increased Skills

  • On-the job trainings like networking or negotiating for impact teams
  • Practical networking on a professional level
  • Peer-to-peer mentoring from experts

Global
Access

  • Accelerated entry into new markets through GICA’s local partnerships
  • Support with cultural and regulatory navigation
  • Connections to local champions in target expansion regions

Visibility & Recognition

  • Presentation opportunities at GICA events
  • Features in GICA communication channels
  • Access to global partners and PR opportunities

Talent Acquisition

  • Access to global talent pools committed to impact
  • Support in building remote teams across GICA hubs
  • Leadership development through the 17ACADEMY

Partnership Development

  • Facilitated introductions to potential corporate partners
  • Public-private partnership opportunities
  • Cross-border collaboration with complementary startups

Capital Efficiency

  • Shared resource utilization within the GICA network
  • Reduced market entry costs through local partnerships
  • Access to specialized facilities and infrastructure

MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES

If you want to join GICA, you have 4 options.

Do you just want to be an normal member or have GICA as your strategic partner? Make your choice.

  • Exclusivity: One of max. 5 GICA Strategic Partners
  • Memberships: GICA memberships for 5 team members of the partner and 2 team members each from up to 20 portfolio companies
  • Premium Access: Preferred invitations to all GICA Glocal Congresses and targeted networking events
  • Portfolio Presentation: Opportunity for up to 10 portfolio companies to present at a GICA Glocal Congress
  • Portfolio Training: Participation for 2 team members each in the certification course “Global Impact Networker” and the training program “Negotiating Skills for Impact Companies” for up to 20 portfolio companies
  • Visibility Package: Fund logo/profile on the GICA website, materials and relevant communications. Mention and display at all GICA Glocal Congresses as Strategic Partner, opportunity for a flash keynote for self-presentation
  • Deal Flow Privileges: Early information and access to promising startups within the GICA network
  • Advisory Board Seat: Participation in semi-annual advisory meetings on GICA’s strategic direction
  • Memberships: GICA memberships for 1 team member of the partner and 2 team members each from up to 10 portfolio companies
  • Premium Access: Preferred invitations to all GICA Glocal Congresses and targeted networking events
  • Portfolio Training: Participation for 1 team member each in the certification course “Global Impact Networker” and the training program “Negotiating Skills for Impact Companies” for up to 10 portfolio companies
  • Visibility Package: Fund logo/profile on the GICA website, materials and relevant communications. Display at all GICA Glocal Congresses as GICA Ally
  • Deal Flow Privileges: Early information and access to promising startups within the GICA network
  • Memberships: GICA memberships for 2 team members of the partner and 1 team member each from up to 10 portfolio companies
  • Network Access: Participation in GICA Glocal Congresses and regional events
  • Memberships: GICA memberships for 2 team members of the partner
  • Network Access: Participation in GICA Glocal Congresses and regional events

SPECIAL SERVICES

Beyond the membership packages GICA offers a range of services for impact investors with special needs.

  • Deal Syndication Network: Partnership with other GICA members on investment opportunities
  • Due Diligence Collaboration: Utilizing collective intelligence for more effective due diligence processes
  • Co-Investment Fund: Contribution to a dedicated pool for co-investments
  • First-Look Rights: Early access to pre-screened investment opportunities aligned with your thesis
  • Regional Hub Development: Leading the establishment of a GICA hub in your region
  • Local Ecosystem Building: Joint hosting of local events to strengthen regional impact networks
  • Talent Development: Supporting regional capacity building for impact entrepreneurship
  • Policy Advocacy: Collaboration on policy recommendations to improve regional impact ecosystems
  • Global Expansion Package: Accelerated market entry support
  • Scaling Workshops: Customized workshops for portfolio companies on international scaling
  • Impact Measurement Support: Access to GICA’s framework and expertise to improve impact measurement
  • Innovation Challenges: Joint creation of challenges relevant to your investment thesis to identify promising solutions
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  • Research Partnerships: Joint creation of research on impact investing trends and opportunities
  • Thought Leadership Series: Leading expert panels and discussions at GICA events
  • Impact Playbooks: Development of sector-specific training in the global impact ecosystem
  • 17ACADEMY Faculty Role: Sharing expertise through teaching/mentoring in GICA’s educational programs
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PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS

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GICA has several own projects that are open for partnerships.

GICA Impact
City
Transformation

Partnership to transform Berlin into the Global Impact Capital:

• Joint development of local infrastructure (e.g., former Tegel Airport) for impact innovation

• Development and implementation of communication campaigns

• Stakeholder lobbying for Berlin’s transformation into a hub of the global sustainability economy

• Identification and strengthening of pilot projects to reinforce the narrative

• Building specific support networks

Top 100
Impact
Ranking

Partnership to establish a ranking of the best impact startups:

• Building a system to identify and select the most promising impact companies

• Conception and implementation of an annual award event

• Conception and implementation of continuous communication measures to promote the ranking

• Targeted support of the Top 5 to develop globally recognized impact “love brands”

GICA Impact
Hub
Network

Establishment of a global network of partner hubs:

• Mutual access to the participating hubs

• Hosting startups, researchers, and corporate partners

• Conducting acceleration programs around specific SDGs

• Creating prototyping facilities for impact solutions

GICA Global
Impact
Expedition Series

Co-design of impact-focused learning journeys:

• Visiting multiple impact hubs across continents

• Connecting with local innovators, investors, and policymakers

• Identifying investment opportunities in emerging markets

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