The Beyond Capital Podcast

Impact investing has grown to be a $500 billion industry. In a recent GIIN survey, 80% of impact investors said that more transparency around impact investing results would help reduce "impact washing" and “industry-mission drift.”

This week, we speak with Fleur Heyns. Fleur is the co-founder of Proof of Impact, a technology company that enables the tracking, measurement, and verification of the impact of investments. Fleur was previously the founder and CEO of Global Trader, now the largest online stockbroker and trading platform in South Africa. She has been an investor, advisor, and founding shareholder of many initiatives across South Africa and Europe including Emerge Education, ClearlySo, and Ardmore Design.

"If you were able to make impact visible, and every single company were completely transparent, it is totally obvious that only the companies that have positive impact would thrive and be financially successful," says Fleur. "It's not what you do but how you do it that matters."

Show Notes

Impact investing has grown to be a $500 billion industry. In a recent GIIN survey, 80% of impact investors said that more transparency around impact investing results would help reduce "impact washing" and “industry-mission drift.”
 
This week, we speak with Fleur Heyns. Fleur is the co-founder of Proof of Impact, a technology company that enables the tracking, measurement, and verification of the impact of investments. Fleur was previously the founder and CEO of Global Trader, now the largest online stockbroker and trading platform in South Africa. She has been an investor, advisor, and founding shareholder of many initiatives across South Africa and Europe including Emerge Education, ClearlySo, and Ardmore Design.
 
"If you were able to make impact visible, and every single company were completely transparent, it is totally obvious that only the companies that have positive impact would thrive and be financially successful," says Fleur. "It's not what you do but how you do it that matters."

What is The Beyond Capital Podcast?

Tune into the Beyond Capital Podcast to discover how the C-Suite thinks about social impact as a business grows. Learn about how social values and causes integrate into a company's operations, product, culture - and ultimately - its success.

Eva and Ed have built, scaled and sold companies worth millions. We are active early-stage investors with more than 20 current investments. We sit on private and public-company boards, and we believe strongly in business as a force for good.

From the CEO of a company serving two and a half million healthy school meals a week to one of the world’s first and most successful recycling entrepreneurs, in each episode our candid conversations show how and why profit can be married with purpose. Inspiring leaders will articulate their philosophies and share the mark their business will leave on the world. You will be inspired by these stories to explore your own possibilities for social impact because money and meaning can co-exist!