7 Phases of Catalytic Investing
How do you design a catalytic capital intervention? Prime goes through 7 phases of development to make sure we ask the right questions along the way. Below, you’ll find descriptions of each phase and how long it takes us. Click on each for details! As a catalytic investor committed to transparency and advancing the field, we’ll keep adding to this resource as a home for our catalytic investing workflow.
1: Hypothesize
Codify ideas around what the gap is, and how catalytic capital might help address it to advance a social or environmental goal.
2: Substantiate
Build the case around specific, point-in-time gap(s) for compliance, optics and conviction thresholds.
4: Construct
Draft, iterate, and approve legal documents, and clarify the roles of staff, governing boards, and advisory committees.
5: Fundraise
Steward philanthropic partners and co-investors through a fundraising pipeline.
7: Evaluate
Assess what worked well and what could be improved in subsequent investment programs.
