Nikolaus Hutter
Partner, Founder
Relevant Ventures GmbH
Vienna, Austria
Relevant Ventures is a purpose venture catalyst - we build businesses and mobilise capital for the blind spots: people, places, topics that markets neglect.
About me
Partner and Founder at Relevant Ventures, a Purpose Venture catalyst operating in East Africa and Europe.
25+ years' experience in finance, incl. 10 years in VC, impact investment field building, impact innovation and capacity building.
Started first impact accelerator in CEE and what is now Impact Days Vienna with Impact Hub Vienna, served as MD Europe for Toniic, co-founder of CEE Impact Investment Association and Hellenic Impact Investment Network, initiated impact venture programs with large NGOs (e.g. WWF Impact Ventures, REDpreneur), designer of participatory Purpose Pool funding methodology, and Purpose Private Partnership governance model.
Institutional and behavioural economist by training, entrepreneur and investment professional by trade, activist and humanitarian at heart, conceptual engineer and possibilist by nature.
My organisation
Speaker sessions (2)
Thursday, 6 June 2024
16:15 - 17:15
Enterprise and investment solutions to address humanitarian and planetary crisis: how to move from bean-counting to moon-shooting!
- Entrepreneurship
- Capital
A conversation on how to direct entrepreneurial energy and investment finance to the blind spots: the people, places and topics that markets neglect yet that address roof-on-fire issues.
Friday, 7 June 2024
09:00 - 12:00
Entrepreneurial approaches in philanthropy and NGOs
- Leadership
This deep dive is designed for leaders in NGOs and philanthropic organizations who seek to reflect on and enhance their strategies for maximizing impact. In this session, we will explore our impact through de-centering, foresight, and systems.