Arctaris Impact Investors

Venture Capital and Private Equity PrincipalsUnited States11-50 Employees

Arctaris Impact Investors, LLC is a Boston-based impact investment firm with experience spanning more than 13 years and seven funds, with both debt and equity investments. Arctaris today is the largest impact-focused manager of Opportunity Zones nationally. The firm manages funds that invest in growth-oriented operating businesses and community infrastructure projects located in underserved communities. Founded in 2009, Arctaris has partnered with the Kresge Foundation, Richard King Mellon Foundation, Colorado Health Foundation, Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter’s Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, and multiple other foundation, federal and state government agencies to invest in Opportunity Zones, inner cities, and targeted rural communities throughout the U.S., with the aim of delivering above-market investment returns alongside positive social impact. 

Arctaris utilizes an innovative capital structure, blending public capital from federal and state government agencies with private capital from institutional investors, foundations, and CRA banks. As a result, each of Arctaris’ funds is designed to provide attractive returns along with the benefit of principal-protection, while also spurring economic development in underserved communities.

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