Imprint Capital

What Imprint Capital does

Imprint Capital is a privately held impact investment firm headquartered in San Francisco, United States, and founded in 2008. According to its firmographic profile, the firm operates with a small team of approximately eighteen people and is positioned in the specialized impact investing segment of the asset management industry. The co-founder and managing director, John Goldstein, is the only named member of the leadership team disclosed in the available data.

The available input does not describe Imprint Capital's products, investment strategies, client segments, fee structure, AUM, or technology platform. No funding rounds, acquisitions, partnerships, awards, or regulatory actions are disclosed for the firm in the data set. The bulk of the provided source material pertains to Goldman Sachs Asset Management Co., Ltd. (ゴールドマン・サックス・アセット・マネジメント株式会社) in Japan and is not attributable to Imprint Capital. As a result, the firm's business model, revenue mechanics, product surface, and go-to-market motion cannot be substantively described beyond the high-level claim that it is a boutique impact investment firm serving impact-oriented investors.

Name

Imprint Capital

Legal name

ゴールドマン・サックス・アセット・マネジメント株式会社 (Goldman Sachs Asset Management Co., Ltd.)

Website

https://imprintcap.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Imprint Capital is a privately held, eighteen-person impact investment firm based in San Francisco, founded in 2008, and led by co-founder and managing director John Goldstein. The firm serves impact-oriented investors, though specific products, AUM, and client segments are not disclosed in the available data.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Impact Investment Advisory

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Other Financial Investment Activities (5239)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Impact Investing (Intentional, Measurable Social/Environmental Outcomes) (FSAAALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Stewardship & Active Ownership (Engagement, Proxy Voting, Shareholder Advocacy) (FSAAALAD), Impact / ESG Multi-Manager Platforms (FSANAGAJ), Estate & Legacy Planning Advisory (FSAEAAAG)

Keywords

• Impact investing
• Sustainable investment advisory
• ESG portfolio management
• Mission-aligned investing
• Institutional impact advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Imprint Capital is an eighteen-person impact investment firm that advises institutional clients on building and managing mission-aligned investment portfolios. The firm focuses exclusively on impact investing, helping foundations, endowments, family offices, and other institutional investors integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations into their investment strategies.

Product overview

Imprint Capital offers a diversified portfolio of investment products including ETFs (such as the GS Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF), mutual funds focused on various asset classes (Japanese equities, US growth stocks, Asian high-yield bonds, global bonds), thematic funds (technology leaders, world shift), and alternative investment strategies (private equity return tracker). The GS Plus series provides a comprehensive range of investment options including global equities, gold, and Japan equity products. The product lineup emphasizes data and AI-driven quantitative models for investment decisions, particularly in the Japanese equity strategies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Impact Investment Advisory

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Sonen Capital: San Francisco-based impact investment advisor that develops and manages diversified, mission-aligned portfolios for foundations, families, and institutions. Comparable because it shares Imprint's geography, boutique size, and institutional impact-advisory mandate.
• Mirova: Paris-based sustainable investment manager (affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers) focused exclusively on impact and ESG investing across public and private markets. Comparable as a specialist impact investment firm, though larger and better-capitalized than Imprint.
• Calvert Impact Capital: Non-profit impact investing intermediary focused on community development, climate finance, and financial inclusion for institutional investors. Comparable mission alignment (measurable social/environmental outcomes), though structurally a non-profit platform rather than a private advisory firm.
• Generation Investment Management: Sustainable investment manager co-founded by David Blood and Al Gore, focused on long-term, fundamentals-driven public equity impact investing. Comparable in philosophy (sustainability-led investment process for institutional clients) and target LPs, though materially larger in AUM than Imprint.
• Karner Blue Capital: Boutique impact investment advisor focused on integrating ESG with fixed-income portfolios for institutional clients. Comparable as a small, specialist impact investment firm with similar client segmentation and boutique scale.
• Walden Asset Management: Boston-based sustainable investment manager historically affiliated with the Rockefeller family office, focusing on ESG-screened public equities and fixed income. Comparable as a boutique impact-oriented investment advisor serving institutional clients with values-aligned mandates.
• Trillium Asset Management: Boston-based impact investing firm managing public and private equity portfolios with ESG integration. Trillium is a near-perfect direct comparable to Imprint Capital: both are boutique impact investment advisory firms serving institutional and HNW clients with mission-aligned mandates.

Broad incumbents

• Wellington Management: Large, established global investment manager with a stated commitment to ESG integration and sustainability strategies. Comparable as a peer in the sense that institutional clients evaluate Imprint against Wellington's ESG-mandate capabilities, though Wellington is materially larger and broader in scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/imprint-capital-advisors

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments2 records

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