Collective Action

What Collective Action does

Collective Action B.V. is a Netherlands-based, profit-with-purpose investment collaboration platform founded in 2020 that enables institutional investors to jointly commit capital to specialist private markets impact funds. The firm targets pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, fiduciary managers, and family offices — addressing a funding gap between institutional impact ambitions and the fragmented universe of approximately 500 specialist impact GPs. Its core technology is the proprietary MyCelium platform, which supports deal sourcing, GP screening, due diligence tracking, and impact measurement workflows for a limited membership of like-minded institutional investors. Complementary products include the Collective Action Platform (deal-by-deal investments, investor-specific mandates, shared fund structures) and Planet&People One, a €150M thematic impact Private Equity Multi-Manager strategy co-developed with Nordic Investment Opportunities (NIO) that allocates to 8-12 funds across water, circularity, food & agriculture, climate solutions, education, and healthcare.

The firm operates an enterprise field sales motion, proactively engaging institutional investors through direct relationships, industry events, and content marketing rather than self-service or marketplace distribution. Revenue is generated through subscription/recurring fees from platform members and investors accessing collaboration services, supplemented by fund management economics on Planet&People One. The founding team of six co-founders — drawing on senior experience at Russell Investments, JP Morgan, Kempen, Willis Towers Watson, LeapFrog Investments, and KOIS — has expanded to approximately 11-12 professionals across six nationalities. Strategic partnerships with Van Lanschot Kempen (October 2024) and NIO (January 2023), plus membership in the Dutch National Advisory Board for Impact Investing and the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), anchor the firm's positioning within the European impact investing ecosystem.

Name

Collective Action

Legal name

Collective Action B.V.

Website

https://collectiveaction.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Collective Action is a Netherlands-based profit-with-purpose platform founded in 2020 that enables institutional investors — pension funds, insurers, fiduciary managers, and family offices — to jointly commit capital to specialist private markets impact funds across eight themes including water, biodiversity, climate, and healthcare.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Impact Investment Management Services

NAICS

Management of Companies and Enterprises (55111)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYFSANAGAH

Thematic / Sector-Focused Multi-Manager Platforms

Financial & Insurance/Private Equity & Venture Capital/Fund-of-Funds / Multi-Manager Platforms

SECONDARYFSANAGAK

Co-Investment / Direct Allocation Platforms (alongside FoF)

Financial & Insurance/Private Equity & Venture Capital/Fund-of-Funds / Multi-Manager Platforms

Keywords

• Impact investment funds
• Private markets investing
• Institutional investor collaboration
• Thematic impact funds
• Fund of funds management

Headquarters

HQ city

Laren

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Platform / Collaboration Services: Collective Action charges fees for access to its impact investment platform and collaboration services, facilitating joint commitments of institutional capital to specialist thematic impact funds. The firm is a profit-with-purpose organization that earns fees from its members and investors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Collective Action is a profit-with-purpose organisation that helps institutional investors collectively commit capital to specialist private-markets thematic impact funds. It facilitates collaboration through deal-by-deal investments, investor-specific mandates, and shared fund structures, supported by the proprietary MyCelium platform for deal sourcing, GP screening, due diligence tracking, and impact measurement. The firm co-manages the €150M Planet&People One thematic impact private equity multi-manager strategy alongside NIO.

Product overview

Collective Action Investment Partners operates as a profit-with-purpose organization offering a suite of investment collaboration services for institutional investors. Its core product is the Collective Action Platform — a collaboration platform facilitating institutional investors to jointly commit capital to specialist private market thematic impact funds. The company also operates the MyCelium Platform, a digital investment portal for deal-sourcing, due diligence, and portfolio management. Through its thematic focus areas, the firm supports investments across eight impact themes: Biodiversity, Climate Solutions, Food & Agriculture, Waste & Circularity, Water, Education, Healthcare, and Financial Inclusion. Collective Action also co-manages Planet&People One, a EUR 150M thematic impact private equity multi-manager strategy investing across six of these themes via specialist fund managers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Planet&People: A joint thematic impact Private Equity Multi-Manager Strategy co-developed with Nordic Investment Opportunities (NIO), allocating to 8-12 leading thematic impact funds investing in water, circularity, food & agriculture, climate solutions, healthcare, and education.
• MyCelium

Products and services

• Collective Action Platform A collaboration offering for institutional investors to jointly commit capital to specialist private-markets thematic impact funds, providing deal-by-deal investments, investor-specific mandates, and shared fund structures with a limited number of like-minded members.
• MyCelium Platform A digital investment platform enabling institutional investors to access, manage, and monitor their impact fund commitments and portfolios, serving as the user-facing portal for deal-sourcing, due diligence, and investment workflow management across the Collective Action investment community.
• Planet&People One A EUR 150 million thematic impact private equity multi-manager strategy that allocates to 8-12 leading thematic impact funds across six impact themes: water, circularity, food & agriculture, climate solutions, education, and healthcare.

Quantifiable outcome

• Pre-screened 1,350+ private markets' funds, analysed 685+ thematic funds, and meets with 150+ thematic impact investment managers per year
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Dutch National Advisory Board for Impact Investing (NAB)coreOthers · 1 January 2026Collective Action joined the NAB as a member in 2026. The NAB brings together leading Dutch impact ecosystem players to strengthen collaboration and drive the growth of impact investing. Both organisations share the conviction that institutional capital deployed with purpose can drive systemic change.
• Van Lanschot Kempen Investment ManagementcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 October 2024Van Lanschot Kempen, a Dutch fiduciary manager, entered a partnership with Collective Action to broaden its knowledge and experience in impact investing and gain better market access. Collective Action provides thematic expertise, manager selection, and access to its MyCelium platform, while Van Lanschot Kempen contributes institutional client relationships and capital.
• NIO (Nordic Investment Opportunities)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 January 2023NIO and Collective Action launched Planet&People One, a EUR 150m impact-focused Private Equity Multi-Manager Strategy allocating to 8-12 leading thematic impact funds. The partnership combines NIO's Nordic investor network with Collective Action's impact investing and manager selection expertise to provide investors with a diversified portfolio across water, circularity, food & agriculture, climate solutions, education, and healthcare.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Toniic: Toniic is a global network of impact investors (institutions and family offices) that facilitates co-investment and peer learning, directly comparable as a membership-based impact investor collaboration platform.
• Mission Investors Exchange: Mission Investors Exchange is a US-based impact investing network of foundations and institutional investors that supports collaboration and shared learning, comparable as a peer network for institutional impact allocators.
• Bridges Fund Management: Bridges is a specialist impact-focused private markets investor and fund manager serving institutional capital across strategies, comparable as a UK-based institutional impact platform with thematic exposure.
• Phenix Capital Group: Phenix Capital operates an impact investor network and fund-of-funds platform connecting institutional investors to private markets impact funds across Europe, closely mirroring Collective Action's investment-club and multi-manager model.
• Anthos Fund & Asset Management: Anthos is a Dutch impact and ESG-focused multi-manager platform offering pooled and bespoke impact mandates to institutional investors, directly comparable in geography, investor type, and multi-manager structure.

Broad incumbents

• BlueOrchard Finance: BlueOrchard is a leading global impact investment manager running multiple impact strategies for institutional investors, comparable as a much larger incumbent operating in the same institutional impact space.
• Triodos Investment Management: Triodos IM is a large European sustainable and impact investment manager offering impact strategies to institutional clients, comparable as an incumbent in the same impact investing category.

Emerging players

• KOIS: KOIS is an innovative finance and impact investing firm structuring impact investment products for institutional investors, partially comparable in the institutional impact advisory and structuring space; prior employer of one of Collective Action's team members.
• LeapFrog Investments: LeapFrog is an emerging-markets-focused impact private equity firm serving institutional investors, partially comparable given the shared institutional impact thesis and prior employer of one of Collective Action's co-founders.
• Big Issue Invest: Big Issue Invest channels institutional and social-investor capital into impact enterprises in the UK, comparable as an institutional impact intermediary working across multiple impact themes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/collective-action-for-impact

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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