C4IF - Capital 4 Impact Foundation

What C4IF - Capital 4 Impact Foundation does

Capital 4 Impact Foundation (C4IF) is an independent charitable foundation established by PlanBørnefonden in March 2024 and headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. Its purpose is to improve the lives of the world's poorest and most vulnerable children and young people, starting with the individual child, their family, and their local community, through health, education, and income-generating activities delivered in partnership with Plan International, which operates in over 80 countries. The foundation is the philanthropic engine of a hybrid structure in which it owns Capital 4 Impact Management (C4IM), a wholly owned fund manager registered as an Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) with the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority.

Through C4IM, the foundation designs and manages impact investment funds that deploy social impact investments (loans and equity) on a charitable basis, supplementing rather than replacing PlanBørnefonden and Plan International's existing development programmes. These investments target market-conform, risk-adjusted financial returns alongside measurable social outcomes, and are offered to private impact investors. The foundation itself does not sell a commercial product; revenue mechanics flow through C4IM's fund management activities (management and potentially performance fees) and through returns on the impact investments made. Underlying technology is non-proprietary: there is no AI platform, API, or software product described, and the operational stack is governance, compliance, legal, and fund administration rather than technology.

The organisation is small (around 7 employees and a six-member Board of Directors) and run by CEO Anne Smith Petersen, who concurrently serves as CPO of PlanBørnefonden and previously grew that organisation's programme portfolio from under 10 million DKK to 1.3 billion DKK. The board and team combine Nordic capital markets, legal, and sustainability expertise from institutions including CIP Foundation, BlackWood Capital Partners, Kromann Reumert, Norfors, ECCO, and Three Thousand Capital. Go-to-market is sales-led and direct: private investors are engaged through the foundation's website, newsletter, and direct outreach via the C4IM fund vehicle.

Name

C4IF - Capital 4 Impact Foundation

Legal name

Capital 4 Impact Foundation

Website

https://c4if.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Capital 4 Impact Foundation is a Copenhagen-based charitable foundation established by PlanBørnefonden in 2024 that makes social impact investments (loans and equity) through its licensed fund manager C4IM, serving vulnerable children and young people globally via Plan International's programmes and offering private investors market-conform, risk-adjusted impact returns.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Impact Investment Management

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Miscellaneous Business Credit Institution (6159)

akta.pro primary industry

Social Impact & Inclusive Finance Funds (FSANAJAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sustainable Private Markets (Impact PE/VC, Private Credit, Infrastructure) (FSAAALAG), Impact Investing (Intentional, Measurable Social/Environmental Outcomes) (FSAAALAC), Impact Investing & Social Finance (Funds, CDFIs, Microfinance) (BPAGALAA)

Keywords

• Social impact investing
• Charitable foundation
• Impact investment funds
• Alternative investment management
• Philanthropic investment vehicles

Headquarters

HQ city

Copenhagen

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Capital 4 Impact Foundation is an independent charitable foundation established by PlanBørnefonden in March 2024 that makes social impact investments, including loans and equity investments, through its wholly owned fund manager Capital 4 Impact Management (C4IM) — a licensed Alternative Investment Fund Manager registered with the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority. The investments supplement the global programme and development work of Plan International focused on health, education, and income generating activities for the world's poorest and most vulnerable children and young people.

Product overview

Capital 4 Impact Foundation is a charitable foundation established by PlanBørnefonden in March 2024. The foundation operates as the philanthropic engine behind the Capital 4 Impact structure, focusing on improving lives of the world's poorest and most vulnerable children and young people through social impact investments. Through its wholly owned fund manager Capital 4 Impact Management (C4IM), the foundation makes social impact investments including loans and equity investments that supplement the global programme and development work carried out by Plan International. The organization does not offer a technology product; it is a social impact investment foundation focused on health, education, and income generating activities for children and young people.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Social Impact Investment Funds (Loans and Equity) Investment funds comprising social impact loans and equity investments that supplement the global programme and development work of Plan International. The funds are managed by Capital 4 Impact Management (C4IM) and are designed to support and strengthen on-the-ground work in health, education, and income-generating activities for vulnerable children and young people. Offered to private investors seeking market-conforming, risk-adjusted financial returns alongside high social impact.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• PlanBørnefonden (Plan International Denmark)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2024PlanBørnefonden established the Capital 4 Impact Foundation in March 2024 as an independent charitable foundation. This is a deep strategic partnership providing the Foundation with unparalleled access to on-the-ground market knowledge, local presence, and a strong investment pipeline built on decades of development experience. The partnership enables the unique hybrid structure of the Foundation.
• Plan InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the world's largest children's organisations operating in over 80 countries. The Foundation's investments through C4IM are designed to support and strengthen the work already being done on the ground by Plan International, not replace it. The global programme and development work of Plan International is supplemented by social impact investments including loans and equity investments made on a charitable basis.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Den Sociale Kapitalfond: Danish social impact investment fund manager investing in social enterprises across the Nordics; highly comparable as a domestic Danish impact fund, and was a prior employer of C4IF Senior Investment Partner Anders Bach Waagstein.
• BlueOrchard Finance: Leading global impact investment manager licensed under Swiss/Finma regulation, channeling private capital into emerging-market financial inclusion and climate; comparable to C4IM as a licensed AIFM serving institutional LPs with EM impact products.
• responsAbility Investments: Swiss impact investment manager raising private investor capital for debt and equity investments in emerging-market financial inclusion, climate and food; directly comparable to C4IM's emerging-market, retail-LP-focused impact fund model.
• Acumen: Global impact investment organization deploying patient capital into early-stage social enterprises serving the poor; comparable mission (poverty alleviation via investment) and similar charitable-plus-investment hybrid identity to C4IF.
• LeapFrog Investments: Impact-led PE firm investing in financial services and healthcare businesses serving emerging-market consumers; comparable as a licensed fund manager blending commercial returns with social outcomes in developing economies.
• Bridges Fund Management: UK-based impact-focused private markets fund manager offering sustainable, growth, and venture strategies; comparable to C4IM as a regulated impact AIFM serving institutional and private wealth LPs.
• Triodos Investment Management: Dutch impact investment manager (sister to Triodos Bank) running listed and private impact funds across energy, food and inclusive finance; comparable as an EU-based licensed manager channeling private capital to measurable social outcomes.
• Omidyar Network: Philanthropic impact investment firm founded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, investing across emerging markets in financial inclusion and other impact themes; comparable charitable-plus-investment hybrid structure with global developing-market focus.

Emerging players

• Impact Fund Denmark: Danish impact investment vehicle supporting impact enterprises; CEO Anne Smith Petersen sits on its Sustainability Advisory Board, signaling close ecosystem proximity and partial overlap in Danish impact-investor LPs.

Others

• Plan International (PlanBørnefonden): One of the world's largest children's rights NGOs operating in 80+ countries; not a peer in fund management but is C4IF's strategic parent/sister and pipeline source, making it the closest ecosystem enabler.

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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