Although interest in sustainable businesses is on the rise, these businesses are not yet widespread.

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Interviews were conducted with an expert sample of leading sustainable venture capitalists and other key stakeholders in sustainable entrepreneurship. Our mission is to catalyze the development of highly successful businesses driving lasting, positive changes. We back innovative entrepreneurs that share a vision of a sustainable, more equitable, and healthier world.Enabling renewable energy, efficient transportation, and sustainable agriculture, focused on reducing dependency on fossil fuels and carbon emissions.Advancing digital inclusion for underserved populations by scaling innovative solutions that provide efficient and lower cost access to information, services, and jobs.Improving the quality of life for all by reducing costs, increasing access, and improving outcomes in healthcare and education.

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Venture capital investment has a key role to play in the development of sustainable start-ups. As such, venture capital may be viewed as an important catalyst to develop sustainable businesses (Bürer and Wüstenhagen, 2008) – those that contribute positively to the environment and society while generating a profit.

SustainVC is the manager of a series of early-stage impact investing venture capital funds that makes market-rate equity investments into early-stage companies creating meaningful social and/or environmental impact. ScienceDirect ® is a registered trademark of Elsevier B.V.Sustainable venture capital – catalyst for sustainable start-up success?Copyright © 2015 The Author. Key success factors include business model innovation, collaborations and a strong business case, whereas failure factors include a lack of suitable investors, a strong incumbent industry and a short-term investor mind-set.

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Sustainable venture capitalists help develop and grow sustainable businesses.They provide triple bottom line business advice and networking support.Practical idealism and disagreement with the status quo are key motivators.Success factors include: an innovative business model and collaborations.Failure factors include: a strong incumbent industry and adverse investor mind-sets.To address global sustainability challenges, major investments are required in sustainable businesses that deliver triple bottom line results.

It was found that next to financial support, venture capitalists provide triple bottom line business advice and network support.

Led by a deep team with more than 100 years of investing, startup, and consulting experience, SustainVC has built a 10-year track record of demonstrated, measurable impact as well as proven financial returns. Our portfolio companies. Sustainable Ventures builds companies in the sustainability sector, entirely owning them at inception, supported by our team of successful entrepreneurs, specialists, and experienced venture capitalists.

The following question is investigated: How can sustainable venture capitalists contribute to the success of sustainable start-ups?

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With a global vision of markets and opportunities, we invest only in proven breakthrough technologies. More research is required to understand how venture capital can support the development of sustainable businesses.

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Sustainable start-ups should focus on triple bottom line business model innovation, find opportunity in new technology and funding platforms and develop multiple business cases to create success beyond the ‘green customer base’. This paper provides insight into how venture capitalists can contribute to sustainable business success, by investigating their role, motivations, investment theses, and barriers and enablers to success of sustainable ventures.