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Impact Capital,
Additionality Scored.

The Impact IQ is the only deal-level platform that weights additionality — the counterfactual capital test — as the primary factor in impact assessment. Every PE, VC, and development finance deal is rated on a transparent five-factor model (Scale · Depth · Additionality 30pts · Targeting · Duration), so LPs and practitioners can separate genuine impact from narrative.

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Deals Tracked 36
Avg Impact IQ Score —
Verified Deals —
Sectors Covered 12
Coverage Period 2013 – 2026
Capital Tracked —
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Capital Deployed by Sector $B · top 12 sectors
Deal Stage Mix by count
Impact IQ vs. Deal Size bubble = capital · colour = region
Score Quality Spectrum deal count per IQ-score band
Deal Momentum & Avg Impact IQ — by Year bars = new deals · line = avg Impact IQ Score
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Showing all deals Database last updated: June 2026  ·  Scores: FA3i five-factor methodology v1.0
Company / Country Sector Stage Amount Year Region Status Src Impact IQ Score

Impact IQ Scores calculated using the five-factor FA3i methodology. Data sourced from public disclosures and DFI publications. Click any row to view score breakdown and source. Showing 30 deals per page.

Impact IQ Scoring Methodology

A Five-Factor Explainable Model

Every deal is scored across five independently assessed dimensions, with a penalty adjustment for verification gaps and greenwashing signals. The result is a single, auditable number — not a black box.

Methodology: FA3i Impact IQ Scoring Model v1.0  ·  Scored by: FA3i Research Team (AI-assisted, human-reviewed)  ·  Advisory review: Panel recruitment in progress — applications open  ·  FA3i takes no fees from rated entities. Scores are independent.
Max 20 pts
Scale
Beneficiary reach and deployment footprint. How many people, ecosystems, or systems does this deal affect, and at what depth of penetration?
Max 20 pts
Depth
Magnitude of change per unit beneficiary. A deal that transforms income, health, or access for a smaller population may outscore one with shallow, broad-brush reach.
Max 30 pts
Additionality
Market gap and counterfactual necessity. The highest-weighted dimension: would this capital have arrived without the impact mandate, or is it filling a genuine gap?
Max 20 pts
Targeting
Concentration on underserved populations — low-income households, frontier geographies, marginalised communities. Generic reach does not score well here.
Max 10 pts
Duration
Durability and long-tail impact. Does the intervention create persistent change — infrastructure, behaviour, or ecosystem — or does impact decay when capital exits?
Deducted
Penalty
Risk-adjusted deduction for greenwashing signals, absent third-party audits, unverified outcome claims, or marketing overstatement. Applied per auditor finding.
Impact IQ Score = Scale + Depth + Additionality + Targeting + Duration − Penalty → 0–100
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