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The Baltic States and the Rise of Social Entrepreneurship
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are quickly becoming hotspots for social entrepreneurship.


Unlocking Crowdfunding Potential for Social Businesses: Lessons from the Baltic Region
Crowdfunding is a powerful tool that allows social enterprises to raise funds through small contributions from a large number of people.


What is Social Impact Investment (SII)?
Social Impact Investment (SII) is 'the use of money to generate both social and financial returns at the same time’.


The Impact And Investment Potential of Social Enterprises
Startup investing in Lithuania has grown significantly in the last few years, with great examples from the ecosystem raising investment.

Analysis of the social finance demand-side in Lithuania
This report aims to understand the social finance-related challenges and needs from the perspective of Lithuanian social businesses.


Alternative Finance Roadmap: Guide to Navigating Funding Opportunities for Baltic Social Enterprises
Social enterprises, along with “traditional” SMEs, startups, and Non-Profit Associations (NPAs), often struggle to figure out which...


Lithuanians will seek to help startups who emigrated from Belarus
The international start-up accelerator "Katalista Ventures" and a co-working space developer for startups "Tech Zity" has joined forces...


How to measure your impact as a startup
As the Fashion For Change program is nearing its end, it’s time to start counting the chickens! Today, we shine the spotlight on a...


Katalista Ventures Becomes Climate Positive
Recently, to mark our five-year anniversary, we published an impact report that reflects on our major milestones over the past five years...


Social Finance Conference 2022
On September 15, Social Finance Lithuania Conference 2022, brought together social entrepreneurs, impact investors, policymakers


Summer recommendations for startup founders
True to our everlearning value, we decided to put together a list of books, podcasts, and courses that we usually recommend to founders.


Walk the Talk on Your Company Values
Being able to connect with others as individuals driven by common values is at the foundation of an organisation adaptable to challenges.


How Can Startups Implement the Triple Top Line?
By Freya Pratty, Sustain by Sifted Link to original source We’re used to discussion of the bottom line, and even the triple bottom line,...

The Future Is Triple Top Line
The Triple Top Line Podcast shares actionable knowledge and industry best practices in an easily digestible format.


Fashion for Change! Interview with Justina Lizikevičiūtė and Roman Lobas
Justina Lizikevičiūtė and Roman Lobas, experts in innovation and sustainability from Katalista Ventures join the Sustainability Explored...


Young future leaders developed sustainable solutions at the City of Tomorrow Hackathon
Over 60 teenage participants participated in an intensive 3-day Hackathon on October 22-24, 2021 in order to design and build sustainable...


Rockit Impact Report
At Katalista Ventures, we help companies understand and track their sustainability processes and evaluate their impact on People, Planet...


Say 'YES' to Ambiguity
By Penny Bauder, Thrive Global Link to original source Say yes to ambiguity. — When starting a business, the only constant thing is...


Lithuanian Startup Tribe: A New Startup Community Supporting Entrepreneurs
Vilnius, Lithuania, June 8, 2021 – The Lithuanian Startup Tribe, a newly launched startup community initiative, aims to connect startup...


Social Enterprise Summit 2021
The Social Enterprise Summit is an annual dialogue event that brings together social entrepreneurs, social innovators, policy makers
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