About Us

Since 2022, Transformative Impact Summit has been bringing together the world’s most inspiring change-makers, social entrepreneurs, and impact investors.

Since 2022, Transformative Impact Summit has been bringing together the world’s most inspiring change-makers, social entrepreneurs, and impact investors.

Since 2022, Transformative Impact Summit has been bringing together the world’s most inspiring change-makers, social entrepreneurs, and impact investors.

Amplifying, Connecting, and Funding Impact

Amplifying, Connecting, and Funding Impact

Amplifying, Connecting, and Funding Impact

There is so much good happening in the world, yet:

There is so much good happening in the world, yet:

We seldom hear about it.

We seldom hear about it.

We seldom hear about it.

It too often exists in siloes.

Connect them across siloes, 

Connect them across siloes, 

Far too little gets funded or approved.

Get them funded and greenlit.

Get them funded and greenlit.

Transformative Impact Summit
amplifies and accelerates good work in three ways:

Transformative Impact Summit
amplifies and accelerates good work in three ways:

Transformative Impact Summit
amplifies and accelerates good work in three ways:

Highlighting impact efforts that truly move the needle.

Highlighting impact efforts that truly move the needle.

Highlighting impact efforts that truly move the needle.

Weaving a web of impact
between efforts.

Weaving a web of impact
between efforts.

Weaving a web of impact
between efforts.

Facilitating funding and
green-lights by bringing in
funders and policy-makers.

Facilitating funding and
green-lights by bringing in
funders and policy-makers.

Facilitating funding and
green-lights by bringing in
funders and policy-makers.

Transformation Sectors & Impact Tracks

Recognizing that impact is too siloed, we bring the entire impact ecosystem together across four impact sectors:

Recognizing that impact is too siloed, we bring the entire impact ecosystem together across four impact sectors:

Ecological Transformation

Ecological Transformation

Economic Transformation

Economic Transformation

Technological Transformation

Technological Transformation

Social Transformation

Social Transformation

We further break down these four sectors into sets of three impact tracks:

We further break down these four sectors into sets of three impact tracks:

Economic Transformation
Economic
Transformation

Financial Innovation, Regenerative Finance & New Philanthrophy

Business as a Vehicle for Good

Institutional Change, Civic Innovation, & Social Justice

Ecological Transformation
Ecological
Transformation

Energy, Infrastructure, & The Built Environment

Regenerative Agriculture, Bioregionalism, Food Systems, & Soil

SDGs, Impact Mapping, & Impact Measurement

Technological Transformation

Indigenous & Local Solutions

Web3, AI & Tech For Good

Cities, Network States, & Civilization Design

Social
Transformation

Impact-Focused Education

Health, Mental Health & Social Connection

Storytelling, Media & Art

This structure allows us to feature projects from across the entire impact ecosystem, rather than one small subset.

This structure allows us to feature projects from across the entire impact ecosystem, rather than one small subset.

Transformative Impact Summit:
Past Editions

Transformative Impact Summit:
Past Editions

Transformative Impact Summit 2022

Transformative
Impact Summit 2022

The first Transformative Impact Summit was held online, a three-day extravaganza featuring nearly 100 speakers across 12 impact tracks. The response was phenomenal.

Few of us had ever witnessed such an inspiring collection of people creating real change across such a wide array of efforts. From Extinction Rebellion co-founder Rupert Read to environmental hero and Goldman Prize winner Helen Slottje, former Chair of the World Trade Organization Nicholas Niggli, and renown regenerative agriculture hero Neal Spackman, to mention only a few, we were blessed with an abundance of incredibly high calibre speakers.

Transformative Impact Summit 2023

In 2023, we hosted our first live event in New York City and the energy we experienced the year before was, of course, only amplified by being in person. More than 200 speakers, sponsors, and attendees came together over a magical weeknd of sharing, learning, and connecting.

The calibre of speakers, both known and unknown, only continued to increase. Among the high-profile speakers, hero environmental lawyer who took on Chevron in Ecuador and won a $10B judgement, Steve Donziger; XPRIZE Foundation VP Alexander Nicholas; and renowned ecological filmmaker John D. Liu among many more. New friendships and partnerships were formed, but everyone agreed, something important had been birthed. One speaker called it “the TED of impact”.

Transformative Impact Summit Africa

TIS 2023 was an incredible breakthrough, and we were planning to return in 2024, but we knew that if we only ever hosted it in New York, it would remain a typical, Western event. That is contrary to the missions of both Global Unity and TIS and so to make sure we establish ourselves as a global organization that recognizes the incredible work being done everywhere, we launched Transformative Impact Summit Africa. What a magical experience.

Change-makers from across Africa - and beyond - joined us in beautiful Zanzibar for an even more elevated experience than the first live TIS. A highlight moment came when Olu Amusan, founder of Vesti which creates financial inclusion tools support services for immigrants got funded immediately after speaking - mission accomplished!

Transformative Impact Summit 2024

Fresh off the success of TIS Africa, we returned to NYC during Climate Week 2024 with an even stronger lineup of high-profile speakers, including innovative policy champion Andrew Yang and TEDx Founder Lara Stein. The caliber of experience and connections grew, with a more international mix of speakers and attendees joining from as far as Europe and Africa.

We added a dedicated Family Office, Philanthropist, and Impact Investor Day, bringing a new dimension to TIS for those focused on the funding side. This expanded, now four-day event, with its larger investor contingent, provided an even richer space for change-making founders to connect and forge new collaborations.

The enthusiastic response from funders led to the creation of the Transformative Ventures Family Office, Philanthropist, and Impact Investor community. This community now meets regularly to connect, share opportunities, and learn from guest speakers pushing the boundaries where aligned funding meets innovative impact.

Get Involved

There are three ways to become part of Transformative Impact Summit:

Attend

Join us in New York City for TIS 2025. Experience insightful sessions, connect with leaders, and be part of the change.

Speak

Are you creating transformative change in the world?
Apply to share your expertise as one of our esteemed speakers.

Sponsor

Align your organization with a transformative movement, reaching an incredible community of change-makers and funders.