Impact Entrepreneurs: What Makes Inspiring Champions Work

An evening on impact entrepreneurship co-organised by Impactus and the investment house RAISE, at RAISE's Paris offices. Six people — founders, investors and incubator heads — sit on a panel about what actually made their ventures work, followed by the Grand Prix Impactus award and a cocktail. The format is built around the audience's questions rather than set talks, and the stated aim is to put people building impact-led companies in front of the investors and programmes that back them. Free, 18:30 to 21:30. Eventbrite has been reporting the event as sold out since mid-October, so expect a waitlist rather than a ticket. Why go: impact founders and the capital behind them rarely share a room this small, and the award gives the evening a genuine shortlist to argue about. Best for founders raising with an impact thesis.