Dominic Hofstetter
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Dominic Hofstetter
@hofstetter.bsky.social
Climate innovator, currently reimagining impact investing as the Executive Director at the TransCap Initiative and designing collaborative spaces for climate politics as board member of Expedition Zukunft.
In a nutshell: Addressing societal issues is increasingly about strategic capital allocation, but the challenge is not only to mobilize more money but also to better coordinate the capital we already have.
September 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The practical workstream is focused on the design and establishment of a capital orchestrator in the real world, specifically in the American Midwest, with a focus on catalyzing regenerative agricultural transitions. Check out the official announcement: transformation.capital/places/finan...
Financial innovation for regenerative agriculture: we announce the Design Council – TransCap Initiative
Twenty leading investors, funders and farming organizations join forces to design innovative financial infrastructure for regenerative agriculture in the Midwest
transformation.capital
June 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
One workstream has consisted of a multi-stakeholder inquiry into why capital orchestration isn't routinely done as part of collective impact initiatives and how financial backbones could close that gap. We'll be publishing a report on this soon (for a teaser: shorturl.at/OKYUf).
New report on capital orchestration and financial backbones | Dominic Hofstetter posted on the topic | LinkedIn
I just finished lead-authoring the manuscript of a report that represents the most profound piece of conceptual work I've done since writing the "Transformation Capital" white paper in 2...
shorturl.at
June 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We'll make formal announcements and publish results and outputs from all this work in the coming weeks. So stay tuned!
February 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
7) We've finalized the manuscript of a practice guide to systemic investing.
February 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
6) We've made significant progress in our innovation partnership with Mútua on the use of AI/LLMs in systems analysis.
February 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
5) We've progressed our systemic investing prototype around the transformation of the Swiss Food System. As part of that, we've significantly advanced our understanding of how to quantify "system financing needs".
February 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
4) We've run 8 workshops with 23 members of a practice community on strategic capital facilitation (foundations, asset owners, investment managers, system innovators) to define and design "financial backbones".
February 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
3) Under the leadership of Jess Daggers, and with the generous support of @mitsloansusty.bsky.social, we've completed an initial inquiry into what a systemic approach to impact measurement and management (sIMM) could look like.
February 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
2) We've started a new prototype around systemic investing for urban transformation, partnering with @cpi-foundation.bsky.social and a major capital city in Europe.
February 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
1) In partnership with TWIST, we've been busy organizing the second Systemic Investing Summit, happening in London (UK) from 10-12 March 2025 with more than 160 participants.
February 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM