Arc Impact

Arc Impact is an impact investment firm that backs early-stage technology companies in education, health, accessibility and workforce. Its stated aim across these sectors is to improve the accessibility and relevance of learning, expand access to technology that improves quality of life, and improve health accessibility, patient outcomes and the patient experience.

The firm combines two principal activities. Active investment provides capital to early-stage companies working on education, health, accessibility and workforce opportunities. Strategic philanthropy is used separately to support the development of under-resourced sectors and to build future impact-investing opportunities - a model in which grantmaking and equity investment are deployed in parallel rather than sequentially.

Technical domains of interest include educational technology, workforce training, assistive technologies, medical and digital health, software and aging technology, future of work, and human-capital development. The corresponding verticals span education, digital health, medical devices and healthcare, accessibility and assistive technology, workforce development, human capital, and aging and eldercare technology.

Alongside capital, Arc Impact describes an ecosystem-support function intended to help promising ideas grow in the sectors it targets. Founding year, team size, fund size, check size and geographic scope are not disclosed.