CASE STUDY

Leveraging Impact Data for Smarter Investing

How SJF Ventures is “Bending the Curve” and Driving Sustainable and Equitable Growth Through Data

SJF Ventures - Impact Measurement with UpMetrics

Overview

SJF Ventures is a pioneering venture capital firm that invests in high-growth companies committed to building a more sustainable and equitable future.

By partnering with UpMetrics, SJF Ventures has been able to refine its impact measurement and management (IMM) practices, making them more actionable and transparent for both their investors and portfolio companies.

Customer Since: 2021

Vertical: Impact Investing

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"Collecting impact data from thirty-seven active portfolio companies is a tall order. UpMetrics has been an excellent partner throughout our annual reporting process, and they've helped evolve our impact reporting from a burden into a value-add practice for our portfolio."

- Anna Rumer | Associate, Portfolio Acceleration

The Challenge

SJF needed a solution that would enable:

A structured yet flexible approach to impact measurement
Benchmarking across portfolio companies
Transparent reporting to limited partners (LPs)
A collaborative process with portfolio companies rather than a top-down data request

The Solution

UpMetrics helped SJF streamline its impact reporting and offer greater value to both investors and portfolio companies by:

Providing dashboards that allowed for real-time visibility into impact metrics
Automating data collection from portfolio companies
Enabling benchmarking to compare impact performance across companies and industries
Sharing insights back with portfolio companies to help them refine and improve their practices