Impact First
Innovations for impact entrepreneurs & investors
Friday 16 October 2026 · De Hoorn, Leuven · doors 14:00
An afternoon about what impact entrepreneurship really asks of you.
Three entrepreneurs tell you how it went for them. What worked, and what didn't. Then we look at three things that help you further: your own talents, your organisation, and the legal form of your company. For that last one we developed a new model together with Impact Advocaten, along with regenerative equity: a way of raising capital that we designed ourselves.
45 participants
De Hoorn · Sluisstraat 79 · Leuven
What it's about
As an impact entrepreneur you get plenty of advice about your mission. About the form of your company, hardly any. And sooner or later that's what you run into.
So we start with the real story. Three entrepreneurs on what worked for them and what didn't. Including the parts they'd rather not post on LinkedIn.
Then we get practical. Which talents do you need as an entrepreneur? How do you build an organisation that works? And which company form fits what you're trying to do?
At the end there's a first. Together with Impact Advocaten we developed the first regenerative corporate model. It comes with regenerative equity, a funding instrument we designed ourselves at Happonomy. Impact Advocaten presents both.
Programme
14:30 – 16:30, with a reception until 18:00.
14:00
Doors open, with a drink.
14:30
The programme starts.
- Three entrepreneurs tell their story. What worked, and what didn't.
- Which talents do you need as an entrepreneur?
- How do you build an organisation that works?
- The legal form of your company. Impact Advocaten goes through the existing forms, then presents the regenerative corporate model, with regenerative equity.
16:30
The programme ends. The reception begins.
18:00
The reception ends.
Who's speaking
A new model, and a new way of financing
Most entrepreneurs choose their company form once, right at the start. Often on advice that had little to do with their mission. Impact Advocaten goes through the forms available in Flanders today, including the CVSO, and shows where they pinch.
Then comes the first. Together with Impact Advocaten we developed the first regenerative corporate model. And we designed regenerative equity: a way to raise capital without your mission ending up subordinate to the return. That instrument is ours.
Regenerative equity is a new investment instrument. It gives shareholders financial security, it keeps the relationship between capital and mission fair, and it goes for maximum impact.
Are you an investor? This is the part you're coming for. Bring your questions. That's what the reception is for.
Choose your ticketWho it's for
Why three prices?
Everyone gets the same afternoon. Same room, same speakers, same drink. But €59 doesn't mean the same thing to everyone. To one person it's nothing. To another it's the reason to stay home. That's why there are three amounts.
Choose free if the money isn't there right now. That's what it's for. We ask for no proof and no explanation. We count on you being honest with yourself. If the money is there, take one of the other two. That's what keeps the free ticket available for people who really need it.
With €59 you pay for your own seat: the room and your drink. Choose regenerative and you pay for your seat plus an amount you decide yourself, which goes in full to Lampeke vzw.
That last step isn't an extra. It's exactly what this afternoon is about: doing business in a way that also gives something to people who aren't at the table.
Tickets · 45 participants
€0
Free
For people who don't have the money right now. No proof, no form, no conversation. Short on cash? Just come.
Choose this ticket€59
excl. VAT · €71.39 incl. VAT
Cost-covering
You pay for your own seat: the room and your drink at the reception.
Choose this ticket€59+
excl. VAT · €71.39 incl. VAT, plus your amount
Regenerative
You pay for your own seat, and on top of that you choose an amount yourself. It goes in full to Lampeke vzw, who work on poverty prevention in Leuven.
Choose this ticketThey work on poverty prevention in Leuven. In full, with no VAT and nothing held back.
The price for your seat is excl. VAT. There's no VAT on the amount that goes to Lampeke vzw. So regenerative is €59 (excl. VAT) for your seat, plus the amount you choose yourself, which goes in full to Lampeke vzw.
Invoices are available. Add your billing details when you register.
There are 45 participants.
Practical
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Where
De Hoorn, Sluisstraat 79, 3000 Leuven
Getting there
It's an 18-minute walk from Leuven station. By bike: racks at the building. By car: there's parking nearby, come on time.
Language
The afternoon is in Dutch. This page is bilingual and you'll find English speakers at the reception, but the talks themselves are in Dutch.
Access
The venue is accessible. Need something specific? Email hello@happonomy.org and we'll sort it out.
Photos
We take photos. Would you rather not be in them? Tell us at the door.
Questions
Impact First
16 October 2026 · De Hoorn, Leuven
Contact
Organisers
Beneficiary
We only use your details for this event. Invoicing via Happonomy vzw, BE0842.641.077.