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Telos Impact
Telos Impact was co-founded by Mathieu Cornieti and Luc Tayart de Borms, the former head of the King Baudouin Foundation, to bridge structured philanthropy...
Telos Impact
Telos Impact was co-founded by Mathieu Cornieti and Luc Tayart de Borms, the former head of the King Baudouin Foundation, to bridge structured philanthropy with private-market investment discipline. The firm operates from Ixelles, Belgium, with an additional office in Paris, and holds B Corp certification with a score of 130.4 — a structural signal that its governance integrates social and environmental performance alongside financial return. The firm advises single-family offices including VP Capital, the vehicle of the Van Puijenbroek family, on both impact investing and philanthropic strategy. The firm deploys capital through two distinct channels: direct co-investments and SPVs into pioneering companies, and fund-of-fund commitments targeting environmental and social outcomes. Its mandate spans climate mitigation, mental health, education, and employment, with a geographic focus on Europe and Africa. Within the Belgian impact ecosystem, Telos maintains a collaborative partnership with Lita.co, a crowdfunding platform for sustainable enterprises. The firm's investment posture is generalist venture, applied across ClimateTech, AgriTech & FoodTech, and the circular economy — sectors where regulatory tailwinds and consumer shifts in Europe create measurable impact alpha. Telos operates a multi-layered structure that includes the Fondation d'Utilité Publique Telos, a public-benefit foundation that formalizes its philanthropic activities separately from its advisory and investment mandates. The firm is an active member of Impact Europe (formerly EVPA) and a founding participant in Impact Finance Belgium, placing it at the center of the region's emerging impact-finance infrastructure. Its team size and total deployment figures are not publicly disclosed. What distinguishes Telos is its dual-entity architecture — an asset management company paired with a public-benefit foundation — which allows it to advise families on the full lifecycle of capital deployment, from grant-making through venture investments, without commingling philanthropic and for-profit governance. This design reflects de Borms's institutional pedigree and positions the firm as a connector between Belgium's legacy philanthropic families and the broader European impact-investing market.
General information
Firm type
Generalist
Location
Region
Europe
Country
Belgium
City
Ixelles
Corporate office
17 rue Vilain XIIII, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Additional offices
Paris, France
Principals
Luc Tayart de Borms
Chairman
Mathieu Cornieti
CEO and Founder
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Telos Impact?
Mathieu Cornieti, CEO and co-founder, leads the firm's day-to-day investment and advisory operations. Chairman Luc Tayart de Borms, the former head of the King Baudouin Foundation, provides strategic governance and likely shapes the firm's philanthropic architecture. The firm has not publicly disclosed a separate CIO or investment committee structure.
Is Telos Impact a single family office or an asset manager?
Telos Impact is structured as an asset manager and advisory firm, not a single family office. It serves multiple clients — including families, individuals, foundations, and public institutions — with impact investing and venture philanthropy services. The firm advises at least one known single-family office, VP Capital, the vehicle of Belgium's Van Puijenbroek family.
How is Telos Impact related to the King Baudouin Foundation?
The relationship is biographical and advisory, not structural. Co-founder and Chairman Luc Tayart de Borms previously led the King Baudouin Foundation, Belgium's largest public-benefit foundation. Telos Impact now maintains a strategic advisory partnership with the foundation, but the two entities are legally and operationally separate.
Does Telos Impact make direct investments or only fund commitments?
Telos Impact deploys through both direct co-investments and SPVs into individual companies, as well as fund-of-fund commitments. This dual approach allows the firm to offer clients concentrated exposure to specific impact enterprises while also diversifying across established impact fund managers, though specific portfolio companies have not been publicly named.
What is the Fondation d'Utilité Publique Telos?
It is a Belgian public-benefit foundation affiliated with Telos Impact, established to conduct the firm's grant-making and philanthropic activities under separate governance from the asset management entity. This structure allows Telos to advise clients across the full spectrum of impact capital — from charitable grants to venture investments — without legal commingling of the two activities.
Which sectors does Telos Impact explicitly target?
The firm focuses on ClimateTech, AgriTech & FoodTech, and the circular economy on the environmental side, alongside mental health, education, and employment on the social side. Its technology focus includes ESG-related data and platforms. Telos does not publicly exclude sectors, but its B Corp certification and impact mandate effectively screen out extractive or harmful industries.
What is Telos Impact's known posture on co-investments alongside external GPs?
The firm engages in direct co-investments and SPVs, which are typically executed alongside lead investors or general partners who source and structure the deals. Telos Impact's collaborative partnership with Lita.co and its membership in Impact Europe suggest an open, network-driven approach to deal origination, though the firm's precise co-investment criteria are not publicly documented.
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