Regeneration is the Future of Investing

Co-authored by Angela Frydenger, Chief Coherence Officer & Constance de Wavrin, Founder & CEO at In|Flow

In|Flow mobilises capital, creativity, and community to restore the regenerative capacity of living systems-investing not just in investible projects, but in thriving futures

Impact investing emerged from a simple but powerful belief: capital can fuel positive change alongside financial returns. Over the past two decades, this movement has grown into a $1.1 trillion force for good, helping redefine investment success.

However, the intersecting crises we face — climate change, ecosystem collapse, deepening inequality — reveal a hard truth: surface-level impact is no longer enough. Addressing symptoms without transforming root systems will not carry us into a thriving future.

This is where Regenerative Investing comes in.

Regenerative investing moves beyond transactions and isolated projects. It sees the investor, the enterprise, and the broader ecosystem as one interconnected whole. It seeks not just to mitigate harm, but to restore vitality, unlock potential, and regenerate living systems.

At In|Flow, we design investment solutions like nature designs ecosystems — fostering diversity, resilience, and emergence. We align capital with the natural patterns that sustain life, recognizing that true returns are measured in both financial resilience and systemic wellbeing.

We invite investors to become stewards of regeneration:
Partners not only in funding projects, but in restoring the conditions for life to thrive.

As the urgency of the polycrisis accelerates, regenerative investing isn’t just visionary — it’s necessary.

The future of investment is not extractive.

It’s living. It’s regenerative.
It’s already in flow.

In|Flow presents as an innovative catalyst for the full activation of the Sustainable Investment Value Chain

In|Flow is uniquely positioned to step into the emerging frontier of regenerative investing. 

• Living-Systems Alignment:
  In|Flow orients around Systems Thinking, Emergence, and Interconnectedness. Regenerative investing offers a financial and strategic scaffold to operationalize these values and principles at scale.

• Catalyzing Paradigm Shifts:
  By framing itself not just as a facilitator but as a Systems Catalyst, In|Flow attracts partners and funders who are ready to move beyond "impact-as-usual" and into Regenerative Practices. In|Flow models this new investor-investee dynamic through game-changing intervention at critical points of the Sustainable Investment Value Chain.

• Practitioner-led, Regenerative Solutions Design:
  In|Flow models Edge Effect Abundance by designing multi-disciplinary, multi-scalar solutions that mimic living systems. In|flow advises on finance structures that match every tranche of the capital stack to investor risk profile while blending diverse, community- and expert-led approaches: 

• within a single bioregion to create emergent effects.

• Replication across (bio-)regions for scale.

• Relational Engagement & Stewardship:
  In|Flow champions the idea that investment is a relationship, not a transaction. Through harnessing the powers of being in right relationship, In|Flow invites its community of investors to become participative citizens of the regenerative future, rather than mere funders. In|Flow transforms how enterprise connects to the global financial ecosystem.

• Multidisciplinary Advisory:
  In|Flow is uniquely able to speak fluently across Finance, Systems Thinking, Relational Capital and Regenerative Design. In|Flow offers educational tools, operational frameworks, and collaborative investment opportunities that deepen systemic impact while providing attractive risk-adjusted returns.

• Polycrisis Relevance:
  By positioning regenerative investing as a solution to the climate crisis and societal challenges, In|Flow aligns itself with the most urgent and highest-leverage work of our time in regions of the world most disproportionately and adversely affected by the consequences of global warming.

Source reference: Systemic Investing Framework by the Regenerative Investing Institute