Litzie Maarek co-founded and manages Educapital, one of the very few European VC firms fully dedicated to edtech, and personally led its positioning as a fully regulated Article 9 impact fund that ties 50% of carried interest to an impact index and commits to redistribute that carry to a foundation if impact targets are not met. She designs and oversees a structured impact framework for portfolio selection built around Accessibility, Inclusion, and Outcome pillars with customized metrics, and co-founded a women-led VC firm where approximately 40% of portfolio companies are co-founded by women.