Social Enterprises & Investment Funds

Microfinance & SME’s have already had a positive influence on the life of millions of people in the world. However, a majority of people still lack access to financial services that can significantly raise their standard of living and provide them with a better tool to manage their lives. The emerging MFI’s lack access to growth capital, despite good operational and financial performance. In order to accelerate the development of microfinance, the knowledge of outstanding microfinance practitioners has to be linked with international corporate finance expertise to effectively help hasten the growth of promising, emerging MFIs. Therefore, the objective of the social investment funds is to make sure that these emerging MFI’s can benefit from investors and can also build partnership programs with corporate businesses to create social enterprises that have the capabilities of delivering effective support and diversified services to their clients.

The aim of our Social Enterprises and Investment Funds is to establish a bridge between the financial resources from the corporate sector and Microfinance & SME practitioners to create social enterprises. The available knowledge of the investors is often focused on financial issues in general but is not specifically related to microfinance or social enterprises. Therefore, it is crucial to involve proficient microfinance practitioners in order to upgrade the capacity and reach the maximum possible outcome. The focus is on emerging, high-potential MFI’s that have not yet necessarily reached profitability, those MFI’s who have rapidly expanded or those who just started or switched into the field of microfinance or SME businesses. An active role is played in creating adequate return through intensive instructions, coaching and supervision of the management of the MFI’s along with financial support. At the same time this fund will be dedicated to developing new businesses and through the creation of social enterprises, low cost products will be designed to address the needs of low-income people so that they can improve their living conditions.

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