Social enterprise

Christian Nielsen discusses the issue of correlation between impact and financial performance with Machtelt Groothuis and Willemijn Verloop, co-founders of Rubio Impact Ventures.

Founded by a former prisoner, UK-based social enterprise New Leaf provides intensive resettlement support to serving and ex-prisoners, helping them to find employment.

The capital will go to social enterprises providing support to those struggling with the cost of living crisis and back energy saving solutions. Local communities will have larger say over spending priorities via new community wealth funds. 

Serial social entrepreneur Verloop, founding partner of Rubio Impact Ventures, explains her approach to identifying and investing in entrepreneurs with potential to generate systemic change.

The Growth Impact Fund invests in UK social enterprises and organisations from underrepresented backgrounds and has secured £8m investment from leading social investors

The LSE Marshall Institute’s ‘100x Impact Accelerator’ aims to help social enterprises, mainly from emerging markets, identify the best approaches to scale up their impact

Impact Investor’s Christian Nielsen visits The Skateroom, a Belgium-based social enterprise “uniting art and skateboarding for a better world”. It is a riot of good vibes, he writes

Lindsay Wake, head of impact for Social Investment Scotland, talks about how the organisation is driving mission-aligned investment across Scotland and their vision for an impact economy

Mark Norbury, CEO of social entrepreneurs foundation UnLtd, explains their innovative approach to social impact: giving entrepreneurs the tools to realise their potential and create lasting change 

A £25m fund launched by leading UK social investors backs early-stage social enterprises whose staff recruiting policies and management structures reflect the diversity of the sector they operate in