The European Center for Social Finance was created to help establish best practices and distribute knowledge in financing the provision of social services and social innovations. It works at the intersection of theory, practice and policy and views social finance as a process which encompasses among others selection criteria, financing structures and impact assessment. The Center is based at the Munich Business School and works with a network of partner organizations across Europe.
We publish on a regular basis articles on current developments, deep dives and deals of the week. Take a look below.
Deals of the Week – November 20, 2020
Not much happened in the last week. Jeff Bezos has committed $10 billion to fund scientists, activists, NGO and others. On Monday, he said that he is giving the first $791 million to 16 groups. Grantees of the Bezos [...]
Semantic creativity for a purpose: catalytic capital
Impact finance, like any other structuring sector, is seeing the blossoming of a number of terms aimed at better defining it. With the objective of increasing the capital available by spreading rapidly to all strata of conventional finance, the [...]
Deals of the Week – November 13, 2020
We have all been following the news around potential vaccines this week. Some of the earlier investors which include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation or Dietmar Hopp have achieved both, impact and return. As of today, CureVac has [...]
Deals of the Week – November 6, 2020
Knokcare has raised €1,7 million in a financing round led by Mustard Seed MAZE. The company with offices in London and Porto offers a video platform where patients can speak with doctors. At the moment, they serve a base [...]
Deals of the Week – Oct 30, 2020
Raylo has raised up to GPB 10 million in a debt financing round led by Avelinia Capital. The UK-based company is running a circular economy leasing model. You can lease a refurbished iPhone 12 64GB for a monthly fee [...]
Deals of the Week – Oct 23, 2020
RaiseNow has raised $6 million in a Series A+ round. Zurich-based RaiseNow is managing the payments related to fundraising campaigns for 4,000 organizations. Up to now, they have processed 2.5 million transactions and a donation volume of over €300 [...]