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As a social investor , even social investor , is called people that money into social projects invest and founder and entrepreneurs want to support financially. They don't just want to invest their money profitably , but rather invest in socially meaningful and sustainable ideas in order to make a lasting impact and change something. You are willing to take risks to a limited extent , want to get involved and achieve something together with others. They want to change something in the world, but not just donate their money for it , but invest specifically in projects in order to support them on the one hand, but also to benefit from them and to be able to participate in decision- making on the other hand.

In colloquial language , “ social ” means a person's reference to one or more other people; this includes the ability (in most cases) a person to care for others, to empathize, the welfare of others to keep in mind ( altruism ) or caring also to the general public to think.

Origin of the term

The term social investor originally referred to people who invested or donated their money in charitable projects . On the website of betterplace.org it is z. B. possible to support aid projects with monetary or material donations .

However , the meaning of the term has changed with the emergence of so-called social investment communities (e.g. Kiva or one million people ). On the Kiva website, private individuals can grant microcredits to entrepreneurs in developing countries to enable them to start a business . It is also possible to join forces with several people in a community in order to achieve a larger credit volume, see also microfinance funds . The website of Responsability Investments AG , which also focuses on promoting small businesses in developing and emerging countries , offers a similar offer . The community of one million people also takes a similar approach. The focus here is not on entrepreneurs in developing countries, but on founders from Germany , to whom the community provides start-up capital .

All approaches pursue the goal of people joining forces in a community in order to create an investment volume with which they support socially sustainable and ecologically sensible business ideas . In contrast to an investment fund , the social investor participates with relatively small amounts and can decide for himself which entrepreneur he would like to support.

The website smava.de offers a similar model to Kiva. There, small loans can be granted from private individuals to private individuals . In contrast, the interest of one million people lies in creating a large investment volume in order to provide start-up capital for new business start- ups , thereby creating new jobs and strengthening Germany as a business location. Here, too, the social investors can determine exactly which startup company they want to promote. Another "social" component is the restriction to the promotion of projects and start-ups dedicated to the LOHAS approach ( "Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability" and " lifestyle for health are committed and Sustainability") and therefore ecologically and socially useful .

This includes projects and companies that offer products or services that make a significant ecological or socially sustainable contribution. For example:

In addition to the social investment communities and various social have associated companies established. According to strict investment criteria, they invest as social investors in social enterprises that try to solve social problems with an entrepreneurial approach. LGT Venture Philanthropy and the Social Venture Fund are among the most important institutionalized social investors in the international arena, and the BonVenture Group in German-speaking countries .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from January 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ http://de.betterplace.org/how_it_works
  3. ↑ http://www.kiva.org/community
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of October 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of April 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from April 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from April 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ http://www.evpa.eu.com/membership/all-members

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